Art Guide Australia

Fairing Well

Before Covid, art fairs were drawing some grumbles: there were too many, they were too glib, and too much about money and art stars, the naysayers complained.

It’s amazing what a pandemic, and the ensuing effects on life, can do: art fairs nationally reported big successes in 2023. And in Melbourne, difficult lockdowns and restrictions seem to have particularly whetted appetites for big art events. Hot on the heels of the National Gallery of Victoria’s , and coinciding with its latest Triennial and the nearby MPavilion

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