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Glasgow Art Fair organisers were delighted to record breaking visitor numbers and that plans to smash previous years sales figures are firmly on target.
Over four days from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 March, 2008, this, the biggest Art Fair outside of London, attracted a huge 17,000 visitors.
It is expected the amount of art purchased will at least match the £1.2m worth of paintings, prints, sculptures, photography, ceramics and drawings sold last year.
Located within its trademark white tented pavilions which dominate George Square in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre, this eagerly anticipated annual art buying extravaganza offers its 16,500 visitors four days of buying, selling and discovering art.
Having firmly established itself as the UK’s most prestigious contemporary Art Fair outside of London since its inception in 1996, Glasgow Art Fair 2008 will showcase a record 46 selected galleries from Scotland, the rest of the UK, Europe and beyond exhibiting work by over 1000 artists.
Glasgow’s outstanding reputation for the visual arts; the Art Fair’s status as a platform for encouraging and developing Scotland’s art buying market, together with the City’s position as a European shopping and style capital, make Glasgow an ideal platform to present the best of contemporary art for sale and to encourage its residents and visitors alike to invest in new pieces.
With sales figures exceeding £1.2million and individual purchases ranging from as little as £50 to over £80,000, occasional art buyers and dedicated collectors alike recognise Glasgow Art Fair as the place to view and discover quality work by established artists and cutting edge talent across a wide range of media.
Glasgow Art Fair is a Culture & Sport Glasgow initiative produced by UZ Events and supported by Glasgow City Counci. |
