The Art Fair Story

The Art Fair StoryIn just half a century of growth, the art fair industry has transformed the art market. Now, for the first time, art market journalist Melanie Gerlis tells the story of art fairs' rapid ascent and reflects on their uncertain future. From the first post war European art fairs built on the imperial 19th century model of the International Exhibitions, to the global art fairs of the 21st century and their new online manifestations, it's a tale of many

It is divided into three main sections: irrigation systems

the arbitrator’s jurisdiction

This collection brings together some of Willem Assies’s best

At its core

These works

present and future in the period between the Dreyfus Affair and the First World War

and how its spaces were mutually produced and transformed through the practices of both dwellers and the state

On the fringe of western Europe

From the 1952 revolution onward

planned or accidental

communication and cultural studies

The book's focus on the negative both illuminates an oft-marginalized part of the history of photography and demonstrates the way in which this history is central to Victorian literary culture