Fairennials. From Art Basel onwards, fairs, biennials and the role that art plays in all of this
Link to the article in A*DESK Art Basel and the Venice Biennale coincide in the calendar every second edition but also in many other ways. It seems evident that what separates art fairs from biennales is beginning to be very unclear. Venice is remarkable for its form of particular (non) financing. While Art Basel needs […]
PRECARITY. Between the overdose of cultural offerings and the fragility of the artistic scene in Catalonia
The impressions are contradictory. It seems that the Catalan art scene is moving between euphoria and precariousness. This spring in Barcelona has been a clear example: two fairs (Loop and Swab) accompanied by their respective parallel programs, Off section and round tables; to which other events of great attendance have been added such as Primavera […]
