Buy Art Fair, the UK’s biggest contemporary art fair outside London, and its sister showcase of world-class, critically engaged contemporary art, The Manchester Contemporary, will return to Spinningfields, Manchester, 26-29 September this year.
Last year saw Buy Art Fair welcome almost 7,000 visitors over four days, up 43% on 2011, while sales of original art at the fair topped £400,000, an increase of 39%. More than 70 galleries from around the UK will exhibit this year with over 500 artists represented.
In 2012, The Manchester Contemporary’s critically engaged programme was curated by artist-led gallery The International 3. This year will see over 20 galleries and project spaces take part.
A tours programme hosted by curators from Manchester Art Galleries and Contemporary Art Society and will give visitors an in-depth look at works by selected artists and an opportunity to hear more about their professional journeys.
Thom Hetherington, Buy Art Fair’s managing director, said: “Over the years, Buy Art Fair has brought original art and the idea of buying work and collecting pieces, to a new and broad audience as well as introducing emerging artists and galleries to existing Northern collectors. Looking at the range of artists and galleries already signed up for 2013, I am confident that this will be our best fairs yet.”
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