The Edinburgh Art Fair Celebrates its 7th Anniversary in November

Written by Stuart Sutherland Wednesday, 25 April 2012 22:39

Edinburgh, Scotland.- This year sees the Edinburgh Art Fair celebrate its seventh anniversary at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange. In 2005 when the first fair took place with an impressive 50 exhibiting galleries the organisers, whilst confident that Edinburgh could sustain such an event, could not have envisaged just how successful and revered it would become on the international art scene. This year, like each of the last 6, the fair is attracting professional galleries from not only the UK but also from overseas with galleries from Ireland, Czech Republic and Canada participating. The fair is open to the public from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th November with doors opening at 11am daily and closing at 6pm Friday and Saturday and 5pm Sunday.

Now bringing an even more impressive 64 galleries together for the 3 day event, East Lothian based, Arte in Europa are delighted to have seen the event become the most successful event of its kind in the UK comparable with the large London based events.

Last year yet again saw the attendance top 12,000 visitors and for the third year running sales of more than 1,000 individual artworks resulted in more than £1m changing hands. The success of the event is no doubt partly due to the location, Edinburgh is, after all, renowned worldwide for its culture and hospitality and it is perhaps for these reasons that many of the attending galleries have been coming back again and again since the fairs inception in 2005.

This year there are of course some notable new faces, the strict selection process ensures the fair stays fresh and this year more than ever before the quality of the work, which will be on show and for sale, is nothing short of exceptional. Of course with so many exhibiting galleries showcasing the work of literally hundreds of artists there is sure to be something to suit all tastes, from the contemporary work of well known Scottish artists such as Peter Howson, John Bellany and Alexander Miller to the much more traditional work specialised in by many of the attending galleries.

Sculpture has also paid a large part in the success of the fair in the past and this year is no exception with the likes of Louise Giblin being shown for the first time by new exhibitor, Saffron Gallery. Taught by Antony Gormley (Angel of the north) Louise is currently working on a range of bronze bodycasts of famous olympians for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Edinburgh will see the first showing in public of some of these pieces including a Kriss Akabussi body sculpture, which is currently nearing completion and will be ready for the fair private view on Thursday 17th November.

"Notwithstanding the plethora of successful artists showing, the fair does not solely cater for collectors of these big named artists”, Andy Naismith of Arte in Europa is keen to point out, “there is also a huge range of work from many highly talented artists just starting out in their careers. Picking up on these future stars is without doubt one of the best ways of starting ones own collection of original art, and the fair is without doubt the best opportunity of seeing the work of these artists alongside the current stars of the art world”. Visit the fair's website at ... http://www.artedinburgh.com/

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