VOLTA Closes Fifth Edition With Increased Audience and Positive Sales Reports |
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| Written by rubin |
| Saturday, 20 June 2009 04:06 |
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The fair opened on Monday June 8th, with the Americans Jerry Speyer or Susan & Michael Hort as the first guests to cross the threshold, some an hour before the VIP Preview was scheduled to begin. Other collectors, like Anita Zabludowicz from London, as well as Thomas Olbricht from Berlin, graced several booths with their visit. For more information about prominent visitors at the opening day, please check our previous press release.  Over the weekend, well-known collectors like Danny First from Los
Angeles or Gil Bronner from Düsseldorf were spotted perusing the aisles. As for
institutional visits, representatives of the Moscow Museum of Art, the
Australian Council of the Arts, the MOCA Shanghai, MoCA San Francisco, MOT
Tokyo, Haus Marseille and the Museum Villa Rot were seen scouting the booths
throughout the week. During the weekend other institutions like Pilar &
Andrés Centenera Foundation from Spain and the European Central Bank Art
Collection from Frankfurt - to name a few - walked the fair, as did
representative from several cultural events, such as the curators for the
Shanghai Biennale, who secured exhibits for their show. Around 18.000 visitors
came to VOLTA - more than in previous editions and probably due to the more
central location - keeping booths busy with energy and excitement. With a steady start to the week, sales increased as the days progressed; 3.2 million euros in total sales were reported by the fair's closing on Saturday June 13th - with much more expected in follow-up over the coming months - surprising many and creating a growing feeling of confidence as the week continued. For many art lovers and patrons, VOLTA's new location in the center of Basel, right next to the central station, was the first stop after descending the train from Venice, and where they would find many of the artists they had recently seen at the prestigious event: Zilvinas Kempinas, who represents Lithuania, showed his new major piece Flux as well as this year's VOLTA edition, Light Formation, both of which were one of the highlights of the fair. Other Biennale artists on show at VOLTA were the Brazilian Alberto Baraya, represented by Galeria Nara Roesler; the Japanese photographer Miwa Yanagi - with new work on show at LOOCK GALERIE; the Polish artist Aleksandra Mir - whose work was one of the most successful sales at Laurent Godin's booth; Peruvian artist Sandra Gamarra, with new ink on drawings, as well as photographs by Luiz Braga on display at Galeria Leme's booth. Other celebrated artists included Aurélien Froment, whose solo-presentation at Motive Gallery's booth was a major success, as well as Anna Bjerger, represented by David Risley Gallery from Copenhagen, with 8 sold pieces on the second day of the fair. Most dealers were pleased overall with the final results, which fulfilled and even exceeded the expectations of today's market. Spirits were generally high at the closing of the fair this past Saturday, with reservations being confirmed and last-minute sales taking place within minutes of this year's VOLTA closing. Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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