Comments on: Pulse, A Slightly Better Mixed Bag of Exhibitors http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/09/pulse-a-slightly-better-mixed-bag-of-exhibitors/ New York art news and reviews. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Art Fag Cityhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/09/pulse-a-slightly-better-mixed-bag-of-exhibitors/comment-page-1/#comment-18555 Art Fag City Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:45:47 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/09/pulse-a-slightly-better-mixed-bag-of-exhibitors/#comment-18555 smart smart observation smart smart observation

]]> By: Art Fag Cityhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/09/pulse-a-slightly-better-mixed-bag-of-exhibitors/comment-page-1/#comment-312233 Art Fag City Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/09/pulse-a-slightly-better-mixed-bag-of-exhibitors/#comment-312233 smart smart observation smart smart observation

]]> By: Bert Greenhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/09/pulse-a-slightly-better-mixed-bag-of-exhibitors/comment-page-1/#comment-18445 Bert Green Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:09:09 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/09/pulse-a-slightly-better-mixed-bag-of-exhibitors/#comment-18445 I've always seen fairs as fundamentally real estate ventures, not curatorial projects, despite the best efforts of fairs such as Pulse, which do manage to hold to a higher standard of quality. It's not completely possible to effectively control exhibitor content, and probably not entirely desirable from the point of view of the fair organizers, as the booth rent is the primary profit source. There is really no incentive on the part of most fairs to even appeal to collectors, as long as the booths are rented.It's like a house of cards. The more fairs there are the more the buzz grows: if you don't have a presence in Miami you are missing out. Ultimately, as this year is showing, the saturation point is being reached, and the fair phenomenon is suffering from the same thing that it meant to be an alternative to: browsing the galleries to find the gems buried among the large number of mediocre offerings. The fairs now share this characteristic with most gallery districts. I’ve always seen fairs as fundamentally real estate ventures, not curatorial projects, despite the best efforts of fairs such as Pulse, which do manage to hold to a higher standard of quality. It’s not completely possible to effectively control exhibitor content, and probably not entirely desirable from the point of view of the fair organizers, as the booth rent is the primary profit source. There is really no incentive on the part of most fairs to even appeal to collectors, as long as the booths are rented.

It’s like a house of cards. The more fairs there are the more the buzz grows: if you don’t have a presence in Miami you are missing out. Ultimately, as this year is showing, the saturation point is being reached, and the fair phenomenon is suffering from the same thing that it meant to be an alternative to: browsing the galleries to find the gems buried among the large number of mediocre offerings. The fairs now share this characteristic with most gallery districts.

]]> By: Bert Greenhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/09/pulse-a-slightly-better-mixed-bag-of-exhibitors/comment-page-1/#comment-312232 Bert Green Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/12/09/pulse-a-slightly-better-mixed-bag-of-exhibitors/#comment-312232 I've always seen fairs as fundamentally real estate ventures, not curatorial projects, despite the best efforts of fairs such as Pulse, which do manage to hold to a higher standard of quality. It's not completely possible to effectively control exhibitor content, and probably not entirely desirable from the point of view of the fair organizers, as the booth rent is the primary profit source. There is really no incentive on the part of most fairs to even appeal to collectors, as long as the booths are rented.It's like a house of cards. The more fairs there are the more the buzz grows: if you don't have a presence in Miami you are missing out. Ultimately, as this year is showing, the saturation point is being reached, and the fair phenomenon is suffering from the same thing that it meant to be an alternative to: browsing the galleries to find the gems buried among the large number of mediocre offerings. The fairs now share this characteristic with most gallery districts. I’ve always seen fairs as fundamentally real estate ventures, not curatorial projects, despite the best efforts of fairs such as Pulse, which do manage to hold to a higher standard of quality. It’s not completely possible to effectively control exhibitor content, and probably not entirely desirable from the point of view of the fair organizers, as the booth rent is the primary profit source. There is really no incentive on the part of most fairs to even appeal to collectors, as long as the booths are rented.

It’s like a house of cards. The more fairs there are the more the buzz grows: if you don’t have a presence in Miami you are missing out. Ultimately, as this year is showing, the saturation point is being reached, and the fair phenomenon is suffering from the same thing that it meant to be an alternative to: browsing the galleries to find the gems buried among the large number of mediocre offerings. The fairs now share this characteristic with most gallery districts.

]]>