Four years after its buyout by the Lyon company GL-Events, the Strasbourg fair is finding it hard to define a clear artistic line, and is highlighting design for its twenty-fourth edition.
Sonac, Nyala, rue Fritz Kiener, Strasbourg, 2018, photograph, 100 x 100 cm (detail).
© SONAC and COURTESY GALERIE MAZEL (BRUXELLES, SINGAPOUR)
Is ST-ART at its lowest ebb? The renewal rate for this twenty-fourth edition is huge: 50%, compared with 35% in 2018. And the drop in the number of galleries is considerable, from eighty to sixty-six… Artistic director Patricia Houg feels the large turnover is due to problems encountered by dealers following numerous demonstrations by the "gilets jaunes" ("yellow jacket" protest movement) and the closure of many galleries.…
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