LONDON.- Connect – The Independent Art Fair will be held at the Mall Galleries, a stone's throw away from Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace and the art hub of Mayfair & St James's, from Tuesday, 29th January until Saturday, 2nd February 2019.
The new art fair is aiming to fill the sudden gap in the fair calendar created by the absence of fairs focusing on the discerning, entry and mid-level, collector. The cooperative event has been initiated and is run by independent art dealers to connect exhibitors and art buyers and help them discover new works as well as showing long-established artists.
Matthew Hall of Panter & Hall, one of the initiators of the Fair, says: “This will be an opportunity for seasoned collectors and beginners alike to access an area of the market neglected by most other art fairs. The aim is to connect buyers with dealers not normally seen at the larger London fairs. The general idea is to introduce those many extraordinarily talented artists, from across three centuries, who for one reason or another have slipped off the radar. Consequently we expect the works, all carefully vetted by a committee of experts, to represent tremendously good value in what can sometimes seem an overinflated London art market.
