Navigating the Art Fairs

If you're from a big metropolitan art city like New York, navigating the art world if your city is half the battle. So if you can master the galleries (or at least get a good feeling about getting around them) you're nearly there. But if you 1) are not from London, Milan, NYC, Beijing, etc. or 2) have exhausted your interests with your local art you need to expand your agenda and take to the art fairs.

Art fairs are an amazing way to see international galleries of all sort with really great quality art. If you live in the US, Miami Art Basel is the place to go. Not only will you get a whole slew of art from the best galleries in the world all in a single convention center in Miami (what more could you ask for) but there are a plethora of satellite fairs in and around Miami. If you live in Western Europe you might find yourself visiting the Frieze Art Fair. If you live in China or Eastern Asia you might find yourself visiting the Shanghai Art Fair. Maybe I should profile the different art fairs because they are all different and interesting in their own way.