The 10 art fairs to follow on Instagram

Lise Arlot
Feral Horses | Blog
2 min readApr 7, 2017

From the iconic institutions to the fun rookies.

56th Biennale Venezia — Chiharu Shiota

154artfair

In only four years, 1:54 has established itself as a leading voice in the global discussion on contemporary African art, finally showing the way for new initiatives. Follow 1:54 to know everything about the preparation of the future New York edition (May 2017).

Instagram name: 154artfair

The Affordable Art Fair

With an array of galleries showing contemporary artworks from $100-$10,000, the AAF demonstrates that the “low-end” of the market has nothing to be ashamed of.

Instagram name: affordableartfairnyc

Art Basel

Founded in 1970, Art Basel is the “enfant terrible” of today’s contemporary art fairs. Can’t travel to Basel, Miami Beach and Hong Kong? Follow them so you won’t miss a beat!

Instagram name: artbasel

ALAC

The Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair has a strong focus on Los Angeles based galleries. The eighth edition, that recently ended, has hosted some of the hottest art performers such as William Basinski, M. Geddes Gengra, sPuppies Puppies and Huang Rui.

Instagram name: alacontemporary

Biennale di Venezia

Follow the official account of the multidisciplinary Venetian Biennale to get ready for the 57th art edition.
NB: Captions in Italian only. Scusi!

Instagram name: labiennale

FIAC

Access the magic of the Grand and Petit Palais by following Paris’ major contemporary art fair.

Instagram name: fiacparis

Frieze

If you’re not in London in January, following Frieze is a must wether to love or to criticise every inches of the gigantic fair.

Instagram name: friezeartfair

Miart

A strongly recommended daily dose of modern and contemporary art “alla Milanese”.

Instagram name: miartmilano

Outsider Art Fair

Feed up with seeing the same ten faces of the contemporary art world? Follow the Outsider Art Fair and get to know prime examples of works by legendary & newly discovered self-taught artists.

Instagram name: outsiderartfair

The Other Art Fair

The other art fair wants to cut the middle man and to make buyers and artists meet again. Follow the UK’s leading artist fair to get a grasp of this special relationship with artists.

Instagram name: theotherartfair

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Lise Arlot
Feral Horses | Blog

Co-founder & Art Director @feralhorses I source and place artworks that are co-owned by hundreds of people in art institutions 🏺🖼️