Location: Glasgow
Venue: George Square
Dates: 25 March 2009 to 28 March 2010

This will be Glasgow Art Fair's final year presented in George Square from 25th to 28th March 2010.

As always we are delighted to present the Glasgow Art Fair in our pavilions in George Square, the very heart of Glasgow, Scotland’s City of Style and centre of contemporary visual arts.

Every year there are more galleries wanting to take part and our Selection Panel has a harder task with more to choose from and an increasing diversity of work. As always we welcome old and new friends from Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and across the UK and this year we’re delighted to be joined by galleries from Barcelona, Dublin and Prague.  We believe that we are showing the best of contemporary visual art across a broad spectrum. The Glasgow Art Fair has always had a mission to educate as well as entertain.  Our audience has a great reputation for being knowledgeable and keenly interested in the work on show.  All of it of course is available to buy and to own.

We would like to thank all participants, artists, galleries and partners who have contributed to making the Glasgow Art Fair become a world renowned success over the previous years.

Location: Glasgow
Venue: George Square
Dates: 23 April 2009 to 26 April 2009

Glasgow Art Fair, Scotland’s National Art Fair returns for its 14th year to George Square in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 April 2009.

Whether you are serious collector, a casual buyer or just interested in contemporary art, this is the place to buy, sell and view art in Scotland. With over 50 galleries and art organisations from throughout Scotland, the UK and overseas presenting contemporary work across all media from over 1000 artists, there is something to suit all tastes and budgets..

Location: Glasgow
Venue: George Square
Dates: 27 March 2008 to 30 March 2008

Glasgow Art Fair organisers were delighted to record breaking visitor numbers and that plans to smash previous years sales figures are firmly on target.

Over four days from Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 March, 2008, this, the biggest Art Fair outside of London, attracted a huge 17,000 visitors.

It is expected the amount of art purchased will at least match the £1.2m worth of paintings, prints, sculptures, photography, ceramics and drawings sold last year.

Located within its trademark white tented pavilions which dominate George Square in the heart of Glasgow's city centre, this eagerly anticipated annual art buying extravaganza offers its 16,500 visitors four days of buying, selling and discovering art.

Having firmly established itself as the UK's most prestigious contemporary Art Fair outside of London since its inception in 1996, Glasgow Art Fair 2008 will showcase a record 46 selected galleries from Scotland, the rest of the UK, Europe and beyond exhibiting work by over 1000 artists.

Glasgow's outstanding reputation for the visual arts; the Art Fair's status as a platform for encouraging and developing Scotland's art buying market, together with the City's position as a European shopping and style capital, make Glasgow an ideal platform to present the best of contemporary art for sale and to encourage its residents and visitors alike to invest in new pieces.

With sales figures exceeding £1.2million and individual purchases ranging from as little as £50 to over £80,000, occasional art buyers and dedicated collectors alike recognise Glasgow Art Fair as the place to view and discover quality work by established artists and cutting edge talent across a wide range of media.

Glasgow Art Fair is a Culture & Sport Glasgow initiative produced by UZ Events and supported by Glasgow City Counci.

www.glasgowartfair.com

Location: Glasgow City Centre
Venue: George Square
Dates: 19 April 2007 to 22 April 2007

A painting by internationally acclaimed Scottish Artist, Ann Redpath sold for £85,000 at this year’s Glasgow Art Fair; a sum which breaks all previous records of individual sales over the past twelve years of the art fair’s existence.

The oil painting Houses in Laiguelia, sold at the Duncan Miller Fine Art Gallery stand, was painted by the artist in the 1950’s. Other major purchases include a further oil painting White Flowers by the same artist, sold on the same stand for £75,000. Meanwhile, an oil painting by legendary Scottish Colourist, Edward Hornel sold for £42,000.

The significant rise in purchase prices is accompanied by record visitor numbers. Over the four days from Thursday 19 April until Sunday 22 April, the fair welcomed over 18,500 visitors. This number represents an increase of 14% on last year’s figures and beats all previous years.

It is expected the amount of art purchased will at least match the £1.1m worth of paintings, prints, sculptures and drawings sold last year.

A spokesperson for the Glasgow Art Fair said: ‘Whilst it is too early to know the amount of art works sold, we are expecting a figure in excess of last year. Every morning, the fair had more than 100 potential art buyers queuing right around the sides of the white tented pavilion in George Square, waiting for the doors to open. Buyers included customers from as far afield as Spain and Russia.’

Pete Irvine, Director, Glasgow Art Fair commented: ‘In our desire to drive up standards and show the best possible range of good contemporary visual art, the art fair’s rigorous selection process continues to prove extremely successful. The incredibly positive response from galleries; the significant increase in sales and the massive attendance at this year’s art fair clearly demonstrates that the event provides the quality and diversity, the public wants.

Meanwhile, at the art fair’s celebrity art auction held on Thursday 19 April, artworks fetched over £4000 in aid of the Marie Curie Big Build Appeal to create a new hospice for the City.

In support of the £8m public appeal, Glasgow Art Fair invited bids from the general public to acquire artworks by internationally acclaimed artists, John Byrne, Peter Howson, Anita Klein and Peter Goodfellow. The auction was led by celebrity auctioneer, Anita Manning.

Peter Goodfellow, artist and Director, The Lost Gallery, Aberdeenshire, who donated one of his works for auction, said: ‘I was delighted to donate one of my Scottish Mountain paintings for auction, to help raise funds for such a great cause, especially as the auction price realised a good deal more than the original selling price. ‘Needless to say, the buyer was over the moon at her purchase and to know that all money was going towards helping the Marie Curie Big Build Appeal.’

Anita Manning, auctioneer said: ‘The people of Glasgow were so generous in buying the artworks at the Glasgow Art Fair art auction. The amount of money raised demonstrated a tremendous example of Glasgow’s warmth and generosity as supporters opened their hearts and their wallets for this worthy and exciting project.’

Anita Manning aka the 'Golden Gavel', offered her support to proceedings on the night by presiding as auctioneer. A dealer with 20 years experience; who became the first woman auctioneer in Scotland in 1989 and who is the proud owner of Glasgow’s Great Western Auctions, Manning is now a familiar face on the BBC's antiques show Flog It.

Fiona Buchanan, owner, Heart Buchanan, Glasgow and one of those who bought an art work in support of the Appeal said: ‘I’m so delighted to have had the opportunity to buy a beautiful art work by one of my favourite artists, Anita Klein, which was so generously donated by Advanced Graphics Gallery, for the charity auction. And it is a double pleasure for me that the money I have spent on the work will go some way towards helping Marie Curie realise such a vital new resource for the city.’

Glasgow Art Fair 2007 took place from Thursday 19th April until Sunday 22nd April 2007. Located within its trademark white tented pavilions which dominate George Square in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre, this eagerly anticipated annual art buying extravaganza offers visitors four days of buying, selling and discovering art.

Having firmly established itself as the UK’s most prestigious contemporary art fair outside of London since its inception in 1996, Glasgow Art Fair 2007 showcased 43 selected galleries from Scotland, the UK and Europe exhibiting work by over 1000 artists.

With sales figures regularly in excess of £1.1million and individual purchases ranging from as little as £50 to over many thousands of pounds, occasional art buyers and dedicated collectors alike recognise Glasgow Art Fair as the place to view and discover quality work by established artists and cutting edge talent across a wide range of media.

www.glasgowartfair.com

Location: Glasgow
Venue: George Square
Dates: 06 April 2006 to 09 April 2006

GLASGOW ART FAIR, Scotland’s National Art Fair, will take place from Thursday 6th April until Sunday 9th April 2006. Celebrating its 11th Year in 2006, the hugely popular event will return to George Square in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre, with the widest range of quality visual art to view and buy.

The Glasgow Art Fair has grown in stature since its inception in 1996 to become one of the most prestigious contemporary Art Fairs in the UK outside London. An established event in Scotland’s cultural calendar, it now attracts over 16,000 visitors and a diverse range of galleries from across the UK and Europe.

The City’s reputation for the visual arts, together with its position as a European shopping and style capital, makes Glasgow an ideal platform to show the best of contemporary art for sale and to encourage visitors to invest in new pieces. Smashing all previous sales records this year the Fair achieved a new sales figure estimated in excess of £1million (up 22% on 2004) with individual sales ranging from as little as £50 to over £28,000.00.

There is no better place to get a taste of what is going on in the art world today. 43 selected galleries will be taking part in next year’s event, each with their own distinct exhibition stands. Whatever your taste or your budget there will be a vast range of work in all media available to buy from established artists and cutting edge talent.

Applications are currently being invited from galleries to participate in the 2006 event. The deadline for applications is December 9th 2005 and the final selection will be announced in January 2006.

www.glasgowartfair.com

Location: George Square
Venue: Glasgow
Dates: 28 April 2005 to 02 May 2005

The dates for the Glasgow Art Fair 2005 are 28th April - 2nd May. This year the Glasgow Art Fair celebrates its 10th Anniversary, and continues to grow in stature and quality. Firmly established as the place to view, buy and sell art in Scotland, the Glasgow Art Fair is the largest contemporary art fair in the UK outside London. Last year’s event brought together 52 galleries and attracted a record 18,000 people to its trade-mark pavilions in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre. All the galleries for this year’s event have now been selected and a full list will be available on the Glasgow Art Fair website, www.glasgowartfair.com.

This year, the Glasgow Art Fair is part of GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL, Glasgow’s first, curated and commissioning Festival of Contemporary Visual Art. The festival will take place across the city over twelve days from Thursday 21 April until Monday 2 May, 2005. The full programme for GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL will be launched next month and you can sign up now to register for regular updates by visiting www.glasgowinternational.org

Location:   Glasgow
Venue:   George Square
Dates: 15 April 2004 to 18 April 2004

Plans are underway for the ninth Glasgow Art Fair. Dates have been set as 15th - 18th April 2004 taking place in its trademark white tented pavilions, George Square, Glasgow from Thursday 15 until Sunday 18 April. Firmly established as the place to view, buy and sell art in Scotland, Glasgow Art Fair 2004 will feature a record breaking 53 UK galleries, exhibiting over a thousand artists’ work for sale with prices to suit all pockets, ranging from mere pennies to thousands of pounds and artistic styles as diverse as Joan Eardley, Anya Gallaccio, JD Fergusson and Toby Paterson.

Critically acclaimed at its debut in 2003, brand new cutting edge Scottish talent will once again be showcased in an extended EXTENSION space. This year nine organisations will take part showcasing new work by over 50 artists. Extension 2004 will include Switchspace, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Lapland, Collective Gallery, Limousine Bull, Market Gallery, EmergeD, The Embassy & Volume. In a unique collaboration the Edinburgh Print Studios, Dundee Contemporary Art and Peacock Visual Arts will come together for the first time on this scale, as the Print Studios of Scotland, to exhibit some of the most successful artists working in Scotland today.

In another first, as part of Glasgow Art Fair’s desire to encourage the public’s confidence in the interpretation and appreciation of contemporary art, it has teamed up with SPIN, a joint initiative by the National Galleries of Scotland and the Contemporary Art Society. SPIN will provide a relaxed and informative focus to help build a new and confident audience for contemporary art as well as fostering new patrons for new work. All this activity will be complimented by the wider remit of RAW: Real Art Week which will include associated exhibitions, tours, talks and events across Glasgow’s many contemporary arts venues.

Updates and full details will be posted over the coming months.

Location:   Glasgow
Venue:   George Square
Dates: 01 April 1996 to 13 April 2003

The Glasgow Art Fair is Scotland's National Art Fair. It is the largest event of its kind outside London and now attracts almost 16,000 people to view and buy the widest range of contemporary and modern art within specially erected pavilions in the heart of the city.

BRIEF
To create an event that would provide an opportunity for the public, both residents and visitors, to have access to a diverse range of high quality, original, contemporary art works. The event was to be the centrepiece of a visual arts programme that would put Glasgow firmly at the heart of the contemporary visual arts market in Scotland. Since its inception in 1996 with UZ at the helm, The Glasgow Art Fair has succeeded in meeting these objectives.

FUNDERS
Glasgow City Council, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow.

THE EVENT
Established in 1996, The Glasgow Art Fair is a Glasgow City Council Initiative developed and produced by UZ Events. UZ was awarded the contract in 2002 to produce and develop the event for the next three years. A highly successful and popular four-day event sited in a custom-designed pavilion in George Square. The Glasgow Art Fair houses a wide selection of contemporary and modern art from photography to sculpture to oils. This commercial art fair offers the opportunity to view and buy works from galleries across Britain and the Continent. The event is Scotland’s only Art Fair which promotes local, national and international work. This year’s Art Fair attracted almost 16,000 visitors. Next year’s event will take place from 10th – 13th April. To view last year’s programme you can visit www.glasowartfair.com. For information on 2003, please contact Event Producer, Marie Christie, on 0141 552 6027 / marie@uzevents.com

PRESS
“It is the place to buy, sell and discover”
Scotland on Sunday 1.1.01

“tremendously successful”
Business AM 2.4.01

“The Glasgow Art Fair is in full bloom…The event has played a part in raising the profile of new European talent by providing a platform for emerging artists to sell new and challenging works, and this year is no exception”
Evening Times, 5.4.01

www.glasgowartfair.com