Virtual: the new reality
London Art Fair again points the way for the new year but, as John Evans reports, this time itâs different
21 January, 2021 â By John Evans
John Craxton, Head of a Young Man, c1947-1948, oil on panel, 44 x 30cm, courtesy Osborne Samuel
GALLERISTS, collectors, and all art enthusiasts should by now be enjoying the 33rd edition of London Art Fair at the Design Centre in Islington this week.
The pandemic, however, has pushed this annual opener for the art-loving community into a virtual sphere, which kicked off on Wednesday and will run through the rest of January â see www.londonartfair.co.uk