ANTWERP.- The Boutique Fair welcomed 13.650 visitors, exceeding last year's visitor numbers with 16,1%.
Art Antwerp 2023 has consolidated its position in the international art fair calendar. With its spirit of discovery and its convivial boutique atmosphere, reinforced by its strategic location in a host city known for its avant-gardism, the third edition of Art Antwerp exceeded the expectations, both in visitor numbers and sales.
Art Antwerp 2023 announced itself as a Boutique Fair and kept that promise. The human scale fair with a local and international programme paid particular attention to the experience of its participants and visitors.
The atmosphere at the fair was convivial, outgoing, positive and festive. Even if the fair was more intimate and more personal in its approach, Art Antwerp welcomed 13.650 visitors, exceeding the 11.760 visitors of last year with 16,1%.
"What a great 4 days! We sold very well at Art Antwerp, both to very good foreign collections and to a young couple who bought their first work of art here. I love that diversity." — Jason Poirier dit Caulier, PLUS-ONE Gallery
The fair also welcomed more than 35 national and international museum and collector groups including those from The Cultivist, TheMerode, Bonnefanten, Delen Private Bank & Bank Van Breda, First Sight (La Loge), FOMU Patrons & Friends, The Art Society, S.M.A.K., Fundación Amigos del Museo Reina Sofía, MM Friends, Musée d'Ixelles, The Art Society, MHKA, Young Stedelijk, & many others.
Collectors highly appreciated the size of the fair, the ambiance, the high number of solo and duo presentations and the unique mix of established artists and emerging talent across this 'boutique fair'.
"Art Antwerp left a very good impression on us. It is a fresh, vital fair where numerous young galleries from Belgium and abroad get the chance to promote new talented artists. For us, it was a very pleasant discovery. Art Antwerp is a must on the art circuit and certainly worth repeating!"— Belgian art collectors Philippe and Ines Kempeneers
“Art Antwerp is thé place where the urgency of art shows itself in all its forms.”— Dutch collector and art historian Cathelijne Blok
"A visit to Art Antwerp is a fascinating escape from the everyday, an exploration of the artist's latest imagery. Art Antwerp is well organised, varied, cosy and trendy."— Belgian art collectors, Paul and Marie-Rose Declercq
The fair also benefited from and contributed to the attractiveness of the Antwerp art scene, with numerous exhibitions in partner museums such as KMSKA, FOMU, M HKA… and galleries.
"The resounding success of Art Antwerp's third edition unequivocally affirms a true appetite for a contemporary art fair in Antwerp. This result bolsters our confidence, leading us to announce the fourth edition for the upcoming year."— Nele Verhaeren, Director of Art Antwerp
With the generous support of its main partners for 2023, Delen Private Bank and Bank Van Breda, Art Antwerp has cemented its role in the city of Antwerp as a platform for international contemporary art, firmly positioned at the heart of the city's flourishing art scene.
This third edition of Art Antwerp could also count on the support of the City of Antwerp.
