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Art Fair Report: Accentuate the Positive

Art Fair Report: Accentuate the Positive
Installation view of CHIHARU SHIOTA’s The Extended Line, 2023-24, rope, paper, bronze, 16 × 9 m, at Art Basel 2024. Courtesy Art Basel.

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Information overload in today’s social media-saturated culture can easily lead to negativity bias, causing one to view reality through dark-tinted glasses. For those monitoring the ever-changing art market amid a drumbeat of weak sales, events can provide a stark reality check. Despite the glum mood in the first half of the year at large, art fairs in 2024 have offered bright spots of optimism.