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HOUSTON FINE ART FAIR GOES OFF WITH A BANG


ORIGIN COLUMNIST | Miri Wilkins


“This year’s fair established a powerful foundation on which to build. It is our goal to develop this event into one of the most respected fine art fairs in America.”


—Fran Kaufman, Director, Houston Fine Art Fair


Photo: CatchLight Group


treated to gourmet fare from the Cordua Restaurants. The official opening- night festivities on September 15, 2011, at the George R. Brown Convention Center launched an exciting week designed to introduce all levels of art enthusiasts to prominent galleries from across the United States, Latin America and Europe and drew a lively crowd of 3,000 art patrons and aficionados.


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A diverse selected group of some 80 respected galleries worldwide offered contemporary and modern paintings, drawings, print editions, installations, sculpture and photography from masters, emerging artists and today’s art stars with price points set to appeal to both novice and experienced collectors. HFAF announced robust sales from its roster of prominent and


innovative exhibitors. Many leading galleries, including Anya Tish Gallery, Art Nouveau Gallery, Cernuda Arte, Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern, Hiram Butler Gallery, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Margaret Thatcher Projects, Now Contemporary Art and Moody Gallery boasted strong results. Fair officials estimated sales at approximately $6 million and total attendance for the inaugural fair was an impressive 10,500.


Artists whose works sold during the fair included: Adela Andea, Rafael Barrios, Fernando Botero, Chul-Hyan, Ahn, Leon Ferrari, Sarah Frost, Jasper Johns, Kim Joon, Jun Kaneko, Donald Lipski, Kenneth Noland, Chuck Ramirez, Robert Rauschenberg, Sebastiao Salgado, Frank Stella, Donald Sultan, and Dan Tague.


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Clockwise from top: Paul Zoubok, New York; Fran Kaufman + Rick Friedman, Photo: Jenny Antill; Kristine Mill + Nick Woolff, London


he inaugural Houston Fine Arts Fair (HFAF) kicked off with a chic cocktail reception and Texas Artists Today book signing at Tootsie’s. Artists, gallerists, curators, collectors, and the well-heeled mingled among the elegant fashions and were


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