“Art Fairs Must Become Cultural Institutions”: Interview with Artissima Director Luigi Fassi
Luigi Fassi discusses the role of an art fair that does not simply reflect the market, but seeks to shape
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Artissima gathers essays, interviews, previews, and critical reviews on Turin’s contemporary art fair and its role within the international art system.
This archive follows artists, galleries, curatorial sections, market tensions, institutional narratives, and the specific position of Turin as a city where contemporary art is still tied to research, experimentation, and risk.
Rather than treating the fair only as a calendar of booths and events, these articles read Artissima as a place where visibility, value, discovery, and the future of the art market are negotiated in public.
Luigi Fassi discusses the role of an art fair that does not simply reflect the market, but seeks to shape
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