Will art fairs and galleries cede power to the social-media artist?
As art goes online, it remains to be seen whether old-school sellers will lose out to digital platforms, creating a more nuanced world
21 September 2020 - 21:34
In 2008, my first real job after graduating from university was as a public-relations intern for the first Joburg Art Fair. It was a heady time. The repercussions of the global recession were just starting to lap at our shores and South Africans were getting their first bitter taste of load-shedding. In between all of this, and fresh from a fine-art degree, I was learning how to operate my BlackBerry...
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