Clio Art Fair

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Clio Art Fair
Statusactive
GenreArt Fair
FrequencyBiannually - May and September
Location(s) New York City, United States
Inaugurated2014 (2014)
FounderAlessandro Berni
Website clioartfair.com

Clio Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair staged bi-annually in New York City, USA. It focuses on independent visual artists, without any exclusive NYC gallery representation. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The purpose of the fair is to bring together artists and curators, collectors and art critics without any long term mediator. [4]

History

Clio Art Fair was started in 2014 by art dealer and philanthropist Alessandro Berni. The name comes from Clio or Kleio, one of the nine muses in Greek mythology, representing history. Etymologically derived from the Greek root κλέω/κλείω: “to celebrate,” or “to make famous.” [5] [6]

During its inaugural year, it displayed 33 artists representing 16 countries. [7] In 2017, three years after its founding, the fair became bi-annual. In 2018, the fair moved to 335 west 35th street, New York, NY [8] allowing it to expand both its exhibitor base and floor space. In 2019 and 2020 the fair was hosted at 550 West 29th street, New York, NY 10001. [4] [2] The October 2020 edition was suspended because of the COVID-19 emergency. [5]

Clio Art Fair came back with its twelfth edition in September 2021 and then again in September 2022, leaving the pandemic behind its back. [9] [10]

Special projects

Selected hosted artists

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