Hamptons Fine Art Fair, the inaugural international fine art fair from the producers of ShowHamptons, will feature artworks by 70 select national and international galleries, with 51 in-person booths along with online virtual reality booths.
Hamptons Fine Art Fair will take place inside and throughout the grounds of the Southampton Arts Center from September 2 to 5.
The fair will feature works by over 400 artists with over 1000 pieces, totaling over $100 million in art for immediate acquisition. Thousands of attendees are expected to pass through the fair over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
In 2020, ShowHamptons’ first digitized art fair, Hamptons Virtual Art Fair, displayed over 2000 pieces of artwork from 90 international galleries in virtual reality booths in 2D and 3D. This year, HFAF will incorporate cutting-edge VR technology to create a simulated art fair environment for visitors who cannot attend in person, to virtually navigate as they would a physical fair.
Art galleries from across the country and world will showcase 20th and 21st-century art in real life and simultaneously digitally all over the world. There will be a focus on accomplished Black artists, emerging artists, the blue-chip masters, an M.C. Escher display, and rediscovery of significant second-generation Abstract Expressionists.
Audrey Flack will be awarded the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Hollis Taggart Galleries. Edward Bekkerman, represented by ABA Gallery, and Bruce Dorfman, represented by Elizabeth Clement Fine Art will be honored as 2021 Featured Artists. Dr. Harvey Manes will be honored as 2021 Art Collector of the Year.
“As the only fine art fair that is held inside an actual art museum and grounds, our guests will feel a sense of luxury and privilege as they enter,” said the fair’s Executive Director Rick Friedman. “We are also the first fair to present both an in-person version as well as a virtual reality version, that stays live for months. Thus, we augment the viewership of the galleries substantially, from those on the East End, to art enthusiasts across the nation and world.”
For more information about Hamptons Fine Art Fair, visit www.hamptonsfineartfair.com.