Order Reprints Print Article A visitor enjoys a striking exhibit by Niyi Olagunji shown by Tafeta Gallery during the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Somerset House in London on Oct. 8. Getty Images Text size For gallery owners, artists, and collectors, life before the pandemic often involved getting on a plane and going to Paris, Los Angeles, or maybe Shanghai, to attend the next splashy art fair. But all that was upended, of course, as the pandemic shut down fair after fair. First to announce a closure was Art Basel Hong Kong, which canceled its March fair in February and moved many of its galleries to online viewing rooms, or OVRs.