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We are all excited at the prospect of the UK's first major art event of 2022. The London Art Fair connects global collectors

We are all excited at the prospect of the UK's first major art event of 2022. The London Art Fair connects global collectors

Virtual: the new reality London Art Fair again points the way for the new year but, as John Evans reports, this time it’s different 21 January, 2021 — By John Evans John Craxton, Head of a Young Man, c1947-1948, oil on panel, 44 x 30cm, courtesy Osborne Samuel GALLERISTS, collectors, and all art enthusiasts should by now be enjoying the 33rd edition of London Art Fair at the Design Centre in Islington this week. The pandemic, however, has pushed this annual opener for the art-loving community into a virtual sphere, which kicked off on Wednesday and will run through the rest of Janua...

‘We’re very mindful that people have a little bit of digital fatigue,’ says Sarah Monk, who oversees London Art Fair as portfolio director at Upper Street Events. London Art Fair was the last major event of its kind to take place in the city before the pandemic struck in 2020 – and after the first wave of Covid-19, Monk and her team had been hopeful that for its 33rd edition the fair might return to the Business Design Centre in Islington this year. Then came new restrictions last autumn and conversations turned to how to make a virtue of a necessity.