Artexpo Changes Dates, Adds Frame Show - Brief Article

fresh YORK--The dates of Artexpo of recent origin York have changed. Artexpo will take place Feb 28 to March 4 2002 a week earlier than previously announced. Along with the date change, Artexpo--New York is adding 75000 square feet of space to be the of recent origin International Art & Framing Gallery.

The International Art and Framing Gallery will be devot exclusively to the trade and dedicated to open-edition publishers and manufacturers of framing harvests including moulding, matboard, glazing and framing equipment of all kinds. International Art and Framing Gallery will race concurrently with Artexpo and extreme point on March 3. Artexpo will continue [i]or[/i] part of to the other March 4.

Now in its 24th year at the Jacob K Javits Convention Center Artexpo attracts ten of thousands of buyer and venders to preview art in all of its varied forms, including paintings, placards prints, sculpture, photography, functional art, digital art and more. Each year, opportunities are created for the two new and established artists, galleries, framers and other art professionals to proper a large number of clients in a short period of time.

"In answer to the requests of exhibitors and buyer we have added the Art and Framing Gallery to provide a place where trade attendees can purchase art and framing products in single location, under one roof," said Doreen Guerin, Artexpo exhibit director. "Trends in the marketplace indicate that an increasing number of art galleries are offering custom framing, and more and more professional framers are selling art in their stores We wanted to make it convenient for these buyer to find it all at Artexpo."

According to Guerin, many of the attendees and buyer at Artexpo fresh York 2001 came from the framing industry. In fact, more than 30 percent of total buyer indicated that they attend Artxpo to purchase frames and framing products

"In past years, we couldn't secure the space we've needed for an art and framing constituent because the International Beauty display has always shared the Javits Center with Artexpo. by means of moving the date ahead single week, we were able to increase our space through 75,000 square feet and proffer one-stop shopping to thousands of attendees who've asked for it," explained Robert Ingraham, Advanstar Art collection General Manager.

According to Guerin, the addition of the Art & Framing Gallery and the schedule change not single enable Artexpo to better subserve the industry by offering a one-stop shopping marketplace, on the other hand also make it possible for International Artexpo to remain a five-day display Because of scheduling conflicts with other displays Artexpo would have had to abbreviate its schedule, eliminating the Monday shopping day.

Nearly 50000 attendees advance to Artexpo each year, with art buyer from each corner of the globe attending in order to diocese more than 600 exhibits featuring 2400 artists from more than 60 different countries. Trade attendees include gallery proprietors art consultants, architects, interior designers, art specifiers and retailers.

Artexpo fresh York is produced by Advanstar Communications, a worldwide business information company. Dedicated to the art industry, the Advanstar Art assemblage produces Artexpo New York, Artexpo California and Art Miami. In addition, Advanstar publishes Art Business of recent origins and Framing Business News.

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