From Basel and Frieze to Art Brussels and Artissima, art fairs nowadays are ten a penny, hosting time-weathered collectors and budding lovers in tents and museums all around the world, throughout the calendar year. 50 years ago, however, as the Western world recovered from the economic depression that accompanied the world wars, the idea of gathering the very best of the world’s art institutions to showcase their wares in one place was still a very novel one.
This didn’t stop Hein…
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