Interview with fair directors

Exclusive insights from people running the fair to understand their DNA.

Europe

Art Basel

Marc Spiegler
Global Director (2012-2022)

TEFAF Maastricht

Barth Drenth
Managing Director in 2023

Frieze Masters

Nathan Clements-Gillespie
Fair Director

Design Miami/ Basel

Jennifer Roberts
Fair Director

Art Paris

Guillaume Piens
Fair Director

BRAFA

Béatrix Bourdon
Fair Director

British Art Fair

Will Ramsay
Fair Owner

Paris Photo

Florence Bourgeois
Fair Director

1-54 London

Touria El Glaoui
Founding Director

MENART FAIR

Laure d’Hauteville
Founding Director

VOLTA Basel

Kamiar Maleki
Director 2019-2022

miart

Nicola Ricciardi
Artistic Director

Artissima

Ilaria Bonacossa
Fair Director

artgenève

Thomas Hug
Fair Director

Salon du Dessin

Hélène Mouradian
Fair Director

AKAA

Victoria Mann
Fair Director

Art Brussels

Anne Vierstraete
Managing Director

Urvanity

Sergio Sancho
Fair Director

START Art Fair

Serenella Ciclitira
Co-Founder

photo basel

Sven Eisenhut
Founding Director

ASIA NOW

Alexandra Fain
Co-Founder & Director

Affordable Hamburg

Oliver Lähndorf
Fair Director

Affordable Milan

Manuela Porcu
Fair Director

Affordable Amsterdam

Blythe Bolton
Fair Director

Affordable Brussels

Géraldine Hubot
Fair Director

Affordable Battersea

Elizabeth Dellert
Former UK Fair Director

JustLX

Semiramís González
Artistic Director

MENART FAIR Brussels

Laure d’Hauteville
Founding Director

Fine Arts Paris

Hélène Mouradian
Fine Arts Paris

FIABCN

Natal Vallve
Founding Director

The Other Art Fair London

Anouk Pedley
London Fair Director

La Biennale Paris

Anisabelle Berès
Director

ST-ART

Patricia Houg
Art Director

Art Elysées

Adeline Keit
Show Manager

Luxembourg Art Week

Alex Reding
CEO

Oxford Art Fair

Gena Johns
Senior Arts Manager

Amsterdam Art Fair

Gena Johns
Senior Arts Manager

Enter Art Fair

Julie Alf
Founding Director

ArtVerona

Stefano Raimondi
Fair Director

Art Antwerp

Nele Verhaeren
Managing Director

MIA Photo Fair

Fabio Castelli
Managing Director

The Northern Antiques Fair

Ingrid Nilson
Director

Urvanity

Sergio Sancho
Fair Director

ArtVilnius

Diana Stomiene
Fair Director

PAN Amsterdam

Mark Grol
Managing Director

Market Art Fair

Sara Berner Bengtsson
Managing Director

JustMad

Semíramis González
Fair Director

SPARK Art Fair

Renger van den Heuvel
Fair Director

ART Innsbruck

Johanna Penz
Fair Director & CEO

1-54 Paris

Touria El Glaoui
Founding Director

Roy's Art Fair

Roy Tyson
Founder

SUPERMARKET

Alice Máselníková
Creative Director

FOCUS Art Fair

Sungmin Hong
Co-Founder

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair

Jack Bullen
Founding Director

Annual Dutch Art Fair

Raoul Locht
Fair Manager

IFPDA Print Fair

Jenn Gibbs
Executive Director

The Chelsea Antiques Fair

Sophie Wood
Fair Director

Draw Art Fair

Robert Sandelson
Fair Director

Printing Plant

Nadine Snidjers
Co-founder

Knokke Art Fair

Alexander Tuteleers
Fair Director

The Art & Antiques Fair

Mary Claire Boyd
Fair Director

DDESSINPARIS

Eve de Medeiros
Fair Director

ReA! Art Fair

Maryna Rybakova
Fair Director

ART Expo Ljubljana

Michael Gregorjev Murn
Fair Director

America

TEFAF New York

Bart Drenth
Global Director 2023

Design Miami/

Jennifer Roberts
CEO

1-54 New York

Touria El Glaoui
Founding Director

VOLTA New York

Kamiar Maleki
Director 2019-2022

SCOPE Miami Beach

Alexis Hubshman
Founding Director

ArtRio

Brenda Valansi
Fair Director

NY Luxury Design Fair

Michael Rabatin
Managing Director

Affordable NYC

Vanessa Seis
Fair Director

VOLTA Miami

Kamiar Maleki
Director 2019-2022

Superfine! LA

Alex Mitow
Co-Founder

Superfine! SF

James Miille
Co-Director

Superfine! NYC

Alex Mitow
Co-Founder

Superfine! Seattle

James Miille
Co-Director

Superfine! DC

Alex Mitow
Co-Founder

The Palm Beach Show

Scott Diament
President & CEO

ESTE ARTE

Laura Bardier
Founding Director

Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale

Rosemary Krieger
President Dolphin Promotions

Art Lima

Rochi del Castillo
Fair Director

Chicago Antiques + Art + Design Show

Rosemary Krieger
President Dolphin Promotions

Clio Art Fair

Alessandro Berni
Founder

Fridge Art Fair

Eric Ginsburg
Co-Founder & Director

Art Toronto

Mia Nielson
Fair Director

Houston Antiques + Art + Design Show

Rosemary Krieger
President Dolphin Promotions

Artexpo New York

Eric Smith
President & CEO, Redwood Art Group

Spectrum Miami

Eric Smith
President & CEO, Redwood Art Group

Red Dot Miami

Eric Smith
President & CEO, Redwood Art Group

Art San Diego

Eric Smith
President & CEO, Redwood Art Group

Art Santa Fe

Eric Smith
President & CEO, Redwood Art Group

FOCUS Art Fair

Sungmin Hong
Co-Founder

The Photography Show

Lydia Melamed Johnson
Fair Director

Hamptons Fine Art Fair

Rick Friedman
Fair Director

LA Art Show

Kim Martindale
Fair Producer

The Photography Show

Lydia Melamed Johnson
Fair Director

Future Fair

Rebeca Laliberte
Fair Director

Asia

ART021

Kylie Ying
Co-Founder

KIAF ART SEOUL

Dal-Seung HWANG
President of the Galleries Association of Korea

Shanghai Art Fair

Joëlle Dinnage
CEO Global Art Agency

ART BUSAN & Design

Seokho Jeong
Fair Director

Tokyo International Art Fair

Gena Johns
Senior Arts Manager

Design Shanghai

Zhuo Tan
Fair Director

Sustainable Design China Summit

Zhuo Tan
Fair Director

Affordable Singapore

Alan Koh
Fair Director

Affordable Hong Kong

Regina Zhang
Fair Director

ART TAIPEI

Oliver Chang
Chair of Taiwan Art Gallery Association

Africa ~ Middle East ~ Oceania

Investec Cape Town Fair

Laura Vincenti
Fair Director

BEIRUT ART FAIR

Joanna Chevalier
Artistic Director

Affordable Melbourne

Stephanie Kelly
Director Australia

1-54 Marrakech

Touria El Glaoui
Founding Director

The Other Art Fair Sydney

Luke Potkin
Fair Director Australia

Armenia Art Fair

Nina Festekjian
Co-Founder

IDF Oman

Salmi Al Hashmi
Chairman

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair

Janina Hardings
Artistic Director