The classic car boot sale is making its way to Carriageworks for artists. Image: Shutterstock.
Just when you thought the rise in arts fairs and makers’ market had peaked, there is a new trend on the horizon: the artist car boot sale.
Defined as ‘an outdoor sale at which people sell unwanted possessions, typically from the boots of their cars,’ car boot sales have been around for ages and have a kind of ‘trash and treasure’ mentality to them.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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