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No Fair but NotFair: The Melbourne Art Fair’s alter egos survives

The demise of the Melbourne Art Fair has not put off the satellite art fairs which will go ahead in August.

23 Feb 2016 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Murray McKeich, Re. MT18, digital photomedia (detail), NotFair 2014

The art world reeled last week when Chairman of the Melbourne Art Foundation Anna Pappas announced the cancellation of the 2016 Melbourne Art Fair (MAF).

The collateral fall out of the announcement has gone well beyond the event and its managing organisation. Two satellite fairs – Spring 1883 and NotFair – remain committed to showing in August and have been quick to reiterate their position.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina