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.
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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 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. Instagram: fairleygina