Sick of mega art fairs? 2 alternative models offer a more intimate experience

The return of Quarantine Art Fair and The Other Art Fair offers opportunity for respite and connection.
First launched in 2021, Quarantine Art Fairs returns to picturesque Point Nepean in 2025. Small sculptures and paintings of natural landscape inside a well-lit room with cream walls.

2024 has been a year of mega art fairs for this writer – from Art Basel Hong Kong (with five Australian booths), Frieze and Kiaf Seoul to Art021 and West Bund Art & Design in Shanghai, fair season usually features an itinerary of six- or seven-hour days inside a convention centre. Alongside the FoMO (fear of missing out) comes the fair-tigue, but what if there’s another approach to art fairs, right here on home turf?

The first iteration featured paintings, photography and sculptures both indoors and out, as well as the roving presence of playful costumed duo, The Huxleys.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_