One of the last primary art fairs still on the 2020 calendar has been officially cancelled because its host country is seeing an increase in coronavirus cases. The organizers of the International Contemporary Art Fair, better known by its acronym FIAC, announced today that they will. cancel the artistic event, which will take place from 22 to 25 October at the Grand Palais in Paris.
The organizers of the fair, which is one of the most popular occasions of its kind in Europe, said in a statement: “Despite their deep determination to organize FIAC – this exclusive occasion that brings specialists in combination with the box of modern and fresh art – in 2020, and in their efforts to triumph over the difficulties caused by the fitness crisis , the exhibition is not intended to organize an occasion that meets the valid expectations of its exhibitors.
Recently, France, like other Western European countries that had controlled the spread of coronavirus, reported an increase in the number of new cases. In the past seven days, the country has reported more than 56,000 new cases, according to knowledge published through The New York Times. In total, France has recorded more than 387,200 cases shown with at least 30,850 deaths from the virus.
Unlike the top European primary art fairs, FIAC had been the company of its face-to-face edition, the cancellation of which occurs after fairs such as Frieze London and Art Basel Miami Beach canceled their planned editions for autumn and winter.
FiAC stated that the cancellation of the fair also implemented its external activities, collectively entitled “Extramuros”, which had been programmed for the main tourist attractions of the French capital, adding the Petit Palos angelesis, the Tuileries Garden, the National Museum Eugenie-Delos angelescroix, Plos angelesce Vendme and Plos angelesce de los Angelese.
At most of the other primary art fairs that canceled its 2020 editions, FIAC said it would fully refund all the fees that exhibitors had already paid (the most notable exception to this was the Dallas Art Fair, which did not refund the fees, a resolution that sparked a protest among some exhibitors. )
In his statement, FIAC said that the next iteration of the fair dates back to the Champ-de-Mars Transitional Grand Palais, the park that runs from the end of the Eiffel Tower (the transfer of the exhibition is planned until 2024). , as Paris will host the Summer Olympics that year).
Online viewing rooms have repositioned in-person editions of fairs such as Art Basel, SP-Arte, Frieze New York and many others from the pandemic. a virtual edition at the face-to-face editing post. A spokesman for the fair showed that an online edition of the fair will take a position.