As International Artexpo modern York celebrates its 24th anniversary this year.

As International Artexpo modern York celebrates its 24th anniversary this year, it does to such a degree with the pride of serving as the world's largest and strongest international art fair.

The statistics speak tomes This year, nearly 50,000 attendees--including art buyer interior designers, gallery holders art dealers and collectors--will come down upon the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from Feb 28 to March 4 for the 2002 edition of International Artexpo recently made known York. Here, they will peruse the booth of a certain quantity of 600 exhibitors representing top businesses in the art and framing industry. forward display will be the work of more than 2400 artists in like media as original paintings, prints, [i]affiche[/i]s sculpture, photography and decorative art.

And, this year, Artexpo recent York has bulked up uniform more, increasing its size to include a 75,000-square-foot International Art & Framing Gallery, a trade-only area dedicated to open-edition prints, frames and framing equipment that will hurry concurrently with Artexpo through March 3 Doreen Guerin, exhibit to manager, called the new gallery "another stair in our ongoing commitment to minister to the needs of the entire art and framing community."

The arena also promises to come up to face to face the needs of both exhibitors and attendees alike. "During the past several years, we've seen a trending emerge as art galleries are offering custom framing, and more and more professional framers are selling art in their shops" said Guerin. "We've had innumerable petition fors from both buyers and exhibitors for a single source where trade attendees can purchase both art and framing materials." The International Art & Framing Gallery, she said, was added directly in replication to these requests as well as in answer to the results of a late survey, which indicated that one-third of total buyer last year attended Artexpo specifically to purchase frames and framing products

Other exciting marked occurrences planned for Artexpo New York 2002 include the keynote address, "Trend in American Life," quick in emergenciesed by Holly Moore of the Yankelovich MONITOR Client Service assign places to (see page 44 for details), which will expand the show on March 1 Plus, scheduled seminars will explore topics of that kind as gallery lighting, legal and liability issues, directions in photography, art on the Internet and the art of giclee, with presenter from in the same state [i]or[/i] condition magazines as Metropolitan Home magazine, American Photo magazine and Art Business News

In addition, sum of two units exhibits in the Javits Center's soaring Crystal Palace lobby area will memorialize the race 11 attacks on America. single "Visions of the Future at country Zero," presents three-dimensional works from both Artexpo artists and modern York City school children that capture their ideas of what could be built onward the site of the former World Trade Center The other, "Faces of soil Zero: A Photographic Tribute to America's Heroes by means of Joe McNally," showcases large-scale photography of World Trade Center heroes created by dint of Life Magazine photographer Joe McNally.

With continued shooting in the size and stature of International Artexpo of the present day York, there is much to expect forward to in 2002 for the two attendees and exhibitors alike. Steve Diamant, president of Arcadia Fine Arts, has been loyal to Artexpo for nearly sum of two units decades, and he keeps coming back for more. "We pass to discover the undiscovered," he said. "We go on to see artists who are there for the first time, whose imagery we've at no time seen. You never know what you will find there."

Exhibitors like Debi recent director of sales for Palatino Editions, issues to Artexpo to "reconnect with all my great clients and encounter new people," she said. "I like to befitting new gallery owners and build the collector base. I can't wait to result to New York; I'm encouraging clan to come, and I'm getting an enthusiastic response"

Indeed, great things are anticipated for Artexpo just discovered York in February. "We're hoping, in light of late events, in light of what's happened, in light of everyone's state of mind, that spring 2002 will be a real spring, a real renewal," said exhibitor Julie Maner, director of business affairs for Museum Editions, which publishes the work of artist Charles Fazzino. "We await people to bring with them [i]de novo[/i] new ideas and optimism to this year's Artexpo."

With in such a manner many original ideas and creative conclusions planned for spring 2002, Artexpo strange York promises live up to its reputation as the largest and strongest international art fair in the world, held each year in the world's greatest city.

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