By popular demand, ART Santa Fe is now an annual event! A biennial occurrence since its inception in 1995, Art Santa Fe has proved beyond uncertainty that Santa Fe, New Mexico is a thriving international contemporary art destination. ART Santa Fe 2007’s turnout of some 5,000 people over four days left all involved, from gallerists to artists to collectors, feeling that the fair was an unmitigated success. Nancy Hoffman declared that her New York Gallery “had a positive experience at the Santa Fe Fair, which has its own spirit and composition. We found an eager and interested audience with a great response to the range of work in the stand, as well as to [our Project Space] mixed media video installation.”

Galleries have come from across the US and around the world, to participate in ART Santa Fe and it has been consistently reported to be a positive experience for them and for their collectors. So much so, in fact, that the number of requests for an annual fair simply became impossible to refuse. Julie Baker, whose gallery in Nevada City, California, carries the work of emerging artists, stated that “ART Santa Fe 2007 was great for us. We met top-quality collectors, sold almost all of the work we brought and received great attention for the artist we presented…. There is a strong and growing contemporary art collector base in Santa Fe with a sophisticated enthusiasm for the arts. The director and staff did a tremendous job…very professional, with phenomenal speakers, parties, and visitors lounge for us. The local people were also very welcoming, thanking us profusely for coming.” As for Santa Fe gallerists, Sidney and Michelle Monroe of Monroe Gallery of Photography asserted that they “had an excellent experience at ART Santa Fe, Attendance was good. Our sales were very strong and surpassed our expectations.”

The next event, slated for July 10-13, 2008, ought to prove that Art Santa Fe is second to none in the bustling world of contemporary art fairs.