The arteBA Foundation this year accepted the challenge put forth by the authorities of Buenos Aires, which entailed organizing an annual art gallery fair with the same features as international fairs such as those of Frankfurt, Bonn, Miami, Madrid, which give pride to these cities.
With more enthusiasm than experience, the organization of ArteBA ’91 was thus launched, counting upon the support of gallery owners, the Centro Cultural Recoleta and its friends and sponsoring companies. The response of the public - more than twenty thousand people visited the event - confirmed that Buenos Aires wanted to have a fair.
ArteBA ’91 closed its doors secure in the knowledge that the Foundation had, through its actions, accomplished the objectives that gave it birth:
• Promote Argentinean art, not only through publicizing it, but also through facilitating its acquisition.
• To bring artist into contact with the general public through the galleries, so that in turn this public is brought closer to the possibility of bringing art back to their homes.
• Consolidate the presence of Argentina within Latin American art, proving that it is an art that has buyers.
• Consolidating the art market through a fair which assists in giving the market transparency.
• Transforming arteBA into a regional event with the participation of Southern Cone galleries, with the idea of creating a type of Mercosur for the plastic arts.
