For some galleries, just a few hours into the Thursday opening, optimism was already beginning to translate into sales. “We are very happy,” reported Charlotte Ketabi-Lebard, co-founder of Ketabi Bourdet. The Parisian gallery is exhibiting a series of nine chairs by Paolo Pallucco in the fair’s Focus section, dedicated to solo presentations. Based on a simple black wooden chair, the artist’s sculptural flourishes lean and twist the forms into a range of playful contortions. When Artsy spoke to the gallerist, barely an hour into the VIP day on Thursday, six out of the nine pieces were sold, priced from €10,000–€15,000 ($10,900–$16,350). “The fact that we’re in TEFAF helps us to present these pieces that are really between design and sculpture,” Ketabi-Lebard added.
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