It might be strange to associate the feeling of calmness with an art fair, but at the VIP day of artgenève’s 12th edition on Wednesday, that’s exactly what visitors experienced. This is not to say the halls of Geneva’s Palexpo convention center were empty, or that hands were not being shaken. But the pace seemed to be more leisurely, and the buzz more convivial than one might expect from an art fair’s waking hours. Oddly, in contrast to typical fair openings of late, only a handful of the dealers that Artsy observed across the fair looked stressed. (...)
Another highlight is a solo booth of works by Idir Davaine at Ketabi Bourdet, which is among the youngest galleries at the fair, given that it was founded in 2022. The French artist’s abstractions take slices of sunsets, rivers, and the natural elements in between, melding them into evocatively fluid visions. A visit to the fair last year was enough to convince the gallery to participate, noted co-founder Paul Bourdet.
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