Art Palm Beach is a leading international modern and contemporary art fair as well as the most important annual art event in The Palm Beaches. The fair, founded in 1997, is held in West Palm Beach and exhibits the works of international artists, ranging from "the most promising emerging talent" to masters. Art work exhibited includes photography, painting, design, fine artglass, sculpture, and video. Art Palm Beach is the largest fair of its kind in the Palm Beaches in terms of attendance, square footage, and total sales conducted by its exhibitors.
History
Art Palm Beach was established in 1997 in South Florida and it has been the longest running mid-winter fair dedicated to contemporary, emerging, and modern masterworks of the art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Art Palm Beach is yearly organized by IFAE/Next Level fair founders David and Lee Ann Lester who were the original founders of Art Miami, Art Asia Hong Kong, American International Fine Art Fair, and Art Boca Raton. Video, performance art, art installations, and new technologies have become unique features of the fair offering collectors exposure to today’s emerging art trends.
Art Palm Beach 2018
In January 2018, the 21st edition of Art Palm Beach was held in South Florida. Next Level Fairs reshaped the art fair concept of Art Palm Beach at the event by connecting exhibitors and collectors in new dynamic ways. Visitors at the event took part in an immersive art experience as they gained access to crucial information about art and collecting in a comprehensive manner that reflects today’s modern art market.
Following the massive success of the Fake Fulfillment Center‘s debut at Art Basel Miami Beach 2017, New York-based artist Shawn Kolodny set up an immersive art installation at Art Palm Beach. Fake Fulfillment Center explores society’s struggle and obsession with fulfillment, incorporating fashion, addiction and social media into one collective experience. The exhibition was designed to be social media-friendly, allowing the audience to interact with each room or station within the space that encompassed a different theme. At the Miami display, Kolodny held his quintessential “Addicted to Fashion” room at the start of the experience as guests donned lab coats and entered the space. Inside, his popular Prada artwork incorporated into vials and pill bottles was displayed in a picturesque, mirrored room. The rest of the exhibit featured everything from giant pill bottles where guests got to enter inside for photos, to a social media-inspired Twister, zen capsule garden and so much more. At the end of the exhibition was Kolodny's most shiny capsule series - an 18 karat gold capsule pendant with 164 nearly flawless, round cut diamonds. Jewelry designer, Yohan Rodrigani took one of Kolodny's most iconic artworks and transformed it into wearable art jewelry.
Art Palm Beach 2019
Celebrating its 22nd edition January 16-20, 2019, it is the largest art fair in the Palm Beaches dedicated to contemporary, emerging, and modern works of art from the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition to the activities within the scope of the Fair, Art Palm Beach proposes a cultural map of the city to the entire visiting public, facilitating visits to key contemporary art circuits throughout the Palms Beaches during this week.
Organizer: Next Level Fairs
With over 28 years in the industry and over 150 successful fairs held around the world, Next Level Fairs is a leading authority in the arts communities of Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and more. Since 1990, the David and Lee Ann Lester have organized more than 110 major international fairs in Miami, Palm Beach, Naples, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Greenwich. Many of their fairs have been acquired by major media companies. Art Miami was purchased in 1998 by Advanstar Communications and the Palm Beach International Art & Antique Fair, Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach Town and Country, and the Texas International Fine Art Fair were purchased in 2001 by DMG World Media. Next Level Fairs later reacquired Art Palm Beach and the Palm Beach International Art & Antique Fair. Long known as innovators in the fair industry, the Lesters established their most ambitious art fair venture, SeaFair - The Megayacht Venue, in 2007. Expoships’ $40M specially designed and constructed art exhibition vessel, offers art dealers and luxury lifestyle purveyors access to many affluent communities along the US East Coast in a unique, smaller, club-like fair format. Next Level Fairs sophisticated, event-driven fairs attract the broadest possible attendance to each fair with a marketing strategy that includes broad international advertising and promotion as well as coordination with key local press, museums, collectors, and designers.
