Art Monthly Debate: Fair’s Fair

Art Monthly have capitalised on the recent letters page debate between Lisa Le Feuvre and Peter Suchin over the function of art fairs by inviting both of them over to the ICA for a panel discussion. The event isn’t until November 7 but tickets for “Fair’s Fair: Why do we love to hate art fairs?” went on sale today, and in the lead-up to the live debate AM have put the Le Feuvre/Suchin exchange all in one place for easy reading.

The exchange does little more than repackage the age-old money/art debate with a bit of name-calling thrown in. But since the question isn’t going away, here’s a summary of the story so far.

If you want to go along, get in there quick because the event will no doubt sell out fast since it contains all the right buzz-words for this time of year. I’m not sure I’d be happy to part with my £10 for the ticket if we were just going to watch more of Le Feuvre and Suchin pacing out their territories, particularly given the tendency of ICA panel events to leave me frustrated at the level of debate, and trying to construct a case for getting my money back.