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THE NETWORKS DUBAI: The fair takes place at the Madinat Jumeirah complex, in the shadow of the imposing Mina a’Salam hotel, where one can reside in opulent Dubai style. During the day, trawl the waterside cafes and bars to spot art-world luminaries air-kissing, gossiping and arguing. In the evening, you’ll fnd collectors such as Don and Mera Rubell, Richard Chang, Dasha Zhukova and Prince Yemisi Shyllon chatting to curators such as Massimiliano Gioni, Catherine David and Richard Armstrong. Haunts of the ‘arterati’ include The Agency restaurant, the Rivington Bar & Grill, and The Belgian Beer Café at the Grand Millennium Hotel, which fll up nightly with people fercely debating cross-cultural alienation, gender politics in Yemen and whose turn it is to buy a round.
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SÃO PAULO: The fair’s foodie hot spot is Santinho, but if all the tables have gone, head to the restaurant at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM). It may be a less obvious choice but it takes in spillover from the fair. The Brazil-based German curator, Alfons Hug (responsible for the 25th and 26th Bienal de São Paulo), is often seen there. Since Ibirapuera Park is a large and lush green area, it’s perfect for picnicking. Or go to the top foor of the Museum of Contemporary Art at the University of São Paulo, where you can take in fantastic panoramic views of the city and bump into someone important on a quick post-lunch tour. The museum hosts a brunch up here, too – worth trying to score an invitation. 70 Baku.
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THE ART DUBAI: Art Dubai’s balance of participating galleries is tilted to the wider Middle East and Asia, with a healthy showing of Western names to help even things out. Dubai’s location – pretty much in the middle of everything – means easy accessibility for collectors and galleries to trade art from across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Far East and the West. One of the fair’s distinct selling points is this cultural diversity. In 2015, for instance, you are going to see international names such as David Hockney, Yto Barrada, Shafc Abboud, Ali Cherry and NS Harsha. The annual Marker programme focuses on emerging artists from a specifc region. Previous editions focused on Central Asia and the Caucasus, West Africa and Indonesia. This year it’s Latin America, curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas. Participants include Videobrasil, Maria José Arjona, Marina Buendia and Maria Quiroga.
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SÃO PAULO: The market for Brazilian art began to heat up in 2011, when Christie’s sold a work by Adriana Varejão for $1.7m, a record trumped by Sotheby’s sale of Beatriz Milhazes’s Meu Limão (2000) for $2m in 2012. Now Brazilian art is to be seen in museum shows and collections worldwide. SP-Arte, regarded as the most important art fair in Latin America, will host more than 140 galleries, more than half of which are from Brazil, with the remainder coming from 17 countries. International heavyweights such as White Cube, Pace and David Zwirner are now regulars at SP-Arte; this year, The Approach and Goodman Gallery are among the newcomers. A new section called Open Plan will bring together 25 large-scale artworks by artists such as Amilcar de Castro and Mona Hatoum, while Cauê Alves curates a special performance area. The Solo Section will return, offering an assemblage of galleries showing a single artist.
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