Clio Art Fair is a contemporary art fair held biannually that focuses on showcasing independent artists without exclusive gallery representation in NYC.
Clio is an alternative to larger, historical art fairs which are often dominated by blue chip galleries and high-priced artworks.
Clio Art Fair aims to create an intimate and approachable environment for both artists and collectors. Each independent artist is given their own exhibition space and the possibility to interact directly, without filters, with the collectors and art lovers that visit the space. The fair features a diverse range of contemporary art, including painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and installations. It also offers a performance program.
Adding to the innovative nature of our vision, Clio is the first art fair to accept the primary crypto-values as a form of payment: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, since 2017.
Clio Art Fair has gained a reputation for being a supportive and welcoming environment for emerging artists, and has been praised for its inclusivity and diversity. It has attracted a growing audience of art collectors, curators, and enthusiasts who are looking for a fresh and outside of the box perspective on the contemporary art world. Overall, Clio Art Fair is a must-see event for anyone interested in art.
The fair is known for its democratic and inclusive approach to art and its emphasis on collaborating with artists from a wide range of backgrounds and styles. We also pride ourselves on being very attentive to the architecture of our venues, thus not creating booths, but trying to respect as much as possible the spaces that host us. Finally, one of the most distinctive features of our fair is that we are born and we proudly still are a small and intimate fair, in opposition to the infinite isles of blue-ship fairs. Nevertheless, Clio Art Fair was born with a big challenge: empower independent artists and give them a spotlight in the NYC Art Week. We firmly stand by what the Italo-French Art Historian Philippe Daverio once said:
People walk into museums and look at 400 paintings in one hour and a half. Then they head over to grab a Coke once they head out, with their swollen feet, trying to forget the whole experience. […] Similarly to libraries, Museums hold hundreds of works, but they are not intended to be looked at all together, just as libraries hold thousands of books, but who walks in is not meant to read them all. […] The artist who has painted a work of art might have taken months or even years to finish: what gives us the right to look at it for no more than 5 seconds?
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