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The Art Fair Calendar provided by ArtVista shows the profusion of art fairs in recent years. Barbara Gladstone sees the reason for this success in that nowadays "everyone feels comfortable viewing art as an asset, not just a pleasure" (The Economist). András Szántó, consultant and contributing editor to The Art Newspaper, said: "The fairs have done very well in exploiting a structural weakness of the gallery system - it ...it is inchoate and based on local markets" (Burns). During the downturn, many withdrew from these markets and, according to dealer David Zwirner, "the overall weight has shifted to clients who don't live where you work - so ...so you service them through art fairs" (Burns).
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