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Houston Fine Art Fair
Opening Night Preview Party |
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Artist and Honoree Donald Sultan and Fair organizer Rick Friedman.
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Cliff Helmcamp, Jerry Jeanmard.
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On September 15, 2011, nearly 3,000 art patrons and dealers attended the opening night preview party for the inaugural Houston Fine Art Fair at the George R. Brown Convention Center, to benefit the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Glassell School of Art Program.
The electric crowd came to get a preview of the 80 galleries from 13 countries and 37 cities that attended the inaugural fair. Internationally acclaimed artist Donald Sultan, represented by Meredith Long & Company, jetted in to receive the lifetime achievement award from fair organizer, Rick Friedman.
A former muse of Andy Warhol, Ultraviolet made her Houston Fine Art Fair debut and was well-received.
Artists whose works sold during the fair included: Adela Andea, Rafael Barrios, Fernando Botero, Chul-Hyan, Ahn, Leon Ferrari, Sarah Frost, Jasper Johns, Kim Joon, Jun Kaneko, Donald Lipski, Kenneth Noland, Chuck Ramirez, Robert Rauschenberg, Sebastiao Salgado, Frank Stella, Donald Sultan, and Dan Tague.
The enthusiasm of the Houston art community was validated by the sales from the weekend fair (Sept. 16 – 18), which totaled approximately $6 million and had 10,500 attendees in its first year. Plans are already underway for 2012.
Guests included: Brad and Leslie Bucher, Leigh and Reggie Smith, Judy Nyquist, Lea Weingarten, Cyndy Garza, Jane Glassman, Cynthia Toles, Donald Lipski, Lester Marks, William Goldberg, Meredith and Cornelia Long, Kathy Davis-Slade in from Australia, Pamela Waite in from Boston and former muse of of Andy Warhol, Ultraviolet.
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Judy Nyquist.
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Evi Newar.
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Craig Massey and Tatiana Massey.
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Melanie Lawson and John Guess, Jr.
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Adela Andea.
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Randy Powers.
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Chandos Dodson and Lea Weingarten.
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Betty Newton and Stacy Perlitz.
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Jenny Antill |
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