Arte Fiera 2012

DOWN BUT NOT OUT
by Mark Kostabi

What a difference two years can make! Back in 2010 I concluded my Artnet report on the Bologna art fair, officially called “Art First” but referred to by everyone in Italy as “Arte Fiera,” with optimism. “Arte Fiera di Bologna is doing well,” I wrote. “Clearly, it will continue to dominate in Italy. It wants to be more international.”