London Art Week is a cooperative of approved art galleries and auction houses situated in the

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and

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district of central

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, England, that deal in pre-contemporary art,

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and antiquities. London Art Week is partnered with The European Fine Art Fair or TEFAF in

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and

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. Unlike

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, it does not take place in a temporary tent construction, but within bricks and mortar art galleries in a small geographical district of central London. London Art Week was launched in 2013 as a marketing platform to unite Master Drawings London (established in 2001), Master Drawings and Sculpture Week (established in 2013) and Master Paintings Week (established in 2009). The founding director is Crispian Riley-Smith and the London Art Week company was incorporated as a

not-for-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

limited company in 2017. In 2017, London Art Week launched a December event to add to the longstanding July event. London Art Week is partnered by

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Oxford,

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and

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London.

Art history talks

London Art Week organises specialist talks by art historians and experts within several of the member galleries. In 2017, speakers included

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, Joanna Tinworth, exhibitions curator at

, and Adam Lowe, Director of

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, Jane Munro, curator of the

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and Robert Bracey of

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, co-curator of the

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exhibition ''Imagining the Divine''. There are also practical talks on legal issues to consider when buying art by specialist legal firms specialising in the fine art sector.

References

External links

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