Topic summary
FIAC
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain.
Cultural Significance
FIAC had been considered a French fair that local arts community took national pride in, including the French government. Starting in 2018, President Emmanuel Macron held receptions at the Élysée Palace for organizers, museum curators. At one such reception in 2021, he thanked FIAC’s long-time director, Jennifer Flay, for transforming the fair into the “nerve center of the art world.”