70 galleries gathered in Lisbon against the pessimism of the crisis

Art Lisbon open to the public from today until Monday, in Hall 4 of the IDF
Yesterday was inaugurated only for guests, but from now opens to the public, and until Monday in Hall 4 of the IDF, from 16.00 to 23.00, the new edition of Art Lisbon. They are about 70 art galleries in Portuguese (45) and Spanish (21), and Germany, Brazil, Korea and Mozambique mark presence with a gallery each. The general spirit is the fighting spirit of pessimistic economic crisis dominant and take the show not only how important and significant sample of the Portuguese market of art, but also as a platform for the dissemination of different creative dynamic.

This year's only fair of art in Portugal shows no changes to the format as in previous years has shown relatively effective, judging by the growing number of visitors, as well as in consolidating the number of galleries participating both Portuguese and foreign.

The great expectation with respect to capacity not only increasing the number of visitors (this year the estimates point to twenty thousand), but mainly in how the present financial crisis will affect the business to be held during these days. Many Art Galleries are skeptical and do not speak of a motivated by business, but especially the duty to be part of one of the most important events of the national art scene, but they noted the absence of most international gallery Portuguese, the Cristina Guerra, the agency's Vera Courteous and Fernando Santos. But if there are absences, is to emphasize the integration of six galleries Portuguese and increased Spanish participation.

Still on the business, the organization has pledged through its club of collectors, with around 80 thousand euros will be spent on buying this edition of the fair. And, alongside the institutional sales announced, there is a special program for collectors (domestic and foreign) which is carried out in order to motivate and entice potential buyers.

But if the business and how the crisis affects the business of art will be the dominant topics of conversation, art Lisbon maintains the important presence of the rooms of project, in which individual artists show projects specifically for the show, and organizes a set of debates and conferences dedicated to collecting, investment in art, post-colonialism in the Portuguese art and other subjects important to bring together names of critics, artists, Art Galleries, among other