Event: I Saloni 2007, An Appointment with Quality, Milan

The signs of reprisal in the furniture sector form the background to all the preparatory work going into the next edition of i Saloni which, like last year, will be held in the New Milan Fairgrounds in Rho from 18^th to 23^rd April. It will also host the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Euroluce, the International Furnishings Accessories Exhibition and SaloneSatellite.

Along with the general financial expectations, there is the amazing success of the 2006 edition to consider – here are just some of the figures: 2,578 exhibitors, 229,059 square metres, 223,138 visitors, of whom 123,391 came from 146 different countries and 4,128 journalists, of whom 2,065 came from 57 different countries – and this year the fact that demand from exhibitors and for exhibition space has far outstripped supply means that yet again we are taking on the challenge of both the exhibition and the sector with tremendous optimism.

Art: Underground Art trend

The formal dissertations on collecting the most underground of modern art continue to appear. This recent piece from Alan Bamberger takes a look at recent buying trends by comparing the careers of Shepard Fairey & Banksy:

ART, MONEY, SHEPARD FAIREY, BANKSY, AND THE QUEST FOR CLARITY
or, “Adventures in Art Market Comparison and Analysis”
By Alan Bamberger, 2007

Highly recommended essay on Supertouch.