Overview

• Organizers and galleries reported steady transactions through the Aug. 31 close at Centro Costa Salguero, with sales across a wide price range supporting revenue for the year.
• Galleries cited a wave of first-time and younger collectors, including a buyer in his early twenties purchasing an Estrella Mergá painting for over $10,000 and a young couple’s first acquisition at Rubbers.
• Institutions made purchases and international figures attended, with MALI acquiring six works by Ana Seggiaro and the Guggenheim’s Pablo León de la Barra praising the fair alongside some 150 invited guests.
• Awards amplified visibility and sales, including the Premio Remax Collection to Constitución and Ruth Benzacar, a Volf-sponsored prize to Luciano Giménez at Cott, and a record $25,500 Premio En Obra allocation to Utopia sector projects.
• Rising participation costs strained exhibitors, with some galleries taking loans to pay for stands, as satellite fair Affair also closed with solid sales at accessible price points and strengthened its role alongside arteBA.