Fine Art Dealers Association
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The Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA) was founded in 1990 as a non-profit membership organization of respected and established art dealer
s from across the United States
. Its members are dedicated to promoting and maintaining the highest degree of professionalism, scholarship and integrity in all business conducted with colleagues, institutions and the art buying public. Membership in FADA is highly selective and by invitation only. Each member has expert knowledge of the artist or periods in which he or she specializes and maintains a corresponding inventory
. In addition to demonstrating a commitment to enriching the cultural lives of their communities, members share their expertise through significant exhibition
, informative catalogs
, and by offering quality works of art
whose authenticity
is unconditionally guaranteed.
, an art exhibition that takes place in Los Angeles
every year. The 2009 exhibit featured 150 galleries displaying works from the Old Masters to the Contemporary Masters in a space twice the size of the 2008 show. Over 35,000 people attended the 2009 exhibit in the 150000 square feet (13,935.5 m²) space at the Los Angeles Convention Center
.
Art dealer
An art dealer is a person or company that buys and sells works of art. Art dealers' professional associations serve to set high standards for accreditation or membership and to support art exhibitions and shows.-Role:...
s from across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Its members are dedicated to promoting and maintaining the highest degree of professionalism, scholarship and integrity in all business conducted with colleagues, institutions and the art buying public. Membership in FADA is highly selective and by invitation only. Each member has expert knowledge of the artist or periods in which he or she specializes and maintains a corresponding inventory
Inventory
Inventory means a list compiled for some formal purpose, such as the details of an estate going to probate, or the contents of a house let furnished. This remains the prime meaning in British English...
. In addition to demonstrating a commitment to enriching the cultural lives of their communities, members share their expertise through significant exhibition
Art exhibition
Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...
, informative catalogs
Exhibition catalogue
There are two types of exhibition catalogue : a printed list of exhibits at an art exhibition; and a directory of exhibitors at a trade fair or business-to-business event.-Art or museum exhibition catalogues:...
, and by offering quality works of art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
whose authenticity
Authenticity in art
Authenticity in art has a variety of meanings related to different ways in which a work of art or an artistic performance may be considered authentic.Denis Dutton distinguishes between nominal authenticity and expressive authenticity....
is unconditionally guaranteed.
Membership
As of February, 2009, there were 54 active US art gallery members of the association. Each member also has their own individual gallery space on the association's website.Los Angeles Art Show
The Fine Art Dealers Association also owns and runs the Los Angeles Art ShowLos Angeles Art Show
The Los Angeles Art Show is an international encyclopedic art exhibition and sale under the umbrella of the Fine Art Dealers Association . The show annually takes place in Los Angeles at the end of January and is now a seminal part of Los Angeles Arts Month...
, an art exhibition that takes place in Los Angeles
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every year. The 2009 exhibit featured 150 galleries displaying works from the Old Masters to the Contemporary Masters in a space twice the size of the 2008 show. Over 35,000 people attended the 2009 exhibit in the 150000 square feet (13,935.5 m²) space at the Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles Convention Center
The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in the southwest portion of downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show and Anime Expo, and is best known to video games fans as host to E3...
.
Past presidents
- 1997–2009: Howard L. Rehs
- 1995–1997: Tom Nygard
- 1993–1995: Gavin Spanierman
- 1991–1993: David Stary Sheets
- 1990–1991: George Stern