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FRIEZE ART FAIR

This month saw the return of the London Frieze Festival, bringing together the art world in one place - Regents Park. The venue was packed with people, art and investors joined together to celebrate artists and their work.

Strong sales have been reported by the Frieze Art Fair 2007.
Gallerists reported that sales had been stronger than ever and the number of visits to the fair increased to 68,000 in 2007 from 63,000 in 2006.

151 of the world’s leading galleries from 28 countries exhibited at the fair which has established a reputation as the best place to see new developments in international contemporary art.

The Frieze Art Fair will be back in late 2008. 

Guitar Town at Tower Bridge

The Southbank at Tower Bridge, London, is currently playing host to ‘Guitartown’ a selection of ‘Gibson Guitars’. The Gibson Project is a collaboration of 30 well known artists and musicians, raising money for three chosen charities; The Princes Trust, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and Teenage Cancer Trust.

Music legends such as Paul Weller, Slash, Ronnie Wood, Robert Plant, Rod Stewart, Noel Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, Roxy Music, New Order, Bruce Dickinson, Brian May, Gary Moore, Gorillaz, Dirty Pretty Things, The Lost Prophets, James Dean Bradfield, Ocean Colour Scene, Graham Coxon, The Kooks, The Magic Numbers, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Rodgers, Suggs, KT Tunstall, Razorlight, Hard-Fi, Corinne Bailey Rae, Depeche Mode, James Morrision, Motorhead, Sir Cliff Richard and James Blunt are lending their support.

Each guitar is constructed by a 10 foot piece of fibreglass and then designed and hand painted by some of the Uk’s leading artists. Sir Peter Blake and Mauricio Ortiz from Eyestorm have been taking part and lending their support. Each guitar will be signed by the artist and an auction for the guitars will be held in November.

’Guitartown’ London finishes at the beginning of September so make sure you get down there over the August bank holiday weekend to be sure not to miss it.

Why Blog?
Eyestorm has been the market leader for limited edition prints since the web was in its infancy, so over time we've become pretty opinionated on a bunch of art-related issues. So while we're here to provide you with the best art you can buy, we also wanted a flexible space through which to share our experience of working in the frenetic, ever-accelerating market for contemporary art. So this is it. The Eyestorm blog. Ups, downs, news, views and reviews.