{"id":21999,"date":"2026-10-27T15:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/menart-fair-lots-of-curious-visitors-few-buyers\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:38:58","slug":"menart-fair-lots-of-curious-visitors-few-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/en\/menart-fair-lots-of-curious-visitors-few-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Menart Fair: Lots of Curious Visitors, Few Buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21999\" class=\"elementor elementor-21999 elementor-21980\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-175df2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"175df2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8363ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8363ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>For its 7th edition, which concluded on Sunday, Menart Fair drew a large crowd, but collectors were few and far between. While lower-priced works found buyers, sales remained modest. This poses a challenge for the fair, which is dedicated to the art scenes of the Middle East and North Africa and has yet to turn its critical acclaim into commercial success.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Olivier Rachet and Emmanuelle Outtier<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e3acc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e3acc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAtr.1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-21992\" alt=\"Mojdeh Atrak, #19 de la s\u00e9rie Be, and it is, 2024, Techniques mixtes, collage et linogravure sur carton, 108 x 155 x 4 cm\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAtr.1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAtr.1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAtr.1-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAtr.1-768x582.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mojdeh Atrak, <i>#19<\/i> de la s\u00e9rie <i>Be, and it is<\/i>, 2024, Techniques mixtes, collage et linogravure sur carton, 108 x 155 x 4 cm<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51eb548 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"51eb548\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-817c09b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"817c09b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 300 euros, the cyanotypes by Tunisian artist Sirin Boubaker were selling. At 6,000 euros, the paintings by Libyan artist Fakhri Guedafi were struggling to find buyers. At Menart Fair, visitors turned out in force, but collectors were notably fewer. \u201c <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A difficult edition<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ,\u201d summarized a seasoned observer of the fair, who pointed to an unfavorable market climate marked by tensions in Paris and a shortage of buyers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, 34 galleries from 18 countries made the trip to Paris, 47% of which were returning participants. This attests to a certain level of exhibitor loyalty, but not necessarily to strong commercial momentum. Shiran Ben Abderrazak of the Brussels-based Armature gallery (and a contributor to Diptyk) made a few sales, thanks mainly to his network. On site, there were many curious onlookers but few collectors. A few booths fared well, mainly with works priced under 1,500 euros. <\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That wasn&#8217;t enough to discourage the gallery owner, who had come primarily to showcase the work of Tunisian artist Sirin Boubaker, whose bittersweet paintings and cyanotypes he was exhibiting in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revealing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section. From this perspective, it was a success. And that is the paradox of Menart: a fair that sparks curiosity and enjoys genuine critical acclaim, yet whose sales still rely largely on impulse buys at low prices.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e524275 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e524275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d0e9e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d0e9e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAb.-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-21991\" alt=\"Mohammed Abusal, Tourism Through a Window No. 1, 2019, Technique mixte sur papier, 105 x 75 cm Note: Cette \u0153uvre a \u00e9t\u00e9 endommag\u00e9e \u00e0 Gaza en novembre 2023, lors du bombardement de la maison de l&apos;artiste.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAb.-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAb.-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAb.-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAb.-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MAb.-1-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mohammed Abusal, <i>Tourism Through a Window No. 1<\/i>, 2019, Technique mixte sur papier, 105 x 75 cm\nNote: Cette \u0153uvre a \u00e9t\u00e9 endommag\u00e9e \u00e0 Gaza en novembre 2023, lors du bombardement de la maison de l'artiste.\n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86d5b0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"86d5b0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-516ee93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"516ee93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Mixed Sales <\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, it was the most accessible works that seemed to have won over visitors willing to take the plunge and make a purchase. A few booths away from Armature, the Paris-based Iranian gallery Keshavarzian showcased linocuts by Tehran-born artist Mojdeh Atrak, which were flying off the shelves with prices ranging from 600 to 8,000 euros depending on the size.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transactions were also concluded at higher prices. At Turab Art Project, a gallery from Ramallah, two works on paper by Palestinian artist Mohammed Abusal found buyers for 6,500 euros. At the Parisian gallery Bessi\u00e8res, a regular at the fair, photographs by Lebanese artist Serge Najjar\u2014featuring geometric architectural forms bordering on abstraction and highly sought-after at the previous edition\u2014were priced between 3,000 and 5,000 euros.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But sales were far from going as smoothly everywhere. Among the newcomers, the Libyan gallery Beit Eskender struggled to find buyers for Fakhri Gaddafi\u2019s paintings, priced between 5,000 and 6,000 euros, unlike the oil portraits by the young Jordanian painter Ahmad Turki, represented by Artinerary\u2014a regular at Menart Fair\u2014which drew more interest. Set against monochromatic red or orange backgrounds, his ghostly faces convey an unsettling strangeness.  <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f288762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f288762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2280b87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2280b87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AG.-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-21988\" alt=\"Amor Ghedamsi, Tilka akwan taskunuk (Ce sont des univers qui vivent en toi), 2025, Technique mixte sur toile, 114 x 147 cm\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AG.-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AG.-2-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AG.-2-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AG.-2-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AG.-2-1185x1536.jpg 1185w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AG.-2-300x389.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Amor Ghedamsi, <i>Tilka akwan taskunuk (Ce sont des univers qui vivent en toi)<\/i>, 2025, Technique mixte sur toile, 114 x 147 cm<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e0c808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8e0c808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab4a196 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab4a196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The Challenge of Building a Market<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There remains the thorny issue of sales figures, in a year complicated by the fair\u2019s closure on Saturday, October 24, due to protests in Paris. This posed an additional obstacle for galleries, which also rely on the weekend to close out their sales. But Menart\u2019s difficulties are not limited to this early closure.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laure d&#8217;Hauteville, the founder of Menart, doesn&#8217;t take the easy way out. By taking a chance on an art fair dedicated to the art scenes of the Middle East and North Africa, she also welcomes galleries from particularly challenging regions, such as Palestine, Iran, and Libya, which are still underrepresented at major international art fairs. This positioning is what makes Menart unique, but it is not enough to attract a sufficiently large clientele of collectors. The fair\u2019s venue itself\u2014whose multi-level layout is not easy to navigate\u2014also does not help it move upmarket.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless, Laure d&#8217;Hauteville\u2014who is celebrating the 40th edition this year of the various fairs she has organized around the world\u2014remains confident nonetheless. \u201c <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re growing. In fact, other fairs are starting to represent artists from our regions<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ,\u201d she says. Seven editions after its inception, Menart Fair seems to have found its audience. The challenge now is to turn this critical acclaim into hard cash.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba777cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ba777cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5a462 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb5a462\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AY.-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-21990\" alt=\"Adlan Yousif, Between Exiles I, 2025, M\u00e9tal de r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration soud\u00e9, 29 x 20 x 20 cm\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AY.-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AY.-1-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AY.-1-828x1024.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AY.-1-768x950.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AY.-1-1241x1536.jpg 1241w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AY.-1-300x371.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Adlan Yousif, <i>Between Exiles I<\/i>, 2025, M\u00e9tal de r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration soud\u00e9, 29 x 20 x 20 cm<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c14fb75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c14fb75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b388770 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b388770\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ATu.-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-21989\" alt=\"Ahmad Turki, Shared ground, 2026, Huile sur toile, 34 x 50 cm\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ATu.-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ATu.-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ATu.-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ATu.-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ahmad Turki, <i>Shared ground<\/i>, 2026, Huile sur toile, 34 x 50 cm<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For its 7th edition, which concluded on Sunday, Menart Fair drew a large crowd, but collectors were few and far between. 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