An art fair is a commercial exhibition that shows the work of artists or art dealers. Each entrant has to pay a fee.
Art fairs are not to be confused with art exhibitions. Exhibitions are organised by curators.
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“I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.”
—Jonathan Swift (16671745)
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In white wine or red,
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With which we were christenèd.”
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