The Affordable Art Fair

15 – 18 March 2012, Battersea

Talks and Tours

Viewing art is a wonderful experience, but there really is nothing quite like owning some yourself. Working out where to begin your own collection can sometimes be daunting. Paintings, prints photography or sculpture; by an emerging young artist or a household name: the choices are seemingly endless.

Although appreciating and collecting art should be about personal taste, a little bit of considered advice from an expert can go a long way. At the Affordable Art Fair we have a programme of free and informal talks and tours throughout the duration of the fair, which are a great place to start.

Love Art London

A series of interesting and fun talks led by Love Art London will take place throughout the fair – everything from a specially designed ‘Art Crawl’ on Thursday evening to an insiders guide to finding ‘really really affordable art’ to buy at the fair.

Love Art London’s Egg Timer Tour
Every day, 12.30pm
Meet at the Love Art London stand near the entrance

We’ll be introducing you to a handpicked selection of 10 galleries in 1 hour, giving each just 5 minutes to talk about an artist or artwork they particularly love. With one eye on the egg timer galleries don’t have time to waffle, making this a fun and highly informative whistle-stop tour

Love Art London’s Art Crawl in association with Laithwaites
Thursday 15 March - Late View, 7pm
Meet at the Love Art London stand near the entrance

Following the same format as our egg timer tour, Love Art London’s Art Crawl includes mini wine tasting sessions along the way thrown in for good measure. The wine buffs from Laithwaites will also have one eye on the egg timer, having just 5 minutes to tell you everything you need to know about the wines you’ll be swigging. Places are limited on this tour.


Printmaking Q&As


Printmaking Techniques Explained with Melvyn Petterson
Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 1pm


If etchings and edition numbers leave you scratching your head in confusion, pop along to this informal Q&A to find out more about the art of printmaking and ask Melvyn any questions you may have.