Last night, members and visitors to the Art Gallery of Ontario flooded into the auditorium for the sold out talk on Picasso and the Art Market, presented in partnership with Sotheby's Canada. Molly Ott Ambler, Director of Day Sales, and Elizabeth Gorayeb, Vice President, flew up from Sotheby's, New York, to share with us Canadians a bit about the history of Picasso in the art market, how his prices were realized, why he...

Over the past two weeks I have visited both the frieze and fiac art fairs and for those of you participating in Art Toronto, I've learned to secret to attracting tons of people to your booth - so listen up. It's quite simple actually and works every single time. Install a crazy and outrageous sculpture, even if you don't think you'll sell it.

Seriously.

Art fairs are full of people who are not there to buy, but rather to take in the sights. These range from artists looking for inspiration to casual art goers...