"Last July, ADAA's Art Show coined the term when it announced it would take a year off to 'reimagine' the New York fair. Days later, Taipei Dangdai, an art fair in Taiwan, said it too would take a beat to examine 'the model, timing, scale, and format' of future events. In December, an unprecedented number of galleries sat on sidelines instead of taking a booth at Art Basel Miami Beach."
"For Chouakri, the pause is more creative than economic. He told me that after more than 250 exhibitions, it's a natural moment to stop and remodel. The gallery will continue its work with estates, including Charlotte Posenenske and Hans-Peter Feldmann, while pausing its regular exhibition program. "It's about changing the pace," he said. "Not chasing one thing after the other, from one fair to the next. Instead of doing classical shows every six weeks-dinners, fairs-this is an opportunity to rethink.""
A new concept, 'strategic pause,' has emerged as galleries and fairs temporarily halt exhibitions or editions to reassess models, timing, and scale. Vienna's Spark Art Fair announced a hiatus, Berlin dealer Mehdi Chouakri paused his 30-year-old gallery program, and other events including ADAA's Art Show and Taipei Dangdai have taken breaks to reimagine formats. An unprecedented number of galleries skipped Art Basel Miami Beach. The pauses are framed as opportunities to change pace and rethink programming rather than purely economic retreats. Some galleries continue core work, such as representing estates, while pausing regular exhibition cycles.
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