Art buyers can often conjure up a certain type of image involving blazers, spectacles and cigars, but these days those defining features are worn by any hip dude hanging out in flinders lane on the right side of 30. A shift in the art buying status quo?

We think so, and a big reason behind this is the more egalitarian approach to design and appreciating art in its many mediums. Enter Art Melbourne with its non-pretentious art fair offering a variety of art for all types of enthusiasts despite your lifestyle or income. How very pc!

Our hint is to check out “Off The Wall”, the showcase of the next 10 emerging artists of note. This motley crew of artists has been assembled by an expert panel after a national call out and 170 entries were whittled down to 10. They are all unrepresented, so this art fair offers them the chance for fame and fortune. The opportunity to get noticed by the best art galleries, curators and consultants.

Get your art-fix and head to the opening tonight (we hear that the good stuff goes quick). Make your claim on your next dinner-party-conversation-starter-art-piece.

Art Melbourne
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, Melbourne, 3000
22 – 25 April 2010