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SeaFair is a traveling art show aboard mega-yacht Grand Luxe.
A traveling art show sets sail for Baltimore and Alexandria
For art and antiques collectors accustomed to searching the globe for new acquisitions, an event this fall offers a welcome change of pace: More than two dozen international dealers are showing their collections aboard the 228-foot mega-yacht Grand Luxe, scheduled to dock for five-day stops in both Baltimore and Alexandria, Virginia.
These are two of 38 ports of call that SeaFair, this floating art show, will make along the East Coast during its 2007-2008 inaugural itinerary. Twenty-eight art and antiques dealers will show their collections in the yacht’s 12,500 square feet of museum-quality display space. While on board, guests can peruse old master paintings, 17- to 19th-century decorative arts, modern art, Asian art, textiles and antique and contemporary jewelry.
The dealers participating in SeaFair regularly exhibit in major fairs in New York, Palm Beach, Paris, Maastricht and London. “In today’s challenging global environment, SeaFair brings dealers directly to collectors’ seasonal residences rather than requiring the collector to travel a great distance in order to visit world-renowned galleries,” says David Lester, managing partner of Expoships, LLLP, the developer of SeaFair. The Grand Luxe will dock at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor East Marina from October 31 to November 4 and will continue on to Alexandria from November 7 to 11. For more information or to obtain a complimentary invitation (required), call (239) 949-5411 or visit www.expoships.com