How many people usually attend the International Antiques Fair?”
“Change is good,” said Brian Haughton just before the preview party of the 21st annual International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City on October 15, 2009. “We have four more dealers than last year,” added his wife and partner, Anna, not mentioning the 18 dealers who had elected not to return to the show, or that the Haughtons had canceled their 20th-century International Art+Design Fair, which for a decade had been held early in the fall. “The fair looks younger and improved,” commented Axel Vervoordt, the Belgian dealer and tastemaker who every year since the show’s inception in 1989 has combined contemporary design, modern painting, and sculpture with 17th- and 18th-century furniture and ancient works of art. A large book illustrating his work for clients around the world was open on a slate-top coffee table of his own design incised with the Golden Mean. “Art is timeless. I find all art inspirational. I especially like the work of the cont
