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Frieze New York 2025
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How can art fairs become greener?

Tight timelines for set-up, shipping and deinstallation, plus often extensive travel for staff and clients, make the sector stubbornly unsustainable

Annabel Keenan
8 May 2025
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Carbon conundrum: shipping art to fairs is a serious challenge for galleries, accounting for a third of their annual emissions Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images