ART MARKET BUDAPEST, Eastern Europe’s leading contemporary art fair is among Europe’s most significant annual art events, presenting more than 100 exhibitors from over 25 countries. The fair’s eighth edition in 2018 is taking place between 11-14 October, and features thousands of artworks by over 500 artists on a 6,200 square meter large exhibition space at one of the most exciting fair locations in Europe. Over 50 complementary events including book launches, art performances, film screenings, and panel discussions add to the visual richness of this large-scale exhibition. Art Market Budapest is an artistic, sociological and social event, which presents contemporary art in a lively and eye-catching yet easily accessible way in order to open up the world of art fairs to a wide range of audiences including local and international art-lovers. In the past five years, Art Market Budapest became a key stakeholder in Central and Eastern Europe’s art scene, with the primary goal of promoting the region’s artists, and art market along with inducing interest in Central and Eastern Europe’s diverse and rich variety of contemporary art mediums.