Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair 2017

For the first time the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair forays into South East London taking up residence in The Workshop in the heart of Lambeth’s exciting and fast developing new gallery district.

2017 is the year the boot fair gets a re-boot with the theme The Original. When they began in 2004, the intention was to gently kick against the increasing commercialisation of the post Saatchi /Frieze London art market back then, and to create a more anarchic marketplace where like-minded artists could have some fun with their work, try out some new ideas and barter directly with their audience. In recent years the organisers have felt that the boot fair had itself become a bit commercial and its spirit dulled as a result, so they are refreshing it, moving to a new area for 2017 and making sure everyone who is invited makes artworks and wares or provides special art services just for the day often responding to what is going on in the world in witty and incisive ways.