Fiac keeps calm and carries on despite low US turnout

The 43rd edition of the Fiac fair (Foire Internationale dArt Contemporain) opened its doors earlier this week against a backdrop of political and economic uncertainty in the US and Europe. US collectors were, dealers said, conspicuously absent from the fair, which was buoyed by European buyers who were out in force at Pariss Grand Palais.
 
Since I started doing Fiac, I have never seen so few Americans. There are five good US collectors here, said the Paris-based dealer Thaddaeus Ropac, st