Very unpleasant experience at Paris Photo with the owner and director. My collection focuses on Japanese artists and they represent several, so their booth was on my list. I got there after spending almost two hours seeing other work at this very crowded fair. Parched, I helped myself to one of the tangerines in a big bowl on the table. Other exhibitors welcomed visitors with post cards, chocolates, North African pastries, even posters. The admission ticket was 30 euros, to weed out non-serious buyers. The owner commanded me to put back the tangerine which was for "his clients". How did he know my budget? To underscore his pettiness, his gallery director rudely told me to "run along, sell my paintings and come back TO TRY TO BUY something, not that they'd sell to (me)". They'd do better with a bowl of artificial fruit. I'll continue buying from Maeght and Tattinger. read more