VISUAL ARTS

Galleries from the United States, Europe will offer more than 3,000 original works of art at the Fifteenth Annual Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS), Thursday - Sunday, November 17-20, 2011 at The Cyclorama, Boston Center for The Arts (BCA). The show opens with the Gala Preview on Thursday, November 17 from 5:30 to 8:30pm to The Greater Boston Food Bank. Gala tickets are $100 and $250. Friday evening November 18 is "New Collectors' Night", and guest lectures take place throughout the weekend.

The only show of its kind in New England, BIFAS features 40 galleries from the United States and Europe, with no restrictions on the type of work that may be shown. Works on offer range from fine original prints priced at just a few hundred dollars to museum-quality masterpiece paintings priced at more than $3 million. Last year, over 3,000 people attended the show, which saw very strong sales.
The Greater Boston Food Bank, which distributes more than 34 million pounds of food and grocery products annually to approximately 550 member hunger-relief agencies and 30 Food Bank Direct service programs, will benefit from the Gala Preview this year.