Putting East European art in the spotlight

RUSSIAN art will take centrestage at the fourth edition of Art Apart Fair when it returns next month to the Parkroyal on Pickering.

According to founder Rosalind Lim, the last edition of Art Apart in January - timed to coincide with Art Stage and the Singapore Art Week - saw strong sales of Russian art among local and expatriate buyers.

Hence, she is devoting a quarter of the hotel rooms she's booked for the fair this time to Russian, Ukrainian and Serbian artworks from…