After a three-year hiatus, Sydney Contemporary made a triumphant return with almost 29,000 people streaming through Carriageworks over the five-day fair that ended on Sunday.

“It was super busy … everybody was happy to be back … there was so much excitement, appreciation and enjoyment,” says Ursula Sullivan, co-director of Sydney gallery Sullivan+Strumpf, one of more than 90 galleries exhibiting at the fair.