At the Armory Show, First-Time Artists Steal the Spotlight

Calling Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka’s solo presentation at the Armory Show a “booth” feels somehow wrong, like a reduction of the all-encompassing sanctum that she and Toronto gallery Patel Brown assembled for the Manhattan art fair. Suspended gently from wooden rods are...

How New Collector Habits Are Shaking Up Art Fair Season

Eduardo Holgado encounters most of his art on Instagram now, perusing posts from galleries and artists before ever setting foot in a fair. But when it comes time to buy, the collector, who is in his early 30s, still needs to experience the work in person. It’s...

Art on Paper Leaps Off the Page

As I circled around the dozens of booths along the three wide lanes at Art on Paper on Thursday, September 4, one stood out above the rest. On the bare white walls were Moleskine journals, much like the small ones I use, except these were spread open to Nicolas V...

Decode the Art Fair Lingo With Our Armory Show Bingo Card

Each year, come September, we all pretend the world isn’t burning and put on our best oversized shirt to work our way through the maze of booths that is New York’s Armory Show. For those of you who want to know where to go and what to see, here’s our...

Art Dealers Get Candid Ahead of the Armory Show

Joe Amrhein and Susan Swenson were going to sit out the Armory Show this fall for the first time in a quarter century until they got a call last month from the fair’s director.  The owners of Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood initially...

Your Guide to NYC’s Fall Art Fairs

It’s about that time of year when the slight crisping of the air signals that the balmy summer is departing, but hasn’t disappeared just yet. Suddenly, the fluorescent lights, lively chatter, and overpriced opening wine flowing onto the New York City streets beckon...