Armory Show 2010. © Photo: Lindsay Pollock

Sharp turnover continues at the Armory Show, New York’s largest art fair, as the event struggles to retain big name Chelsea dealers.  The 2011 exhibitor list reveals the absence of key heavy hitters, including Pace Gallery, Sikkema Jenkins and David Zwirner, all of whom took part last year. Seventy-two dealers who participated in 2010 are no longer on board.

Overall the fair includes 274 exhibitors, down from around 289 in 2010. Fair organizers promise more capacious stands. VIPs gain entree on March 2, mere mortals March 3-6.

Big NY names who remain on the roster include 303 Gallery, Paul Kasmin, Sean Kelly, Lehmann Maupin and Jack Shainman. UK participants include major players  like Victoria Miro, Timothy Taylor and White Cube.

The 13th annual fair’s contemporary pier (there is a modern pier as well) has 55 galleries who did not participate in 2010. (Art Market Views “In list” of dealers who did not take part in 2010 runs tomorrow)

Those ranks include an influx of European dealers (London’s Blain Southern, Stuart Shave/Modern Art and  Zurich’s Galerie Bob van Orsouw among them). There are an additional 21 Latin dealers in connection with a special focus this year on the region, including Mexico City, Colombia, Peru and Brazil.

A handful of notable Lower East Side dealers, including Lisa Cooley, James Fuentes and Laurel Gitlen, have flown the coop.

Beside the lean economic climate, the fair faces stiff competition from the concurrently running ADAA Art Show, as well as the second annual Independent fair.

The specter of a New York Frieze venue for the London based  fair continues to loom as fair organizers are said to be exploring a 2012 launch for a U.S. outpost. (Will we see a tent in Bryant Park now that the fashion shows have vacated?)

OUT: GALLERIES WHO ARE NOT RETURNING

PIER 94 Contemporary:

Aidan Gallery, Moscow
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Ancient & Modern, London
Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
The Apartment, Athens
Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
BROADWAY 1602, New York
David Castillo Gallery, Miami
COMA, Berlin
Lisa Cooley, New York
Elizabeth Dee, New York
Dirimart, Istanbul
Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris
Foxy Production, New York
Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin
Friedman Benda, New York
James Fuentes LLC, New York
gdm, Paris
Laurel Gitlen (Small A Projects), New York
Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
Claudia Groeflin Galerie, Zurich
HAAS & FISCHER, Zurich
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco
Harris Lieberman, New York
Herald St, London
Galerie In Situ Fabiene Leclerc, Paris
island + Venice Projects, Tokyo
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
Johnen Gallery, Berlin
Galerie Jousee Enterprise, Paris
KLEMM’s, Berlin
Johann König, Berlin
Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna
Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin
Loock Galerie, Berlin
Magazzino D’Arte Moderna, Rome
Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo
Christian Nagel, Berlin
ONE and J. Gallery, Seoul
Pace Gallery, New York
Paragon Press, London
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
Galeria Plan B, Cluj
Simon Preston, New York
Reception, Berlin
Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles
Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin
Roberts & Tilton
Lia Rumma, Milan
Aurel Scheibler / ScheiblerMitte, Berlin
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
Galleria Franco Soffiantino
Starkwhite, Aukland
Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York
Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center
Van Horn, Dusseldorf
VERNON, Prague
Wallspace, New York
Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
Wentrup, Berlin
Wilkinson, London
David Zwirner, New York
RENTAL, New York (gallery exhibiting under new name Untitled)
Daniel Reich, New York
Roberts & Tilton, Culver City

PIER 92 MODERN:
Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York
Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago
E&R Cyzer, London
Faurschou, Copenhagen
Gana Art New York
Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, New York (closed gallery)
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York
Locks Gallery, Philadephia
MIXOGRAFIA, Los Angeles
Barry Friedman Ltd., New York

Not for Profit:
PiST, Istanbul
The Gabarron Foundation
Armitage Gone! Dance