In-N-Out at the Armory Show
- via Art We Love
In a uncertain season for dealers and fair organizers, fifty-four contemporary exhibitors from the Armory Show’s 2009 edition won’t be returning for the upcoming March 3-7 edition.
Chelsea strongholds who are not returning include Marianne Boesky, Tanya Bonakdar, Cheim & Read, Anton Kern and Mitchell-Innes & Nash. London’s Timothy Taylor is also out, as are a number of non-profits who had previously taken part and are likely working with reduced budgets.
The fair has attracted 92 exhibitors who didn’t take part in 2009, including 62 first timers. That’s means 43% of the contemporary 2010 exhibitors weren’t showing in 2009.
The Armory Show is devoting special attention to Berlin galleries, and assembled a strong group of 21 dealers who have received special booth and shipping rates, will be clustered together on the fair floor, and the focus of special events.
Another growth area: the up-and-coming Lower East Side dealers. (A posting with names of the new exhibitors will be forthcoming).
The 12th annual fair, which sets up on Manhattan’s West Side piers, boasts a 285 exhibitors (including dealers, non profits and museums) from 31 countries.
The Modern arm of the fair, on Pier 92, includes 74 exhibitors including Babcock Galleries, Knoedler and Company, Mary-Anne Martin and Washburn. Edelman Arts — who made headlines during the Miami Basel fair week (read more here) — will also be stocking a stand.
Pier 94 will have 211 exhibitors for the contemporary section.
Despite dizzying turn-over among the contemporary dealers, the fair includes a number of returning major players including Deitch Projects, Hauser & Wirth, White Cube, David Zwirner, Victoria Miro and 303 Gallery.
OUT: List of galleries who exhibited in 2009, and are not returning in 2010
The Approach, London
Arario Gallery, NY, Beijing, Seoul
Bodhi Art, Mumbai
Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, NY
Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin
Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Cheim & Read, NY
Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles
Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris
John Connelly Presents, NY
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Corkin, Toronto
Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan
Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
D’Amelio Terras, NY
Monica De Cardenas, Milan
Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna
Frith Street Gallery, London
Jack Hanley Gallery, SF and NY
Erna Hecey Gallery, Brussels
HOTEL, London
hiromiyoshii, Tokyo
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver
Galerie Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam
K20K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf
Galerie Kamm, Berlin
Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Berlin
Anton Kern Gallery, NY
Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Dusseldorf
Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich
Lower East Side Printshop, NY
Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Mary Mary, Glasgow
Kamel Mennour, Paris
Meyer & Kainer, Vienna
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, NY
Gallery Nature Morte, Berlin
New Museum, NY
Galería OMR, Mexico City
P K M Gallery, Seoul
Raucci/Santamaria, Naples
SculptureCenter, NY
Socrates Sculpture Park, NY
Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Sprovieri Progetti, London
STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo
Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art New York, NY
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Bob van Orsouw Gallery, Zurich
Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
Western Exhibitions, Chicago
[...] Lindsay Pollock reports on the big mix of galleries that have changed among the Armory Show roster. She cites 43% turnover in Contemporary galleries. Of the 211 exhibitors, 92 will be galleries that did not participate in 2009. Of those, 62 galleries will be new to the fair: [...]
[...] The March 3-7 Armory Show includes a 285 exhibitors, with considerable turnover among the 211 dealers in contemporary section. A post about galleries who dropped out of the fair is here. [...]