The 22nd annual ADAA Art Show attracted a record 15,000 visitors during the fair’s March 3-7 run.
Among my personal favorites were small abstract graphite landscapes by Roland Flexner, temptingly tagged $6,000 apiece at D’Emilio Terras. Flexner also has a wall of pseudo-Surrealistic works at the Whitney Biennial. Of course I forgot to take a photo of them but the artist’s website has plenty of visuals.
Here are a few photos from show floor at the Park Avenue Armory.
Nancy Spero at Galerie Lelong "Sheela Na Gig at Home"
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Nick Cave Sound Suits at Armory Show
Link to Bloomberg story here.
By Lindsay Pollock and Katya Kazakina
March 4 (Bloomberg) — Wealthy and determined art collectors stormed David Kordansky’s booth yesterday afternoon during the opening hours of New York’s Armory Show.
The slender Los Angeles dealer held off a stampede of would-be buyers at the art fair, at one point calling out, politely but firmly, “Just let me get a handle on what has sold!”
The objects of desire: colorful geometric paintings by artist Will Fowler, tagged at $6,800-$7,000 a piece. Kordansky moved 13…
Link to Bloomberg News story here.
Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — New York’s Park Avenue set has begun buying art again — battered stock markets be damned! — judging from the buzz and sales Thursday at the opening night of the 56th Winter Antiques Show.
Just ask Barbara Israel. In the first half-hour of the upscale art fair, the New York-based dealer who specializes in garden statuary sold 10 pieces, including a pair…
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.
Overall in the contemporary section, 92 dealers will be presenting in 2010 who didn’t participate in 2009. Sixty-five of them are first time exhibitors at the fair.
Some of the newcomers are so new, they had websites still under construction.
Here is the list of new exhibitors. First-timers are indicated with a star. Others on the list below didn’t take part in 2009, but were in the…
- 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…
Vessels by Japanese ceramic artist Yoshikawa Masamichi, via Joan Mirviss
With the 2009 demise of the International Asian Art Fair, 29 Asian art dealers have joined forces to exhibit during the March Asia Week. The international roster of dealers will mount 29 gallery shows, running March 20-28. Participating dealers hail from the U.S., England, France, Italy and Japan. Last year 16 dealers took part in a similar effort.
With the recession-driven contraction of international art fairs, art dealers are increasingly organizing their own events. The annual Asia Week is timed to coincide with the major…
AXA lounge, photo credit: Robin Hill via AXA
There isn’t much free stuff handed out at Art Basel Miami Beach.
In an exception to this rule, AXA Art, the insurance company, has donated its artist-designed Art Basel lounge to the Miami Art Museum, according to Christiane Fischer, President and CEO of AXA North America. The lounge was used during the Dec. 2009 fair for entertaining clients and guests.
AXA’s lounge, consisting of laser-cut cardboard furniture, pixilated walls, video loops and cellular designs, was created by four artists from…
Tony Shafrazi and Steve Cohen at Art Basel Miami Beach, via Shala
Shala Monroque, a fashionista blessed with perfect bone structure and sartorial flare, attended Art Basel Miami Beach with art dealer boyfriend Larry Gagosian.
Luckily for us, she posted some excellent pics on her blog, including a Dec. 5 section titled “What Happens in Miami Does Not Stay in Miami.”
Shala captures dealer Tony Shafrazi faux-strangling hedge fund manager Steve Cohen, as an amused Gagosian and billionaire Eli Broad –eye-brows raised–look on. Shala’s witty caption reads…
Visitors at Pulse among the palm trees
A ladybug infestation, a U.S. marshals art seizure and an empty stand–the eighth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach had drama.
Collectors Arthur and Connie Zeckendorf at VIP opening day
The fair drew fewer crowds, which made for a less frantic, more civilized event. Despite the weak dollar, there seemed to be a dearth of Europeans. (UPDATE: fair spokesman said fair had 43K attendees, up from 40K in 2008, but down from 45K in 2007)
The good news for dealers hoping…
