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Art Fair

Moving Image, A Fair With Purpose

by Corinna Kirsch on March 8, 2013
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Slowly but surely, galleries are reaching a breaking point with the art fair circuit. Escape isn’t an option for most galleries. Instead of opting out, we’re seeing a rise in specialized fairs, those that provide an alternative to the white-walled booth model. Moving Image is one of those fairs, and it has all the makings of a solid future.

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Hope for Scope? Slideshow and Commentary

by Whitney Kimball on March 7, 2013
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Let’s face it: bejeweling a horse does not exactly inspire riveting dialogue. But some people seem to like it, and this is Scope, so at this point, we’ll take it. It’s one example of the fair’s congenial goofball luster, and there’s no point in trying to make it something it’s not.

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ΔRMΩRΨ 2013 SΩ ΔRMΩRΨ 2013

by Alex McLeod on March 7, 2013
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[Editor's note: We invited artist Alex McLeod to provide commentary on some of the fairs. His slideshow below.]

LAS YEAR WAS MY FIRST ARMORY SO BY NO MEANS AM I SPEAKING FROM AUTHORITY I KNO THAT. NONE OF MY FRIENDS ARE SHOWING (#FOREVERALONE).

[Slideshow after the jump.]

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Important People Carrying Brillo Boxes at The Armory Show

by Corinna Kirsch on March 7, 2013
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Opening day at The Armory Show was full of art, of course, and important people carrying around Brillo Boxes. In case you missed Wednesday’s box-carrying brigade, here’s our slideshow.

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The Armory Show: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

by Paddy Johnson on March 7, 2013
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An air of something clung to the walls of The Armory Show yesterday afternoon. Sales were uneven, but steady, and the crowds pretty much identical to last year. The mechanics of the fair seemed to be working fine.

And yet, change seemed certain.

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Spring/Break: Slideshow and Commentary

by Corinna Kirsch and Whitney Kimball on March 6, 2013
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“I wouldn’t necessarily say more cutting-edge, but I think it’s awesome,” founder Andrew Gori said at the Spring/Break Art Show conference yesterday morning. That’s about right. Now in its second year, the “curator-driven fair,” in a defunct elementary school in Soho, virtually eliminates art dealers in a community-oriented exhibition of emerging artists and curators.

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Your Guide to Armory Week

by Reid Singer on March 4, 2013
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Even though the hum around Armory week seems subdued this year, visiting half-a-dozen-plus art fairs can in a few days’ time can feel like a week on a Eurail pass. Naive outsiders are treated harshly, the food is unfamiliar and overpriced, and you spend a lot of time snooping around taking pictures. It’s useful to have an index that you can depend on to guide you towards the things that are worth seeing and away from the things that aren’t. A guidebook if you will. Here’s ours.

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The Outsider Art Fair in Review

by Corinna Kirsch on February 6, 2013
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2013 was a good year for the Outsider Art Fair. The fair tripled its attendence, with crowds swelling to 9,500 visitors, up from 3,200 last year. Then, throughout the weekend, critics-of-note Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith glowingly praised the fair—several times I overheard conversations by dealers dropping soundbites from those articles. Finally, most importantly, work was selling, and selling quick.

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