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Hope for Scope? Slideshow and Commentary

by Whitney Kimball on March 7, 2013

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

by Paddy Johnson on March 7, 2013

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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Your Guide to Armory Week

by Reid Singer on March 4, 2013

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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A Furniture Rundown With the Johnson Trading Gallery

by Whitney Kimball on January 25, 2013

I interview furniture dealer Paul Johnson about his designers, the trade, and his new space in a 1940′s cinema in Queens.

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Outsider Art Fair to Open January 31st

by Sponsors on January 24, 2013

Regular readers will know AFC has been interested in the Outsider Art Fair this year. Under Wide Open Arts, a new company formed by art dealer Andrew Edlin, the Outsider Art Fair has moved to Chelsea at the site of the former Dia Foundation and will provide dealers a gorgeous venue to showcase compelling and unusual artworks. AFC has a great deal for readers who want to check out the fair. Use the promo code “ afc” to reserve a complimentary 1-day ticket to the fair.

More where this came from after the jump.

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NADA Moves to Basketball City

by Corinna Kirsch on January 17, 2013

The New Art Dealers Alliance will host its second-ever art fair in New York at Basketball City. Neither a basketball nor a city, the venue is a “giant sports hangar” located on Pier 36 on the Lower East Side.

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27th Street Galleries Reopen, with Fanfare

by Corinna Kirsch on January 14, 2013

On Saturday afternoon, the strip of galleries between the Hudson waterfront and 11th Avenue finally reopened with a block-wide opening reception. Those galleries have been closed since Hurricane Sandy hit in October. With months of repairs behind them, the galleries along 27th Street seem happy to sweep away those recent memories.

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It’s the End of The World As We Know It

by The AFC Staff on December 28, 2012

This year, the art world became more dysfunctional than usual. As such, we talked about social injustice, power struggles, and uneven distribution of wealth seemingly endlessly. Who knows if it helped, but writing these ten posts made us feel just a little bit better.

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