Art Fairs
Independent Art Fair Trades Downtown for the World
As it settles into a sprawling new venue on the Lower East Side waterfront, the fair feels older, glossier, and increasingly global.
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Art Fairs
Inside TEFAF New York’s Annual Wealth Pageant
There was plenty to dazzle the patrons of the Nouveau Gilded Age at this year’s edition of the Park Avenue Armory fair.
Art Fairs
Future Fair Is a Big Artist Party
Instead of presenting a series of segmented gallery booths, the New York show fosters connections between them.
Art Fairs
Frieze New York Is an Assembly-Line Salad
On finding a reprieve from the monotonous rhythm and the art that made me forget I was at a trade show.
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What Does a Booth Cost at a New York Art Fair?
We asked 13 fairs to open up about booth pricing, and what they shared (and didn't) revealed much about transparency and affordability in the art world.
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Archaeologists Discover Mummy Buried With Lines From Homer’s Iliad
Found in Egypt, the papyrus confirms that Homer was everywhere in the ancient Mediterranean.
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How Dayanita Singh Organized a Major Show in Venice
Unmoored from the anchors of deep pockets that often hinder imagination, the artist brought her images of archival documents to an unusual venue in the Italian city.
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Maia Chao Performs the Museum
She approaches the museum less as a neutral space than as a structure that quietly trains behavior and participation.
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Ridgewood’s Thriving Art Scene Steps Out of Bushwick’s Shadow
Ridgewood Open Studios drew hundreds to explore hidden alcoves in converted factories, basement spaces teeming with sculptures, and printmaking workshops in playgrounds.
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What Did Mozart’s Life Look Like?
An exhibition at the Morgan Library guides visitors through the life and career of the virtuoso via art and well-preserved ephemera.
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15 Artists Share the Best Advice They Got From Their Mother
“She taught me how to play, how to laugh until my face burns, and how to dance in the kitchen to ‘Believe’ by Cher.”
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"In Minor Keys" Hits All the Right Notes
The Venice Biennale’s international art exhibition is an unexpected symphony that asks us to ponder what may otherwise be overlooked.