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A No-Nonsense Guide to NYC’s May Art Fairs
Frieze or Future? NADA or Volta? To help alleviate the daunting dizziness of too many options, we’ve got the run-down for you.
Rhea Nayyar
Rhea Nayyar (she/her) is a New York City-based staff reporter at Hyperallergic. She received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and has a passion for small-scale artworks, elevating minority perspectives, and dogspotting at art world events.
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