Art
Is All the Stuff at Art Fairs the Same-ish?
William Powhida's latest drawing, "A Subjective Classification of Things," is his latest screed against the sameness in an industry that prides itself on being different.
Art Fairs
Opinion
Frieze Art Fair Is a Search Engine ... Or Something
Here at Hyperallergic, we're big fans of The Art Newspaper, but we can't stop snickering at this Frieze New York Daily story about the blue-chip art fair (which ends today) being like "a search engine for art." That is, in fact, the title of the article.
Art
Discovering Emerging Japanese Talent at New City Art Fair
Most art fairs in New York City this week are bombastic affairs. New City Art Fair, by contrast, is not one of them. The mission of this fair is to feature original artwork by contemporary Japanese artists. To achieve this goal, Kentaro Totsuka, the director of New City, invited eleven Japanese gall
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The United States of Armory
Every year, the Armory Show art fair chooses an area of the globe to zoom in on for its Focus section, a curated selection of mostly emerging galleries that often includes some of the fair’s chief highlights and surprises. For 2013, the Armory’s Focus section takes on its own home base, the United S
Opinion
The Armory Fair Is on Artsy, So You Don’t Have to Go IRL
As Artsy has gained in momentum (if not revenue) in the past year, it’s become apparent that what the platform is best at is not necessarily tracing the genealogy of artworks but simply reproducing exhibitions well in an online format, with high-res images and an attractive interface. That argument
Announcement
Collectors to Converge at Miami's Art Wynwood During Presidents' Day Weekend
Art Wynwood is back! Following its widely acclaimed inaugural edition, the Art Wynwood art fair [http://nectr.me/g3] will return for its second year during Presidents' Day Weekend (February 14–18, 2013) in the Wynwood neighborhood or Miami. Art Wynwood will take place in the spacious 100,000-square-
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Announcement
With New Owner and Energy, Outsider Art Fair Heads to Chelsea
There's something captivating about outsider art. The energy of it feels different somehow. In the past two decades, the field has grown enormously, and in the process, it's become more integrated with the contemporary art world. Unknown artists have been discovered, more galleries devoted to self-t
News
Scholar Unearths Two Long-Lost 1913 Armory Show Installation Photos
The 1913 Armory Show was a watershed moment, introducing American artists and the art-viewing public to the European avant-garde, including artists like Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp, Brancusi, and more. And now, just in time for the show's centennial next year, we know a little more about it, thanks to
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How to See Art in Miami
Last week, I received an email plea. Someone in the art world was headed down to Miami this week, and she was feeling overwhelmed already. She wanted help figuring out how to manage her attention, and how to actually find some good art hiding in the hundreds of gallery booths she would inevitably wa
Art
Steeped in Tradition but Straining Toward the Future
MANILA, Philippines — There is a sweet dish in the Philippines called halo-halo, a rainbow of beans, fruits, and jellies mixed with ice and topped with ice cream. Literally translated, it means “mix-mix,” as if repetition were needed to reassert its delectable cacophony of flavors. Walking the halls
News
Nada Art Fair Threatens Galleries over Competing Fairs
The Nada Art Fair has sent a letter to the galleries included in its 2012 Miami fair, threatening that those who have also signed up to participate in the new, competing Untitled Miami fair will not be asked to return to Nada next year, Christian Viveros-Faune, writing at The Art Newspaper, reports.
Art
Wandering the Halls of Chicago's New Art Fair
CHICAGO — At the beginning of 2012, Art Chicago was canceled by the owners of the Merchandise Mart, the huge exhibition area on the river where the fair was held for a few years. For the first time in over thirty years, it looked like there would be no art fair in the city. Then, thanks to the deter