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Your Guide to Navigating New York City’s Fall Art Fairs
We can’t promise you won’t get lost in a maze of booths, but we can steer you to the fairs worth the trip.
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A Queer Guide to TEFAF New York
Several works on display in this year’s iteration of the fair, both ancient and modern, stand out for their homoeroticism and queer aesthetics.
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When Will the Independent Art Fair Grow Up?
At Tribeca’s trendy Spring Studios, I found an art fair in denial.
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Something for Every Palate at the European Fine Art Fair
The fair may be geared toward the collector rather than the casual fairgoer, but its wild mix of genres makes it unique.
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In NYC, Two New Alternative Art Shows Combat “Fair Fatigue”
That ’70s Show and Esther are not only authentic community builders, but become visual collective memories thanks to their theme and scale.
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A Painting-Centric Fair Marks 10 Years of NADA in New York
Sci-fi, absurdism, and surrealism shine in this show, where the best works rely on pure imagination.
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Latin American Galleries Inject Vibrancy into Frieze New York
The strongest galleries convey a sense of locality, often of Indigenous communities, with a particular sensitivity to environmental issues.
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Giving Space to Black Women at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
The special attention to women artists highlights the importance of intersectional representation in the fight for inclusion.
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Here’s What’s Worth Seeing at Frieze New York
The East Asian art of paper cutting, drawings inspired by Brazilian woodworking, and cunty ceramics are among the standouts of a mostly uninspiring affair.
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NYC’s Longest-Running Photo Fair Is Back, and Packs a Punch
Even the world's most proliferated images appear novel when they're blown up on glossy paper at the Photography Show presented by AIPAD.
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Palestine Solidarity Shines at the New York Art Book Fair
This year’s show is an imaginative and openly political space that flies in the face of the commercial book sphere.
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The Productive Messiness of Expo Chicago 2024
The art felt as if it was trying to find the language to merge emotion with content, to harness the energies of the search within the courage of experimentation.