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Fountain Art Fair, now in its eighth year, continues to be the go-to Armory Week fair if you want see and buy art that's more alternative or DIY, less brand-name and thus less expensive than what you'd get at the Armory Show, or even Volta.
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CHICAGO — The Fountain Art Fair is located at the edge a heavily industrial area of the Pilsen neighborhood where many local artists live and work. Compared to Expo Chicago, it is a welcome free-for-all DIY art oasis at the edge of an art community.
Announcement
We have FIVE pairs of VIP tickets to give away to our readers and all you have to do to qualify is to enter your name and email below by Wednesday, March 7th at 5PM.
News
There's tons to look forward to this year in art, but the indie energy of the Fountain Art Fair in New York definitely tops our list. To sweeten the deal, Fountain has announced that this year's fair will take place at the historic 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue and 25th Street.
Opinion
Hyperallergic is in Miami this week soaking up the sun and the art fairs, but we've still got the remedy for those sick with the art bug back in New York. This week's Art Rx takes you outside Manhattan to the Bronx, Brooklyn, Long Island City and even Beacon, New York. You'll be itching to jump on m
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If you need a palate cleanser from some of the more commercial exhibitors at Art Basel Miami 2011, then be sure to check out the always refreshing Fountain Art Fair. Fountain sets itself apart again this year with a rebellious mix of alternative gallery spaces, independent artists, musical performan
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LOS ANGELES — The stretch of Imperial Street which leads to Lot 613 is prefaced by a series of murals by street artist ROA. Feathered and furry creatures drawn in spray paint serve as handy guideposts to the warehouse venue, where, over the past weekend, the Fountain Art Fair hosted works by emergin
Opinion
Over the past week, we've brought you an enormous volume of art fair coverage. Art fair week may be over, but just in case you missed any of the events, we have your answer here: a Hyperallergic art fair cheat-sheet, with links to all of our separate articles plus a few from other blogs.
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The Fountain Art Fair was parked at Pier 66 in Chelsea, floating on the water as if at any moment it could set sail for an undisclosed location. The odd cousin in the family of New York art fair week, Fountain is a quirk DIY vision of what’s happening in contemporary art today.
Opinion
Last night's party at the Fountain art fair [http://www.fountainexhibit.com/calendar.html] started off great with a rum bar and tacos that you could garnish which freshly picked mint and cilantro, but soon before midnight it devolved into an art auction where descending bids allowed the buyer — and
News
If Seven art fair has been getting some buzz because of their "original" approach to bypassing the art fair system and creating their own art fair of sorts, then you should know that Fountain Art Fair was the originator of the out-of-the-box approach to the art fair. Begun by three galleries, McCaig
Opinion
In light of the recent censorship removal of an ant-covered Jesus video [http://hyperallergic.com/13726/smithsonian-dangerous-precedent/] by the Smithsonian Museum, we wanted to make one thing clear and we couldn't think of a better way to do it then with Johnny Phoenix's "A Note to All the Indigeno