Now in its second edition, the new fair from nonprofit 4heads feels like a big group show, with the attendant mix in quality.
Portal
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New Portal Art Fair Fails to Make the Most of a Lower Manhattan Landmark
Most tourists who wander into the rotunda of Federal Hall on Wall Street likely won’t be there for this week’s Portal Art Fair, but the three floors of mixed-media art may cause them to linger longer in the 19th-century space.
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Your Concise Guide to Frieze Week 2016
New York City’s second big week of art fairs, Frieze Week, has become almost as dauntingly vast as its first, Armory Week, but we’re here to help!
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The INTERNETworked Bridge: Connected But Unequal
BEIJING — I moved to China almost a year ago now, into a country where I knew no one and where even the internet was foreign. I pulled away from my main social circle geographically, but did what I could do stay connected via the internet and phone.
And yet, just as I turned to the internet for social connection, I also realized it was increasingly difficult to rely on my usual circles. Timezones, the Great Firewall and the weak internet connection in my neighborhood all made me realize that the utopian ideal of global connection was far from being achieved.
