From bread sculptures to fabric galore, the pent up energy of the pandemic was overflowing at this grassroots art fair that continues to wow.
Spring/Break Art Show
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The Wonderfully Messy Mix of Art and Craft at Spring Break
A comic artist strolling through Spring Break spots a seersucker suit, spiders, and a giant sliced ham, among other curiosities.
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Spring/Break Art Show Is a Work of Art Worth Diving Into
Titled In Excess, this year’s Spring/Break is brimming with projects that deepen and extend a feeling of immersion by being hallucinatory, obsessive, and ravishing.
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LA’s Spring/Break Art Show Is Delightfully Garish and Over-the-Top
Working under the theme “In Excess,” participants put together maximalist installations at a former produce market and textile manufacturing site in Downtown Los Angeles.
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This Year, the Spring/Break Art Show Is Less Fanciful but Still Worth It
Spring/Break feels a bit different this year, which might have something to do with its location in the United Nations complex in midtown.
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Spring/Break Fair Removes Artwork From Its Windows, Fearing Shutdown
Margaret Roleke was told to adjust her window-facing artwork following a complaint by the building manager, or the fair would shutter.
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LA’s First Spring/Break Art Show Had Plenty of Creative Spirit
The curator-centric fair gave space for artists to pay tribute to Los Angeles in a spirit of DIY-fun.
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Spring/Break Art Show Trades Labyrinthine Rooms for Immersive Installations
For their second fair this year, the organizers of Spring/Break have set up shop in a multiuse development in Downtown Brooklyn.
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The Messy, DIY Aesthetic of the Spring/Break Art Show
Other fairs prune and primp their art for maximum market efficiency; Spring/Break allows curators and artists to let their freak flags fly.
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Dispute Over Asian American Stereotypes Gives Way to Dialogue at an Art Fair [UPDATED]
Show Mein, an exhibition at this year’s Spring/Break Art Show, became the focus of a heated debate about cultural appropriation.
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Your Concise Guide to Armory Week 2017 — with GIFs!
Our handy guide to this week’s 11 art fairs in New York City, from the august ADAA Art Show to the diminutive Salon Zürcher, supplemented with animated GIFs.