A World of Dealers at the ADAA Art Show

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Category: Art/Antiques

Published on Monday, 26 February 2018 13:17

Written by Brad Balfour

Assembling the top galleries from New York and America, the ADAA Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory (643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065) from February 28 to March 4th. The show opens with a keynote speech from Christiane Fischer (President and CEO, AXA Art Americas Corporation) entitled The Value of "Dead" Art: Afterlives of Damaged Works." Also a performance by artist Wang Dongling.

Exhibiting galleries include:

• Cheim & Read
• Galerie St. Etienne
• Howard Greenberg Gallery
• Debra Force Fine Art, Inc.
• Marian Goodman Gallery
• Salon 94

And many more!

Panels and other events include Beyond New York: Cultural Vibrancy Across the U.S., An Evening with Joel S. Ehrenkranz, and What Makes The Humanities Human: Why Art Is More Than An Investment.

To learn more, go to: http://www.artdealers.org/the-art-show/information

ADAA Art Show
February 28 - March 4

Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065

MoCCA Fest 2017: Indie Comics New & Old from Around the World

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Published on Friday, 24 March 2017 17:32

Written by Renzo Adler

Art by Becky Cloonan

What started as a small convention geared towards indie comics and ‘zines, MOCCA Fest (named after the Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art, but is now operated by The Society of Illustrators), now touts itself as a multimedia event spanning comic books, webcomics animation, artists, and cartoonists. Running April 1 and 2 at Metropolitan West (639 W 46th St., NY NY), MoCCA Fest attracts 400 artists/exhibitors and features fresh new talent as well as some great comic pros.

Special guests include French comic author Blutch, known for his cinematic style. Paper Girls artist Cliff Chiang and SVA grad that brings a punk sensibility to superheroes, Becky Cloonan, will be on hand. Gene Luen Yang,  author of the groundbreaking books American Born Chinese and Boxers & Saints returns to MoCCA. Somewhere between comic, tragic, grotesque, and beautiful, the work of award winning artist Drew Friedman has appeared in Raw, Weirdo, American Splendor, Heavy Metal, The New York Times,  among many others, and will also be a guest of honor at MoCCA. Rounding out the special guests is British comics veteran and V for Vendetta artist, David Lloyd.

To learn more, go to: https://www.societyillustrators.org/mocca-arts-festival

MOCCA Fest 2017
April 1 - 2, 2017

Metropolitan West
639 W 46th St.
New York, NY 10036

The 2017 NYC Armory Show: Art in the 21st Century

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Published on Sunday, 05 March 2017 17:51

Written by Brana Dane

This past Wednesday, March 1st, marked the annual VIP debut of NYC’s premiere art fair, the Armory Show. The grand showcase of the top art works of the 20th and 21st century took place in the fair’s usual home, Pier 92 & 94.

Some of the highlights included an immersive virtual reality display, which combined both physical and virtual to stunning effect. Continuing the technological theme, an interactive phone charging booth invited viewers in to be filmed as the texted with the artist, namely Rachel Lee Hovnanian, with the Leila Heller Gallery.

   
Of course there were plenty of conventional works to delight and inspire. These three pieces particularly  garnered much attention from the VIP guests.

A tongue and cheek display by the Axel Vervoordt Galley, Hong Kong.

A floating rectangle, highlighting the effects of light, space and shape as part of the collaboration between Drift and the international Pace Gallery.

Lastly, these structural 2D and 3D pieces from the local Marianne Boesky Gallery, placed near the entrance at Pier 94, delighted the VIP crowd with their bold colors and contradicting shapes.

For more info, go to: www.thearmoryshow.com