Indie Comics Come Alive at MoCCA Arts Fest

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Published on Friday, 28 February 2025 15:29

Written by Brad Balfour

New York’s indie comics festival is back. Presented by the Society of Illustrators, the MoCCA Art Fest runs March 15 - 16 at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W 18th St, New York, NY), MoCCA fest has assembled legendary greats and new up-and-comers from the world of independent comics and zines.

Special guests include:

• Badiucao (You Must Take Part in Revolution)

• Charles Burns (Final Cut, Unwholesome Love)

• Michael DeForge, Holy Lacrimony

• Bim Eriksson

• Olivia Fields

• John Hankiewicz (Hot House)

• Jaime Hernandez (Life Drawing)

• Frances Jetter

• Aidan Koch (Spiral and Other Stories)

• Mattie Lubchansky

• María Medem (Land of Mirrors)

• John Vasquez Mejias

• Anders Nilsen (Tongues)

• Katie Skelly

• Kay Sohini

• Linnea Sterte (World Heist)

• Adrian Tomine

• Chloé Wary (Season of the Roses)

• Lale Westvind, Grand Electric Thought Power Mother

• Bianca Xunise, Punk Rock Karaoke

MoCCA Fest also includes programming and panel discussions exploring professional development for artists, the careers of artists such as Jaime Hernandez and Adrian Tomine, and more.

To learn more, go to: https://www.moccafest.org/

The Society of Illustrators MoCCA Arts Fest
March 15 - 16, 2025

Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011

The Armory Show Returns to the Javits Center this September 6-8 to Celebrate its 30th Anniversary

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Published on Monday, 02 September 2024 14:52

Written by Brad Balfour

Photo by Vincent Tullo

The Armory Show
VIP Preview Day
Thursday, September 5

September, 6th – 8th
Javits Center

Though I never thought of the Javits Center as the ideal place for an art exhibit let alone a major art fair, it adapts well when it hosts the annual Armory Show. New York City’s iconic fair returns with a must-see edition that features an array of incredible artists represented by over 235 leading international galleries from 35 countries.

Since 1994, it has shaped the international art scene of New York and beyond. Celebrating 30 years of the fair this September, it runs from the 6th to the 8th 2024, Kicking off with it VIP Preview Day on Thursday, September 5, at the Javits Center.

The fair plays a leading role in the city’s position as an important cultural capital through elevated presentations, thoughtful programming, curatorial leadership, meaningful institutional partnerships, and engaging public art activations.

To discover The Armory Show 2024’s exhibitors, the fair is organized into the following sections: Galleries, Solo, Focus, Presents, and Platform.

The Armory Show also reveals noted curators for the 2024 Platform and Focus sections and the Curatorial Leadership Summit.

Besides all the galleries and artists, the Show becomes a focal point for collectors, art historians, students, burgeoning curators and media. It serves not only as a community gathering places but a beacon for contemporary prompting a number of othe3r art fairs happening during this week. And the Show also makes for the starter of the Fall art season.

Stay in the know by signing up for updates about the fair by going online to thearmoryshow.com

Tickets available at thearmoryshow.com or #TheArmoryShow

Hamptons Fine Arts Fair 2024 Features International Galleries

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Published on Monday, 17 June 2024 15:21

Written by Brad Balfour

Now in its 18th year, the Hamptons Fine Arts Fair returns this summer, July 11th to the 14th. Taking place on 17 acres of the Southampton Fairgrounds, the Hamptons Fine Art Fair not only features top galleries from around the world, but also celebrates the history of the Hamptons place in fine arts and   iconic local artists such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

Exhibitors include:

• Adamar Fine Arts
• Art Unified
• Blond Contemporary
• DACIA GALLERY
• Fay Gold Gallery
• HAVOC Gallery
• Philippe Labaune Gallery
• Omer Tiroche Gallery
• Ross Contemporary 

And many more.

For those that can’t attend the fair in person there is also a virtual version

Special events include Ben Miller Fly Cast Painting as  painter Ben Miller, from Montana creates a jaw-dropping huge plexiglass abstract painting of a local endangered waterway, to be auctioned off on July 14 to benefit the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center in Bridgehampton. The Hamptons Artists Hall of Fame returns with a new lineup of esteemed inductees. The fair uncovers  select Hamptons- based artists ripe for major rediscovery. The La Fete Blanche – The White Party features a special performance by Annika Rhea, a New York based artist known for her performance painting technique Body Medium, where she creates complex large-scale abstract artworks with her body in motion.

To learn more, go to: https://hamptonsfineartfair.com/

Hamptons Fine Arts Fair
July 11  - 14, 2024

Southampton Fairgrounds
605 County Rd 39
Southampton, NY 11968