Strong sales showcased TEFAF’s continued ability to attract sophisticated buyers across multiple collecting categories. Photo: Jitske Nap The energy on opening night was palpable, according to TEFAF New York director Leanne Jagtiani. “No matter how consistent it is year after year, I’m always dazzled by the quality of work our exhibitors bring to the Armory,” […]
The Art Market Defies Doom and Gloom With Independent, Esther and Future Fair in Full Swing
Independent is at Spring Studios, New York. Alexa Hoyer New York City is undergoing a rare stress test this week—one that feels unprecedented in the not-so-long history of the contemporary art world: with over nine full-scale fairs unspooling simultaneously and what seems like a million dealers in town, the U.S. art market is performing a […]
The Five Pieces You Should Absolutely Make Time for at Frieze New York
The most resonant pieces at Frieze revel in their ambiguity. Casey Kelbaugh/CKA Every year, New Yorkers eager to see what’s new at the city’s edition of Frieze trek out to The Shed at Hudson Yards, a building used for this art fair, a silly play about Robert Moses and presumably other purposes. Standing in the […]
Frieze and NADA New York’s Early Sales Signal Buyer Confidence
Jeff Koons’s Hulk sculptures dominated Gagosian’s booth. © Jeff Koons, Incredible Hulk ™, and © Marvel. All rights reserved. Photo: Maris Hutchinson Courtesy Gagosian Frieze officially took flight yesterday (May 7) with its VIP preview, kicking off a jam-packed art week in New York, where no fewer than nine fairs are unfolding ahead of the […]