New York, NY - Following the near debacle of the Volta show, rescued by Peter Hort, David Zwirner, the Scope Art Fair, and other generous gallerists in New York, the satellite shows, Plan B and Scope, exhibited better art and were happier and more exciting places than the Armory show. SPRING/BREAK, occupying space in United Nations Plaza, also showed some interesting work, although less risky than last year’s. Although Hort claimed to be a total, though willing novice at producing arts shows, he did an amazing job, with cooperation from curators, gallerists and artists, producing a show of interesting, well-executed art that hung together quite well. Greeted by a coffee car parked in front of Zwirner’s gallery space on West 21st St., in New York, due to the inability of those running Plan B to secure a coffee truck, I was struck by the volunteer effort and love of the project by all … [Read more...] about Satellite Fairs During Armory Show 2019, New York
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THE BUSINESS OF ART: ARMORY AND VOLTA SHOW NEWS
It’s been an interesting couple of months in the New York art world, as the Armory Show moves to Pier 90 and 94, cancelling emerging artist show Volta. Due to the unsound structure of Pier 92 on New York’s Hudson River, part of the Armory Show previously to be located on Pier 92, will move to nearby Pier 90, the home of the Volta Art Show. The other half will stay in its original location, Pier 94, which is holding up. It seems the big boys have won the space race as emerging artist fair, Volta, originally located on Pier 90, has been displaced and subsequently announced the postponement of its 2019 New York fair until 2020. In an unusual act of charity, or justice, all exhibitors signed up with Volta were notified that they will be reimbursed for expenses, but less than two weeks before the March 6 VIP and press opening of the fair, costs have been incurred for shipping, framing, … [Read more...] about THE BUSINESS OF ART: ARMORY AND VOLTA SHOW NEWS
Day 1 Rainy Day in Basel at Volta and Liste
Rain or shine, and it did, Nancy Nesvet, intrepid Artscope writer, spent the first day in Basel before Art Basel opens at two satellite fairs, Volta and Liste. Both showed artists, and galleries reflecting subjects with the environment and social-political issues using codes to define and display nationhood. The socially concerned seemed to predominate at Liste and Volta. Another trend, at both shows, was a use of handcrafts and textiles, naturally obtained, challenging the hard-edged resin obsession of some artists. This emphasis on natural, locally-sourced materials and hand-made objects and sculpture differed from the technological at Art Basel’s installations, (where we’ll have more reports tomorrow on Artscope Online), and, more importantly, emphasized the connection between locally-sourced material and the from which it came. Local sourcing seems like a play to the definition of … [Read more...] about Day 1 Rainy Day in Basel at Volta and Liste
ARTSCOPE’S GUIDE TO BASEL ART FAIRS 2017
by Nancy Nesvet In the wake of nations attempting to close their borders, the Basel Art Fairs have expanded the world of art and art’s very definition to become the most inclusive ever in art’s history. Including not only ideas but the process by which those ideas are expressed, these shows amaze in the variety of sensual experience, including sound, vision, physical feeling, taste (and I don’t mean the food kind) and more. Art Basel, Basel’s oldest and best Art Fair, includes eight sectors; Unlimited, shows 76 projects, unlimited in size and scale including interventions, installations and other non-scaled pieces. Parcours, from the French meaning "journeys", offsite at the Cathedral Square and throughout the old city of Basel, offers current work of contemporary living artists including installations, guided journeys, interventions and repurposed sculpture. The Film Sector offers … [Read more...] about ARTSCOPE’S GUIDE TO BASEL ART FAIRS 2017