Reading links: NYC art fair cheat sheet, last chance for Rochelle Feinstein�s show at the Bronx Museum, Mira Schor�s lifetime achievement award, Allen Ruppersberg at the Hammer, new privately-owned and operated museum-quality art spaces, and the Rothko Chapel renovations.
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It�s the first week in March and art fairs are in town. Thanks to artnet for putting together a comprehensive guide that I used to create this cheat sheet with links, addresses, hours, and fees.
ADAA the Art Show, February 28�March 3 / The Park Avenue Armory; $25 / Gala preview Wednesday; Thursday�Friday: 12 p.m.�8 p.m.; Saturday, 12 p.m.�7 p.m.; Sunday, 12 p.m.�5 p.m.
Upper East Side Gallery Walk, March 2 / takes place in conjunction with the ADAA Art Show. Between 5th Avenue and Park Avenue, locations vary see map for details. Saturday, 3 p.m.�5 p.m.
Salon Z�rcher, March 4�10/33 Bleecker Street; Free admission / Opening reception, Monday, 6 p.m.�8 p.m.; Tuesday�Saturday, 12 p.m.�8 p.m.; Sunday 12 p.m.�5 p.m., closing reception 5 p.m.�7 p.m.
NADA New York Gallery Open, March 4�10 / no fair this year, but more than 50 galleries are “inviting visitors to engage with alternative spaces around the city.� / Hours and locations vary, see map
SPRING/BREAK, March 5�11 / the former Finnish embassy at UN Plaza. / The theme this year is �Fact and Fiction.� / 866 UN Plaza, New York; $20 / VIP preview, 11 a.m.�8 p.m.; Wednesday�Monday, 11 a.m.�7 p.m.
The Armory Show, March 6�10 / Oops. Location changed at the last minute when the original pier was found unsafe. / Piers 92 & 90, New York, Pier 94, Pier 92, and Pier 90, 711 12th Avenue at West 55th Street and West 48th Street; $52 / VIP preview Wednesday; Thursday and Friday, 12 p.m.�8 p.m.; Saturday, 12 p.m.�7 p.m.; Sunday, 12 p.m.�6 p.m
Independent New York, March 7�10 / Spring Studios, 50 Varick Street; $29 / VIP preview, Thursday; Friday and Saturday, 12 p.m.�7 p.m.; Sunday, 12 p.m.�6 p.m.
Art on Paper, March 7�10 / Pier 36, 299 South Street, New York / Preview, Thursday, 6 p.m.�10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.�7 p.m.; Sunday, 12 p.m.�6 p.m.
SCOPE Art Fair, March 7�10 / Metropolitan Pavilion, New York / Platinum and VIP previews, Thursday, 3 p.m.�6 p.m. and 6 p.m.�9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.�8 p.m.; Sunday, 12 p.m.�7 p.m.
Clio Art Fair, March 7�10 / 550 West 29th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues; $55 Thursday preview tickets, free Friday, $18 Saturday and Sunday with $35 networking brunch. / VIP preview, Thursday, 6 p.m.�9 p.m.; Friday, 12 p.m.�8 p.m.; Saturday, networking brunch 12 p.m.�2 p.m. and general hours 2 p.m.�8 p.m.; Sunday, networking brunch 12 p.m.�2 p.m. and general hours 2 p.m.�6 p.m.
New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, March 7�10 / Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue; $25 / Preview Thursday, 5 p.m.�9 p.m.; Friday, 12 p.m.�8 p.m.; Saturday, 12 p.m.�7 p.m.; Sunday, 12 p.m�5 p.m.
Volta, It�s a long story, but when the Armory Fair�s original pier location was unsafe, they cancelled the Volta fair and took over Volta�s spot. Now Art News reports that Volta exhibitors have been invited to show their work at David Zwirner and Art on Paper: �Quang Bao, the founder of New York�s 1969 Gallery, collector Peter Hort, and dealer David Zwirner have teamed up to organize a new exhibition opportunity for many of the affected exhibitors. From March 6 to 9, some 30 galleries will show work across David Zwirner�s 525 West 19th Street location and a commercial space at 521 West 21st Street.” Read more.
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Last chance:
“ROCHELLE FEINSTEIN: IMAGE OF AN IMAGE” at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (through March 3). Martha Schwendener reports in the NYTimes: “In her career survey, this wisecracking Bronx native proves that she can do just about anything with painting. She can chronicle history or tell a joke. She can alchemize linen, photographs, newspapers, cardboard and photocopies into art. She can teach you something about looking and life. A whiz with color, she sprays and squeezes paint, and stains with it. Several works feel like odes to color charts or to the color theory art students learn in school. A morbid strain runs through other works as Feinstein grapples with and battles the forces trying to shut down painting in favor of other media.� More info: bronxmuseum.org
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At CAA in February, Mira Schor received a 2019 Women�s Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award for her work as a painter, art historian, and critic. �I�m at a point in my life where I’m being asked to make some order out of the work that I�ve done, explain it, document it…” Check out the video (above) in which she compares her career to rowing a small boat up a river.
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In the LA Times, Christopher Knight reviewed “Allen Ruppersberg: Intellectual Property 1968�2018,� a retrospective at the Hammer Museum. I was struck by his image of The Picture of Dorian Gray, which Knight described as “a peak achievement made near the end of the movement�s powerful first phase, is a cornerstone of Ruppersberg�s impressive career. In it, the artist hand-copied Wilde�s entire Faustian text, word for word, in felt-tip pen onto raw, stretched canvases. Once in a while he messed up a word, crossed it out, and then continued on.� Read more.
TOM POWEL IMAGING/� ESTATE OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT/COURTESY THE BRANT FOUNDATION/LICENSED BY ARTSTAR, NEW YORK
“AS OUR GILDED AGE CONTINUES APACE, some of New York�s wealthiest are starting the year by unveiling their new art palaces….� This is what happens when wealthy art collectors get huge tax cuts. Read more.
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The Rothko Chapel in Houston is closed for renovations. According to the NY Times, they are “replacing the building�s ceiling apparatus with a new skylight and digital lighting system. This will cast gentle natural light by day and uniform illumination by night for the first time on Mark Rothko�s 14 monumental black canvases, faceting the octagonal interior designed as a holistic work of art.� Good idea. When I was there several years ago on a dark, rainy day, I couldn�t even see the paintings.
