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2015, March 9. “NY Armory Week Closes With Buoy-ant Sales Across The Board” Artlyst. Online.

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NewYork’soldestestablishedartfairformodernandcontemporaryworksreturnedtoPiers92&94fromMarch5-8inwhathasbeenhailedasbuoyantsalesacrosstheboard.Artworksbyover1,500artistsfrom199galleriesacrosstheUnitedStates,Europe,theMiddleEast,andAsia.Furthertorecordexhibitorapplications,ahostofnewandreturningmajorgalleries,anexemplaryVIPprogram,andanambitiouscuratorialinitiative,TheArmoryShowcementeditselfasNewYork’sleadingartfair,spearheadingaweekofsatelliteevents,majormuseumopenings,andgallerypresentations.“We’redelightedthatcollectors,curatorsandmuseumgroupshaveturnedoutinforceforthisexemplaryeditionofthefair,”commentsNoahHorowitz,ExecutiveDirector.“Thisyearwasunquestionablythestrongestinmytenureintermsofthecaliberofexhibitors,thequalityoftheartisticpresentationsandprogramming,andtheoverallsophisticationofthedesignandlayout.WeremainhonoredtoanchorArmoryArtsWeekinNewYorkandhavebeendelightedtoseetheincredibleturnoutofouraudiencesandtheentirecitycometolife.Despitesomepassingbadweather,there’sbeengreatexcitementandatmosphereallaround.”“ThecomplementaryrangeofworksofferedbytheContemporaryandModernsectionsgivescollectorswhocomehereanincrediblerangeofmasterworkstoconsider,”reflectsDeborahHarris,ManagingDirector,Pier92–Modern.“Additionally,wehaveastronginfluxofinternationalexhibitorswhoarenewto

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2015, March 9. “NY Armory Week Closes With Buoy-ant Sales Across The Board” Artlyst. Online.

NewYorkthisyear,whichalwayshelpsattractnewcollectorsandmuseumcurators.Therewereanumberofcuratedpresentationsthataddedtotheoverallqualityoftheshow.”ExhibitorsacrossPiers92&94receivedplauditsfromvisitingMuseumgroupsincludingtheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt(NewYork),CentreGeorgesPompidou(Paris)andtheHirshhornMuseum(WashingtonDC),whilePier94–ContemporarygalleriescommentedonthesteadyflowofcollectorsfromacrosstheUnitedStatesandinternationally.AkeyworkbyLucioFontana,Concettospaziale,Attese,1968,closedfor$2milliononthefirstpublicdayatCardi(Milan),withotherexhibitorscommentingonexceptionsalesfromthego,including:MarianneBoeskyGallery(NewYork),Cherry&Martin(LosAngeles),CarlFreedman(London),JohannKönig(Berlin),GaleriePeterKilchmann(Zurich),SeanKelly,NewYork,LissonGallery(London,NewYork,Milan),SprüthMagers(Berlin,London,LosAngeles),VictoriaMiro(London),GalerieEvaPresenhuber(Zurich),GalerieThaddaeusRopac(Paris,Salzburg),JackShainmanGallery(NewYork),andBruceSilverstein(NewYork)amountothers.Soloboothshadaparticularlyemphaticpresenceatthe2015fair.Galeriekamelmennour(Paris),returningtotheArmoryaftera10-yearabsence,presentedaretrospectiveofDanielBuren,withsalesgoingtoAmericanprivatecollectorsandinstitutions.AlisonJacquesGallery(London)presenteda50-yearsurveyofIrmaBlank,withsalesandcuratorialreceptionexceedingexpectations.Elsewhere,presentationsofJoeReihsenatPraz-Delavallade(Paris)andRafaelRozendaalatUpstreamGallery(Amsterdam)soldoutbytheendoftheopeningday.BuoyantsalesandmuseuminterestwasalsoreportedintheArmoryPresentssectionofthefair,whichfeaturesgallerieslessthantenyearsold,withmanygalleriessellingmost,orall,oftheirbooths.“SprüthMagershadaverysuccessfulArmoryShowwithstrongsales–especiallyonthepreviewdayofthefair,andmostlytoUScollectors.OurdecisiontogivegenerousexposuretoTheaDjordjadze(oneoftheartistsconfirmedfortheVeniceBiennial)provedtobeprofitable.Throughthepresentationofseveralofherworksinourbooth,weintroducedDjordjadzetonewcollectorsandcurators,andreaffirmedherpositionwiththosefamiliarwithherpracticealready.Wesoldalmostallofherworkstobothprivateandinstitutionalcollections.JennyHolzerwasanotherartistwesoldmultiplepiecesof,includingworksfromher‘Redactedpainting’seriesandmarblefootstoolscarryingherfamous‘Truisms’.TheArmoryShowseemstohavegainedfurthermomentumandre-establisheditselfasastrongforceintheUSmarketandinternationalartfaircircuit.”AndreasGegner,Director,SprüthMagers(London,Berlin,LosAngeles)“TheArmoryShowcontinuestobuilduponitshistoryandpresentsanimportantmomentinNewYork.Throughthesmartandfocusedprogram,galleriesbenefitfromtheinternationalbaseofcollectorsandinstitutionspresentatthefair.Wehaveseenstrongandearlysaleswitheachedition,includingaDanGrahammirror

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2015, March 9. “NY Armory Week Closes With Buoy-ant Sales Across The Board” Artlyst. Online.

pavilionpiecethatfrontsthegallery’slargeboothfor$350,000toanAmericancollector.”AlexLogsdail,Director,LissonGallery(London,NewYork,Milan)“Amongstotherworks,wehavesoldalargenewGeorgBaselitzpaintingfor$550,000andfourminimalistworksbyLizaLou($195,000each).ThefairwasverysuccessfulforusandwehavetheimpressionthatNewYorkerslovethisfair.TheaudienceoftheArmoryShowisparticularlysophisticatedandforustheUSisstilloneofthemostimportantandmostvibrantmarkets.”ArneEhmann,ExecutiveDirectorofSalzburggallery,GalerieThaddaeusRopac(Paris,Salzburg)“Thisyear’sArmoryShowwasyetagainagreatsuccesswithstrongsalesforartistssuchasShimonAttie,NickCave,ToyinOdutola,HayvKahraman,HankWillisThomas,and2015VeniceBiennaleartistsKayHassanandKerryJamesMarshall.Whatwasspecialforusthisyearisthatwewereabletodrawconnectionstootherpartsofthefair,suchastheMENAMfocusthroughourpresentationofIraqiartistHayvKahraman,andtoArtsy’sArmorybooth,whichthisyearcollaboratedwithHankWillisThomastopresentaninteractiveinstallation.”JackShainman,Director,JackShainmanGallery(NewYork)Pier94–ContemporaryhousedaspecialinternationalFocus,withinvited15galleriesfromtheMiddleEast,NorthAfrica,andtheMediterranean(Focus:MENAM),curatedbyOmarKholeif,andrealizedinpartnershipwithLeadCulturalPartner,EdgeofArabia,andEducationPartner,ArtJameel.Withnewandrecentworksfromarangeofartistsondisplay,Kholeifcommented,“NotonlydidwecreateanewacronymwiththisFOCUS,butalsoanewwaytolookatandthinkofartfromthebroadercontextoftheMiddleEastanditsregions.BeingabletoseesomanydifferentgenerationsofartiststogetherfromtheMENAMregioninthisgreatculturalcitywithsuchanengagedandlivelypublichasbeenoneoftheproudestmomentsofmyprofessionalcareertodate.”Aseriesofspecialprojectswerealsopresentedatthefair.DispersedthroughoutPiers92&94,theArmoryCommissioned,British-LebaneseartistLawrenceAbuHamdanpresentedthemulti-mediawork,AConventionofTinyMovements,2015,aswellasRenderingsforaNewAgeofEavesdropping,alimitededitionartworkbenefittingTheMuseumofModernArt(NewYork).Ofhisexperiencecreatingthevisualidentityforthefair,AbuHamdancommented,“IthasbeenahugecareerhighlightformetoworkwithNoahHorowitz,OmarKholeif,JoelMorrisonandTheArmoryShowteamwhohavebeensosupportiveandcommittedinfollowinganartistlikemeonsuchapeculiarandambitiousadventure.TogetherwerealizedwhatIthinkhasbeenafantasticallysuccessfulproject.”Thisyear’sSymposium,TheWayThingsCanGo,organizedbyFawzKabra,AssistantCurator,AbuDhabiProject,SolomonR.GuggenheimFoundation(NewYork),hostedtwodaysofdialogueandexchange.Withtalksanddiscussionfromover30curators,artists,museumdirectorsandpatrons,topicsrangedfromhowwecreateanddefineregionstohowtheeconomyandcultureoftheartisticlandscapeintheMENAM

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regionisinfluencedandshaped.OftheSymposium,FadyJameel,PresidentofAbdulLatifJameelCommunityInitiatives,commented,“OurEducationalpartnershipwithTheArmoryShow2015’sFocus:MENAMreflectsArtJameel’slong-termcommitmenttonurturingartists’careersandsupportingabetterunderstandingofcontemporaryMiddleEasternartandculture.ThereisathrivingcontemporaryartsceneacrosstheMENAMregionandtheFocus:MENAMSymposiuminparticularpresentedauniqueplatformtosharethetalentsandideasofartistsfromtheregionwithawideraudience.”ArtJameelandEdgeofArabiapresentedthelatestiterationofCULTURERUNNERS,anongoingartisticexpeditiontohostartisticexchangebetweentheMiddleEastandtheUnitedStates.“TheArmoryShow’swillingnesstoinvolveandincludeinnovativeformatsforculturalprogramminghasbeenparticularlyexcitingandrewarding,”commentedStephenStapleton,DirectorofEdgeofArabia.“ThroughCULTURERUNNER’SdedicatedpaneldiscussionatTheArmoryShowOpenForum,interactionswithartistsandgalleriesintheFocus:MENAMsectionofthefair,andengagementswithrelatedcommunitiesthroughoutNewYorkCity,CULTURUNNERSservedasacross-culturalmeetingplaceforvoicesandcollaboratorsfromtheMENAMregion.”“AsCulturalPartnerofthisyear’sFocussection,EdgeofArabiawasproudtosupportandsharetheworkofartistsfromtheMENAMregionwithUSaudiences.Inparticular,wewereexcitedtoseethelaunchofFREEWAY,ourartist-ledonlineBroadcastPlatform,andlatestiterationofourCULTURUNNERSproject,which,intheformofaretrofittedGulfStreamRVonsitethroughoutArmoryWeek,hostedartistcollaborationsandtechnologiesthatconnectedFocus:MENAMwithcommunitiesacrossNewYork.”OnPier92–ModernthematicboothswereespeciallystrongthisyearwithapresentationofworksfromtheZeroGroupatBECK&EGGELING(Dusseldorf)andSetarehGallery(Dusseldorf),ashowingofprintsandgouachesbyBridgetRileyfrom1986–1995atSimsReedGallery(London),andworksfromtheGutaigroupatWhitestone(Tokyo).StrongsaleswereagainreportedacrossPier92,withAlanCristeaGallery(London),reportingdailyre-hangsoftheirspecialJimDinepresentationandthelaunchofanewJulianOpieeditionatthefair.DealersacrossPier92notedasignificantpresenceofmuseumgroupsandnewcollectors.Additionally,animportantworkbyAdolphGottlieb,listedfor$1.35million,wassoldatAntoineHelwaserGallery(NewYork)ontheclosingday.SpecialprojectsonPier92,inspiredbyFocusMENAM,includedParvizTanavoli:SelectionsfromtheNYUArtCollection,co-curatedbyLynnGumpert&MichèleWong,anddisplayingworksbytheIranianmodernist;whileLebanesedesignerCarloMassoudlaunchedalimitededitionworkinthePublicLounge,presentedbyCarwanGallery(Beirut).“Thisisthefirsttimewe’vedonethefair,andwebroughtaseriesofworksby

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2015, March 9. “NY Armory Week Closes With Buoy-ant Sales Across The Board” Artlyst. Online.

artistsfromtheZeroGroup,aswethoughtthatthiswasagoodtimetobringtheseworkstoNewYorkaftertheGuggenheimexhibition.We’vesoldpiecesbyHeinzMack,OttoPieneandGerhardHoeme–we’reparticularlydelightedaswe’vesoldtoallnewcollectors.”KatjaOtt,Director,BECK&EGGELING(Dusseldorf)“Wehavehadareallyexcellentfair,andwe’vesoldacrosstheboard.WelaunchedanewJulianOpieeditionhere,andalsohadaspecialfocussectiononJimDine,whichwehavere-hungeveryday.“DavidCleaton-Roberts,Director,AlanCristeaGallery(London)“It’salwaysaninterestingfair,wealwaysmeetnewcollectorsandanexcellentgroupofmuseumsandinstitutionshere.Wehavesoldwellthisyear,includingkeyworksbyGiorgioMorandi,ArmanandaRobertoSebastianMattapaintingwhichweareparticularlypleasedabout,asweareworkingonamuseumretrospectiveofhisworkinVeniceforthenextBiennale.“FrancoCalarota,FounderandChairman,Galleriad’ArteMaggiore(Bologna)InAddition,TheArmoryShowalsohosteditsfirstInstagramMeet-UpandthepremierofArty’snewInstagramcampaign#ArtWorldSpacesonThursday,March5.Withover30bloggersattendingforaspecialpreviewandbreakfast,themeetupwasanexceptionsocialmediapartnershipandwillbesuretoberepeatedin2016.Source:http://www.artlyst.com/news/ny-armory-week-closes-with-buoyant-sales-across-the-board/

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