In addition to the main Fair you'll also find two
curated sections focusing on younger galleries, new work and contemporary photography; Art Projects and Photo50.
Not exact matches
Following its acclaimed debut in 2015, the Collections
section features
focussed, thematic presentations of historical art and objects,
curated to a museum standard.
ART FAIR Contemporary & founders Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba
curate «African Perspectives» in the
Focus section of the Armory Show (March 3 - 6).
This year's
section of commercial
curated projects that examine upcoming art scenes will have a
focus on nurturing Asian artistic talent.
Other Stand Prizes awarded elsewhere across the fair include Portugal's Nuno Centeno, exhibiting via the subsidised
Focus platform for younger galleries, and Canada's Cooper Cole, in Frame (a
curated section for emerging talents) for their solo presentation of Tau Lewis - who, at 23, is perhaps the youngest artist exhibiting in the fair.
Previous editions of The Armory Show's
Focus section include:
Focus: Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean (2015),
curated by Omar Kholeif;
Focus: China (2014),
curated by Philip Tinari;
Focus: USA (2013),
curated by Eric Shiner;
Focus: Nordic Countries (2012),
curated by Jacob Fabricius;
Focus: Latin America (2011) and
Focus: Berlin (2010).
Next year the
curated section of the fair will
focus on the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean region (MENAM) and will include solo and
curated group presentations, site - specific projects and a dedicated symposium.The
section will be presented in collaboration with non-profit arts and education enterprise Edge of Arabia.
Previous editions of The Armory Show's
Focus section have included: Armory
Focus: China (2014),
curated by Philip Tinari; Armory
Focus: USA (2013),
curated by Eric Shiner; Armory
Focus: Nordic Countries (2012),
curated by Jacob Fabricius; Armory
Focus: Latin America (2011), and Armory
Focus: Berlin (2010).
For the first time this year, each of the
curated sections — Spotlight,
Focus and Frame — were located in discrete areas of the fair, rather than woven throughout.
From this darkening contemporary moment of rightward tilt and mob rule, it's almost depressing to tour though Friezes's splendid «The Nineties»
focus section (brilliantly conceived and
curated by Nicolas Trembley) and smell all that hopeful teen spirit.
Taking place each year in March, Art Dubai presents a select yet diverse line - up of around 90 galleries from the UAE and around the world, across three programmes: Contemporary; Modern, devoted to masters from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia; and Marker, a
curated section of artspaces that
focuses each year on a particular theme or geography.
For her debut at Abu Dhabi Art, her film, Disruption as Rapture, 2016, will be included in
Focus: Beyond Territory, a special
section of the fair
curated by Omar Kholeif.
Focus, a
section of solo or
curated presentations by young galleries conceived especially for the fair, debuting work that has never before been presented within an art fair context.
It responds to the global present with
Focus, a
curated section of just nine artists.
Galleries across the fair's main and specially
curated sections —
Focus, Sex Work, Live - enjoyed strong sales throughout the whole week, placing artworks across all levels of the market.
Focus at Frieze London At Frieze London,
Focus is a
curated section open to galleries formed in or after 2006, which can apply with solo or
curated group presentations.
Explore the
curated sections —
Focus, the definitive destination to discover young talents; Live, creating moments of immersion and interaction with participatory performance works; and new this year, The Nineties, recreating seminal exhibitions from this decade.
Berry's original remit at the fair was to handle VIP and visitor relations, and to expand the
curated sections known as
Focus (devoted to solo - and dual - artist presentations) and Platform.
Armory
Focus is a specially
curated section of The Armory Show that highlights the artistic landscape of a chosen geographic region.
The fair's 2017 installment boasts not only roomier aisles and bigger booths, but an increase to the number of galleries in the Presents
section, which offers solo or duo artist presentations by young dealers, and a revitalized
Focus section, bringing in new or rarely seen work
curated by Jarrett Gregory.
Beyond the purview of the
curated focus section, the Armory also included a raft of galleries showing work from the continent among the world's top galleries.
In addition to returning to the fair's contemporary
section, Ayyam Gallery presents a
curated exhibition in the selected
focus on seminal twentieth - century art, Art Dubai Modern.
Saudi artist and educator Rashed Al Shashai will participate in The Armory Show's
Focus: «MENAM»
section curated by Omar Kholeif this March.
Renowned for its
focus on research and experimentation, Artissima 2015 hosts: 207 selected galleries from 31 countries, 3
curated sections, including 20 Present Future solo shows by emerging artists, 25 Back to the Future booths dedicated to the rediscovery of the decade» 75 --» 85, and 12 surprising live actions in the Per4m
section.
Independent curators Clara M Kim (Tate Modern, London), Jacob Proctor (Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago) and Fabian Schöneich (Portikus, Frankfurt) will
curate innovative
sections Spotlight, Frame and
Focus dedicated to rare solo shows of 20th century art and emerging galleries.
A
curated section by Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho that
focuses on art's engagement with society around it
Shattering preconceived notions about what contemporary African art may look like or be concerned with, The Armory Show 2016 will present eight special projects
curated by Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba, who are also the curators for the 2016
Focus Section of The Armory Show: African Perspectives.
New
section: Sex Work
Curated by Alison M. Gingeras, Sex Work: Feminist Art & Radical Politics features nine solo presentations of women artists working at the extreme edges of feminist practice during the 1970s and «80s, all sharing a
focus on explicit sexual iconography combined with radical political agency.
The Artistic Directors will also have a special
focus on the
curated sections of the fairs, including the Projects programmes.
He also
curated the 2015 Cyprus Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale and the 2015 Armory Show
Focus section, where he presented work by artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean, showcasing his deep knowledge of the Global South.
Explore our
curated sections —
Focus, the definitive destination to discover young talents; Live, creating moments of immersion and interaction with participatory performance works; and new this year, The Nineties, recreating seminal exhibitions from this decade.
The 2015 Armory Show features Armory
Focus: Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean (
Focus: MENAM), a
section curated by Omar Kholeif (curator at the Whitechapel Gallery in London) that examines contemporary cultural and artistic practices from these regions, by hosting gallery presentations, not - for - profit institutions, and site - specific projects.
Curator Ruba Katrib (SculptureCenter, New York) will co-advise on the
Focus section dedicated to emerging galleries; and Ralph Rugoff (Hayward Gallery, London) will
curate Frieze Talks for the first time, exploring artists» response to an age of «alternative facts».
On Pier 94 alone there were 141 galleries, with 105 included in the main
section, 15 exhibition in «Armory
Focus: Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean (MENAM),»
curated by Omar Kholeif, and 21 galleries with the solo booth
section titled «Armory Presents.»
The Armory Show and Edge of Arabia are teaming up for this year's sixth edition of Armory
Focus, a specially
curated section devoted to a highlighted region of the world.
Among the art fair's
sections, Frame is dedicated to emerging galleries, and
Focus to «Innovative
curated presentations by the world's most exciting young talents».
In the
curated gallery
sections,
Focus features presentations by galleries aged 12 years or younger; Live is a space for performance and participation works; and new for 2017, Sex Work: Feminist Art & Radical Politics showcases female artists working at the extreme edges of feminist practice since the 1970s.
The Interview Issue coincided with the Armory Show in New York during which the editors
curated «
Focus: African Perspectives»
section of the fair.
The Armory Show today announced the participating artists in the 2018
Focus section,
curated by Gabriel Ritter, Curator and Head of Contemporary Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia).
The Armory
Focus: African Perspectives, an invitational
section curated by Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba, presented selections from African galleries as well as the work of established and emerging contemporary artists from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Curated by Jarrett Gregory, who was formerly an associate curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this year's
Focus section looks at economies, both here and elsewhere.