DKS LIST FOR ACE HOTEL NEW YORK : ART FAIRS 2010

One of the busiest weeks in New York City’s fine art scene has arrived. If you’re here, you’re definitely wondering what’s worth going to. Here are Douglas Kelley’s picks for Ace Hotel New York (we’re posting a little early since it’s such a wonderfully overwhelming week).

March 2010 Art Fairs

• The Art Show March 3-7 
• Scope New York March 3-7 
• The Armory Show March 4-7 
• Independent March 4-7 
• Pulse New York March 4-7 
• Red Dot New York March 4-7 
• Verge Art Fair March 4-7
• AIPAD Photography Show New York March 18-21

Tuesday March 2nd

• Andy Warhol Unexposed Exposures at Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 West 23rd Street. 6-8pm.
• Karl Fritsch & Richard Wathen at Salon 94 Freemans, 1 Freeman Alley at Rivington Street. 6-9pm.

Wednesday March 3rd

• Talk: To Be With Art Is All We Ask. Sir Norman Rosenthal joins newly-anointed MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch at The Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street. Tickets are $10 — call 212.423.3587. 6:30pm.
• The 22nd Annual Art Show ADAA, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street. 70 selected exhibitions, presented by the nation’s leading art galleries, will feature museum-quality works ranging from 19th and 20th century Old Master works to recently completed contemporary painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and multi-media. March 3 -7: Wed-Sat Noon-8 pm, Sun Noon-6 pm. Admission is $20.
• The Armory Show 2010 Opening Day for invited guests at MoMA. Events run all day from 11:30am-11:30pm. The Armory Show Opening Party is at MoMA from 8:30-11:30pm. Tickets for both the vernissage and the opening party are $100.

Thursday March 4th

• The Armory Show 2010 Opening Day for the public, Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street. March 4-6, Noon-8pm. Sun, March 7 Noon-7p.
  
  • 2010 Exhibitors - Pier 92
  • 2010 Exhibitors - Pier 94
• R. Crumb The Bible Illuminated- Book of Genesis at David Zwirner, 519 West 19th Street. 6-8pm.
• Anna Parkina Nests at Gladstone Gallery, 530 West 21rst Street. 6-8pm.
• Maira Kalman Further Illuminations at Julie Saul Gallery, 535 West 22nd Street. 6-8pm.
• Viviane Sassen at Danziger Projects, 534 West 24th Street. 6-8pm.
• The DKS Lounge at Hudson Terrace, 621 West 46th Street. 7-11pm. 2 for 1 drink specials from 7-9pm.

Friday March 5th

• Talk: Online, Offline, Flatline. Art Publishing Now Art writers and publishers discuss producing their work in a fluctuating economic and digital landscape, confronting the unsettling question as to whether paper is indeed a dying medium. With Paul Laster (Editor of Artkrush), Peter Nesbett and Shelly Bancroft (former co-publishers of Art on Paper), and Mark Rappolt (Editor of ArtReview). Moderated by David Shapiro (Editor-in-Chief of Museo Magazine) at Volta NY, Club 7W Talks Lounge, 7 West 34th Street, 7th Floor. 3-4pm.
• The DKS Lounge at Hudson Terrace, 621 West 46th Street, 7-11. 2 for 1 drink specials from 7-9pm.
• Fountain & Long Island City the first of two Fountain Art Fair parties at its location at the Frying Pan, 26th St at Pier 66. 7pm-midnight.

Saturday March 6th

• Armory Focus: Berlin-based gallerists, artists, and collectors discuss the city as an emerging center for contemporary art. With Themistocles Michos, Giti Nourbaksch (Galerie Giti Nourbaksch, Berlin), Cay Sophie Rabinowitz (Hauser + Wirth, NY), and Simon Dybbroe Møller. At The Armory Show, Open Forum Lounge, Pier 92, 12th Avenue at 52nd Street. 2-3pm.
• Sue Gurnee: The Fulgent Cadences, paintings to assist the decision making process. Plus a group show, Tantra : some big ideas from small paintings; anonymous, didactic abstractions. At Feature Inc, 131 Allen Street. 6-8pm.
• The DKS Lounge at Hudson Terrace, 621 West 46th Street. 7-11pm. 2 for 1 drink specials from 7-9pm.

Sunday March 7th

• Framing Art in the 21st Century. In the dual wakes of digitization and economic shifts, the music and publishing industries have been grappling with issues of production and distribution. Faced with the same questions, how might visual art will be disseminated, sold, and exhibited in the coming decades? How will arts organizations be challenged to find alternative, less conventional ways to reach new publics? With Holly Block (Director of Bronx Museum for the Arts), Amy Cappellazzo (International Co-Head of Postwar and Contemporary Art at Christie’s), Shamim Momin (Founder of LAND), Sara Reisman (Director of Percent for Art), Dan Cameron (Curator for Prospect New Orleans), Nato Thompson (Chief Curator of Creative Time), and Manon Slome (Founder and Curator of No Longer Empty). Moderated by Lindsay Pollock at Volta NY, Club 7W Talks Lounge, 7 West 34th Street, 7th Floor. 3-4pm.
  

• Sunday is the last day of the art fairs. Their Sunday schedules:
  
  • Armory Show: 12-7pm
  • Art Show: 12-6pm
  • Pulse: 12-5pm
  • VOLTA NY: 11am-7pm
  • Fountain: 11am-7pm
  • SCOPE: 12-6pm
  • Dutch Art Now: call ahead: 212.475.3424
  • INDEPENDENT: 12-4pm
  • Korean Art Show: 11am-7pm
  • PooL: 3-10pm
  • Red Dot Art Fair: 11-6pm
  • Verge: 12-6pm

Let us know what you think of the shows. And we’ll post Douglas’ new list next Wednesday.