The Armory Show (art fair)

The Armory Show is an international art fair in New York City, established in 1994 and held annually in New York City at a number of venues throughout its history. The four-day event had attracted crowds of 65,000 and reported sales of $85 million as of 2008.[1] Many smaller fairs and special events are held that same week in New York, effectively called "Armory Show Week".[2][3]

The Armory Show 2015

History

The fair started in 1994 as the Gramercy International Art Fair, and was held in the rooms of the Gramercy Hotel in New York City by five art dealers: Colin De Land, Pat Hearn, Lisa Spellman, Matthew Marks and Paul Morris.[4][5] The fair outgrew its location and was renamed "The Armory Show" in 1999, when it was first held at the 69th Regiment Armory, site of the famous Armory Show of 1913.[6]

While its location at the 69th Regiment Armory was only temporary, the current Armory Show was inspired by the idea of presenting new art from around the world together under one roof in New York City. After several editions at the Gramercy Park Hotel, and also at Chateau Marmont (in 1994),[7] The fair moved to the West Side piers in 2001, originally Piers 88 & 90. In 2009, The Armory Show – Modern was introduced and The Armory Show made a new home on Piers 92 & 94. In 2020, the Fair announced a move to Javits and fall following stability issues at the zpiers, and the first fair on the new timeline was held September 9-12, 2021.[8][9][10][11]

Programming

The Armory Show is composed of contemporary and modern art sections. When the show was at the Piers (until 2020), these were called Pier 94 - Contemporary and Pier 92 - Modern.[12] Pier 94 was also home to Armory Presents and Armory Focus sections.[13] Armory Presents is composed of single and dual artist presentations by galleries fewer than ten years old. Armory Focus is an invitational section that spotlights the artistic landscape of a different geographic region each year. The Armory Artist Commission was launched in 2002.[14]

References
  1. Niclas Ostlind. New York's Armory Show; Seeking international artists, The Japan Times, April 3, 2008.
  2. B. Davis. Armory Action, artnet.com, March 21, 2008.
  3. "The Armory Show Wraps NY Arts Week On a High Note". ArtfixDaily. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. Kenny Schachter Has the Great Depression Struck Galleries? Kenny Schachter Ventures Among the Art Hobos at Armory Week. artnet, March 18, 2018
  5. Sarah Douglas Armory Show Founding Director Paul Morris Resigns After 18 Years. The New York Observer. Archived September 16, 2012.
  6. Roberta Smith. More Space for Young Artists, The New York Times, February 19, 1999.
  7. , Archives of American Art.
  8. Goldstein, Andrew (22 February 2019). "A Week Before Opening, the Armory Show Art Fair Must Relocate a Third of Its Exhibitors Due to Safety Concerns". Artnet News. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  9. Carrigan, Margaret (6 March 2020). "Armory Show will move to New York's Javits Center in 2021 and switch from spring to autumn". www.theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  10. Heinrich, Will (9 September 2021). "Art Fairs Come Blazing Back, Precarious but Defiant". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  11. Carrigan, Margaret (7 March 2019). "Sales at New York's Armory Show prove more stable than its venue". www.theartnewspaper.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  12. Johnson, Ken (8 March 2012). "The Old New Here, the New New There". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  13. Julie Baumgartner The Armory Show, New as Ever, March 3, 2015.
  14. Robin Pogrebin, "Commissioned Artist Named for Armory Show," The New York Times, 8 October 2015
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