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Thursday, March 4th, 2010This is a first look at The Armory Show 2010. This year’s edition introduces Armory Focus, a new section that features an important art community every year. The new section is premiering with Berlin, presenting 21 galleries from Germany’s capital. In total, The Armory Show features 267 galleries from 31 countries.
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Heide Hatry: Heads and Tales / Interview
Monday, March 30th, 2009At The Armory Show 2009 in March we spoke with artist Heide Hatry about her new book Heads and Tales. Heads and Tales features photographic documentations of sculptures created by Heide Hatry out of animal skin and body parts. The book is a collaborative anthology consisting of Heide Hatry’s images and stories by 27 prominent [...]
Kolkoz: La Collection Americaine / The Armory Show 2009 / Interview
Monday, March 16th, 2009At the Armory Show 2009, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin from Paris and Miami showed a group of works by the French conceptual art duo Kolkoz, consisting of Samuel Boutruche and Benjamin Moreau. Called “The American Collection” (La Collection Americaine), the presentation displayed a group of frames framing frames. Why that? “Because we wanted to make some [...]
Christine Hill: The Volksboutique Armory Apothecary
Friday, March 6th, 2009Created specially for the Armory Show, American artist Christine Hill’s The Volksboutique Armory Apothecary is the continuation of a series of large-scale projects, categorized by the artist as “organizational ventures,” that blur the boundaries between art and commerce. These projects have included the production of a TV talk show, the establishment of a second-hand clothing [...]
The Armory Show 2009 New York / Opening
Thursday, March 5th, 2009The 11th edition of the Armory Show presents 243 international galleries. Many galleries are devoting their stands to single artist presentations. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts for instance is presenting The Volksboutique Armory Apothecary by Christine Hill, where visitors will have the opportunity to describe their maladies to the artist, who will prescribe remedies for a [...]
Artists Mary Heilmann and John Waters talk about the beginnings of the Gramercy Fair / Armory Show
Saturday, March 29th, 2008In honor of its tenth edition, The Armory Show has commissioned artists Mary Heilmann and John Waters to collaborate on the visual identity of the 10th edition of the Armory Show. At the press conference they talk about the early days of The Armory Show as the Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair and the fair’s [...]
The Armory Show 2008 New York / Opening
Friday, March 28th, 2008In the second part of our Armory Show coverage we finish our walkthrough. Among others we visit the booth of gallery Hauser & Wirth and have a look at Assume Vivid Astro Focus’s site-specific installation on a wall over 100 feet long outside the VIP lounge, courtesy of Deitch Projects. March 26, 2008.The Armory Show [...]
The Armory Show 2008 New York / Press Conference and Opening
Thursday, March 27th, 2008The Armory Show, The International Fair of New Art, celebrates its tenth edition this year and presents 150 international galleries featuring contemporary art. The show takes place at Pier 94 from Thursday, March 27 to Sunday, March 30, 2008. In the first part of our Armory Show coverage we attend the press conference with The [...]
WPS1’s Althea Viafora Kress talks with artist Wim Delvoye / part 2/2
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Wim Delvoye (born 1965 in Wervick / Belgium) became widely known on the occasion of the documenta 9 in Kassel / Germany in 1992 with a large “mosaic” of white ceramic tiles decorated with beautifully-arranged scrolls of excrement. WPS1 Art Radio host Althea Viafora Kress and Wim Delvoye discuss the artist’s work at the Armory [...]
Jan Wentrup and Theodore Bouloukos discuss the work of Axel Geis and Gregor Hildebrandt
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007Gallery owner / director Jan Wentrup and New York correspondent Theodore Bouloukos discuss the work of Axel Geis and Gregor Hildebrandt. Axel Geis (born 1970) and Gregor Hildebrandt (born 1974) both live and work in Berlin, Germany. The Armory Show New York, February 24, 2007.
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