Balletic performance at the Armory Show (Photo: Casey Fatchett)

Competition keeps art fairs on their toes

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Organisers have had to up their game in an increasingly crowded market (Balletic performance at the Armory Show (Photo: Casey Fatchett)) From Armory daily edition.
Published online: 4 Mar 11
 
From the fair daily edition

Chinese artists fight studio eviction

Ousted artists protest in style

From Armory daily edition. Published 4 Mar 11

A tale of two cities

New Orleans and Istanbul link up in event curated by Dan Cameron

From Armory daily edition. Published 4 Mar 11

Fair for hedge fund county

Greenwich Art fair will be convenient for local moneyed collectors, hopes organiser Richard Ekstract

From Armory daily edition. Published 4 Mar 11

Fast forward video art

Artists love it as a medium, but are collectors and dealers too busy for time-based work at an art fair?

From Armory daily edition. Published 4 Mar 11

Bonus time for art business?

The return of Wall Street wealth should give New York’s art fairs a boost

From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11

The Art Show sets a sophisticated tone

Collectors queue to view classic modern and contemporary works

From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11

Gaddafi’s son reveals true colours

Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif, is also an architect, urban planner, and surrealist/symbolist painter

From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11

Support for Austrian director forced to resign

Artists and museum directors back up Peter Noever following his resignation

From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11

Guaranteed outcome

Insurance for sellers or market manipulation? Why auction guarantees are dividing the art trade

From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11

Diary

High society meets high art

MoMA was packed on Wednesday night with bright, young things partying the night away at the glamorous Armory Show benefit bash. Hundreds chomped on edamame and chocolate pretzels, no doubt in an effort to soak up the lethal green cocktail at the bar: absinthe. This sweet beverage—historically the tipple of choice for sozzled French poets—fuelled party spirits as revellers (mildly) thrashed to the music of Brit pop star Kate Nash who donned a huge red ribbon on her head. But away from the crowds, dealer James Barron, an Armory show participant (P92/148), relished the chance to see MoMA’s masterpieces in relative isolation. “I’m loving this goddam fucking great art,” he declared, poring over works by David Hammons and Lawrence Weiner. But who would have thought that among the Manhattan elite would be a beacon of English aristocracy: the elegant Penelope, Lady Sitwell, wife of the late 7th baronet of Renishaw Hall, Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, and niece by marriage to poet Edith.