From the fair daily edition
Ousted artists protest in style
From Armory daily edition. Published 4 Mar 11
New Orleans and Istanbul link up in event curated by Dan Cameron
From Armory daily edition. Published 4 Mar 11
Greenwich Art fair will be convenient for local moneyed collectors, hopes organiser Richard Ekstract
From Armory daily edition. Published 4 Mar 11
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
The return of Wall Street wealth should give New York’s art fairs a boost
From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11
Collectors queue to view classic modern and contemporary works
From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11
Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif, is also an architect, urban planner, and surrealist/symbolist painter
From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11
Artists and museum directors back up Peter Noever following his resignation
From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11
Insurance for sellers or market manipulation? Why auction guarantees are dividing the art trade
From Armory daily edition. Published 2 Mar 11
Diary
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.
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