The Armory Show in Motion
Revisit highlights from The Armory Show 2018, including the 198 participating galleries, special artist projects, and curated sections.
Armory Live is a year-round program of conversations highlighting influential members of the international art community—hosted at the fair, online, and throughout New York City.
Recent Videos
Artist Talk | Carolee Schneemann
Kenneth White, Faculty of Curatorial Studies at the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program (ISP) and Guest Faculty of Film History at Sarah Lawrence College, in conversation with Carolee Schneemann, Artist
Pioneering performance artist Carolee Schneemann joins Kenneth White, Faculty of Curatorial Studies at the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program (ISP) and Guest Faculty of Film History at Sarah Lawrence College, for a conversation reflecting on her six-decades of artistic practice, hosted during the final days of her widely celebrated MoMA PS1 retrospective.
Art of Influence | Defining New Cultural Capitals
Pulane Kingston, Collector and Advisory Board Member, Zeitz MOCAA; Ahmed Mater; Artist and Director of the Misk Art Institute; Catherine Petitgas, Collector and Philanthropist, Chair, Tate International Council; Thibault Poutrel, Collector and Philanthropist
This panel explores the evolving role of museums and collectors in shaping an increasingly globalized art world. Panelists will address the rapid growth of new cultural centers, navigating the competing demands of local and global communities, and the nuanced role of the patron in contemporary society.
Artist Talk | JR and Jeffrey Deitch
Matthew Israel, Curator at Large, Artsy, in conversation with Jeffrey Deitch, Gallerist and Curator, and JR, Artist
On the occasion of his new project with The Armory Show, JR, the Academy Award nominated and politically engaged artist joins Gallerist and curator Jeffrey Deitch, in conversation with Artsy’s Curator at Large, Matthew Israel.
Collapsing Structures
Simon Castets, Director, Swiss Institute; Michy Marxuach, Editor and Curator; Laura Raicovich, Independent Curator, Carlos Motta, Artist
In a conversation between a dynamic group of cultural practitioners, this panel will address paradoxical conditions for political resistance and explore the Latino and Latin-American artists whose work attempts to dismantle this apparatus of economic and cultural control.
Artist Talk | Leonardo Drew and Ja'Tovia Gary
Jen Mergel, Vice President, the Association of Art Museum Curators, former Senior Curator for Contemporary Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in conversation with Leonardo Drew, Artist and Ja'Tovia Gary, Filmmaker
Artist Leonardo Drew, known for his large-scale sculptures of accumulations of found objects, joins documentarian and filmmaker Ja'Tovia Gary in discussion with Platform curator Jen Mergel, Vice President, the Association of Art Museum Curators and former Senior Curator for Contemporary Art, the Museum of Fine Arts.
Consolidation and Innovation | The Future of the Gallery Model
Evan C. Beard, National Art Services Executive, US Trust; Marianne Boesky, Owner and Founder, Marianne Boesky Gallery; Andrea Danese, Co-founder and CEO, Athena Art Finance; Marguerite Hoffman, Collector; Wendy Olsoff, Cofounder, P.P.O.W Gallery
This panel addresses how the art market at large can help support mid-level galleries, and what changes need to come about to do so. Bringing together a diverse group of voices from across the industry, these experts and insiders will discuss innovation, consolidation and what the future of the gallery model really looks like.
Artist Talk | Hermann Nitsch
Robert C. Morgan, Writer and Artist, in conversation with Hermann Nitsch, Artist
Hermann Nitsch, Austrian avant-garde artist and cult provocateur, joins writer and artist Robert C. Morgan for a wide-ranging conversation on Nitsch's five decade career.
Artist Talk | Constant Dullaart And Matt Goerzen
Chrissie Iles, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator, the Whitney Museum of American Art, in conversation with Constant Dullaart, Artist; and Matt Goerzen, Researcher
Dutch conceptual artist Constant Dullaart joins researcher Matt Goerzen in a conversation on the technological structures that inform modern visual culture with Chrissie Iles, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator, the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Recent Reads
Catching up with Creative Time's Justine Ludwig
Fresh from Texas, where she led a critically celebrated program at Dallas Contemporary, Justine Ludwig speaks with The Armory Show about her new role as director of Creative Time.
Collector Paul Leong's unconventional taste
Known for his unconventional taste and adventurous acquisitions, Paul Leong is not your typical investment banker-turned-collector. Leong speaks with The Armory Show about his approach to collecting, what catches his eye, and the work that got away.
Glenn D. Lowry on MoMA's future
The Armory Show speaks with Glenn D. Lowry, Director of New York's Museum of Modern Art since 1995, to discuss his vision for the future of MoMA, and how museums must respond to the current political climate.
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Beth Rudin DeWoody opens The Bunker Artspace
Known for her quick eye and keen enthusiasm for daring artworks, Beth Rudin DeWoody has gained a reputation as a career-maker for emerging artists, and a taste-maker of sorts. The Armory Show speaks with DeWoody on the occasion of opening The Bunker Artspace, a 20,000-square-foot exhibition space in West Palm Beach.
Pamela Joyner is on a mission
Perhaps no other figure today pursues collecting with the same mission-focused drive of Pamela Joyner, who for the last 20 years has focused on redressing the exclusion of Black artists in the art historical cannon. In a conversation with The Armory Show, Joyner discusses her recent publication, Four Generations, and her continued drive to collect.
Eli Broad on collecting for the future
The Armory Show speaks with Eli Broad–Los Angeles collector, philanthropist and city advocate–on collecting for the future.
Agnes Gund's lifetime of philanthropy
The Armory Show speaks with Agnes Gund, American philanthropist, collector and President Emerita of MoMA, on her new initiative Art for Justice and her lifetime of philanthropy.
Insights | Artist Huang Rui's "Dream No.3", presented by @10chancerylanegallery.
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Join us tonight | Armory Live, in collaboration with @ppowgallery, present a conversation on David Wojnarowicz with Cynthia Carr, Karen Finley and Carlo McCormick. Exhibition tour begins at 6:30, talk begins at 7:00pm @ P.P.O.W | 535 West 22nd 6th Floor.
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Armory Live | Join us next Tuesday at 6pm at @NeueHouse for a conversation exploring the impact of technology on identity with @newyorkermag writer @frynaomifry and Miami-based artist @jillianmayer. Fry and Mayer, through their own humorous, erudite perspectives, will probe questions of how our digital lives impact our physical reality.
Presented by The Armory Show in partnership with @neuehouse.
This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP through the link in bio. Image: Jillian Mayer.
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Podcasts
Artist Talk | Renzo Martens
Jarrett Gregory, Curator, Armory Focus, in conversation with Renzo Martens, Artist, Director, Institute for Human Activities
Hypotheses on the Future of the Art Market
Presented by Athena Art Finance
Simon de Pury, Auctioneer, Author; Todd Levin, Director, Levin Art Group; Dominique Lévy, Founder and Partner, Lévy Gorvy; Alain Servais, Collector; Andrea Danese, CEO, Athena Art Finance
Moderated by Kelly Crow, Art Market Reporter, Wall Street Journal
What’s Technology Got to Do with It?
Shiva Ahmadi, Artist; Charles Atlas, Artist; Marilyn Minter, Artist; Thomas Allen Harris, Founder and President, Chimpanzee Productions
Moderated by Barbara London, Founder and former Curator of the Video and Media collection, The Museum of Modern Art, Phaidon author
Beyond the White Box
Presented by Athena Art Finance
Richard Gluckman, Principal, Gluckman Tang Architects; Suzanne Modica, Art Advisor and Curator of Stonescape; Gregory Miller, Collector, President of White Columns Board of Directors; Bernard Lumpkin, Collector, Trustee, Studio Museum in Harlem, Program Director for Friends of Education, The Museum of Modern Art
Moderated by Jane Stageberg, Principal, Bade Stageberg Cox Architects
Collecting Digital: Art, Technology, Preservation and Posterity
Presented by Athena Art Finance
Tabor Robak, Artist; Chrissie Iles, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art; Pamela and Richard Kramlich, Collectors; Michael Connor, Artistic Director, Rhizome; Sima Familant, Private Curator, Art Advisor; Michael Xufu Huang, Collector and Co-Founder, M WOODS
Moderated by Erica Barrish, President of EAB Fine Art Services
A Conversation on Tack, Whack and Quack
Patricia Cronin, Artist; Maura Reilly, Executive Director, National Academy; Shahzia Sikander, Artist
Moderated by Eric Shiner, Senior Vice President, Contemporary Art, Sotheby's, Curator of Platform
Artist Talk | Bill Powers
Bill Powers, Founder, Half Gallery in conversation with Jeffrey Deitch, Gallerist, Curator, and Andy Spade, Collector
Artist Talk | David Salle | The Painting Life
Joe Bradley, Artist; Alex Katz, Artist; Dana Schutz, Artist; Chris Martin, Artist
Moderated by David Salle, Artist
Artist Talk | Studio Drift
Felix Burrichter, Editor, Creative Director, PIN-UP magazine, in conversation with Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta, Artists, Studio Drift; and Mark Davy, Founder, Futurecity
Artist Talk | Joshua Citarella
Artist Talk | Joshua Citarella | A New Image of Art and the Internet
Orit Gat, Writer, in conversation with Joshua Citarella, Artist, and Troy Conrad Therrien, Curator, Architecture and Digital Initiatives, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Artist Talk | Richard Patterson
Andrew Goldstein, Editor-in-Chief, Artnet News, in conversation with Richard Patterson, Artist