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Ocula
March 16, 2018A new layout designed by Bade Stageberg Cox and a reduction in exhibitor numbers made The Armory Show's 24th edition feel more polished and international than ever before, with 198 galleries from 31 countries and 66 new exhibitors, including Galerie Eigen + Art and Regen Projects. - Kat Herriman
Excelsior
March 13, 2018The most important fair of New York reduced the number of galleries to offer a better experience to visitors. - Edgar Alejandro Hernández
Die Welt
March 10, 2018In November, the New York art fair Armory Show made news with a MeToo scandal. Now the fair presents itself with a new leader and a sharper profile - Beate Scheder
The Art Newspaper
March 9, 2018Dealers and young artists from South Africa...have made a particularly strong showing at this year's fair. - Sarah P. Hanson and Gareth Harris
The Cut
March 9, 2018Artwork from 198 galleries based in 31 countries is displayed in a maze of booths, featuring top artists. - Carolyn Twersky
Les Echos
March 8, 2018The most popular contemporary art fair in New York opened in a particularly favorable atmosphere for French art - Judith Benhamou-Huet
Artnet News
March 8, 2018Out of all the fairs taking place this week, the Armory Show is the premier arena for blue-chip art and work by the world’s most established artists. - Eileen Kinsella & Rachel Corbett
The New York Times
March 8, 2018The Armory Show, one of the city’s top fairs for 20th- and 21st-century art, had a shake-up in the last year. - Martha Schwendener
Forbes
March 8, 2018"My vision for The Armory Show, as we near our 25th anniversary in 2019, is to look back at the original reasons the fair was created" - Bettina Zilkha
Artsy
March 7, 2018The Armory Show has a bit of something for everyone—from a 16-foot-tall ferris wheel sculpture to rare works on paper by Yayoi Kusama, made with materials gifted to the artist by Joseph Cornell when the pair split up. - Scott Indrisek, Alexander Forbes and Molly Gottschalk
Artnet News
March 7, 2018Few know the ins and outs of this battle royale better than Nicole Berry, executive director of the Armory Show. - Tim Schneider
The Guardian
March 6, 2018The much-anticipated contemporary art fair hits New York with a range of provocative pieces, taking aim at Trump and highlighting the work of female artists. - Nadja Sayej
Artsy
March 5, 2018This year’s Armory Show bears another Berry hallmark: a day-long Curatorial Leadership Summit. - Anna Louie Sussman
The Wall Street Journal
March 5, 2018The New York contemporary art fair will feature 3-D printed sculptures, a ‘digital shaman’ and more - Kelly Crow
New York Times
March 2, 2018Art fairs have grown in importance to dealers and collectors in the past decade. - Paul Sullivan
Cultured
March 1, 2018This year, some of the city’s biggest fairs are expanding their square footage, doubling down on curatorial presentations and making space for younger voices. - Antwaun Sargent
Gotham Magazine
March 1, 2018In a world where over 250 art fairs take place annually, New York City’s premier contemporary and modern presentation, The Armory Show, raises the intellectual bar with Focus. - Allison Berg
Cultured Magazine
March 1, 2018At the helm of this spring’s leading art fairs—Independent, The Armory Show and NADA New York—are three formidable women. Antwaun Sargent checks in with the directors for a preview.
Barrons
February 28, 2018Berry’s goals is to offer artists and presentations that are new and thought-provoking and can inspire critical dialogue, “not just Instagrammable moments.” - Abby Schultz
SURFACE
February 27, 2018The Minneapolis-based curator confronts what happens to the body when technology replaces the mind. - Alexxa Gotthardt
New York Times
February 7, 2018“The Contingent,” the art fair’s second edition of its “Platform” section, with 15 site-responsive works installed throughout the two piers. - Hilarie M. Sheets
Artnet News
February 7, 2018Titled SO CLOSE, JR is plastering the exterior of Pier 94 with photographs that meld archival images from Ellis Island with portraits of Syrian refugees. - Sarah Cascone
The Art Newspaper
January 15, 2018Gabriel Ritter's display includes 34 artists from the 1970s to today, from Hermann Nitsch and Bruce Nauman to Tabita Rezaire and Patty Chang. - James H. Miller
Artsy
December 14, 2017The current movement to integrate black artists into mainstream museums and the broader market. - Antwaun Sargent
Artnet News
November 6, 2017This year also marks the Armory Show’s inaugural Curatorial Leadership Summit, a daylong gathering of curators from around the world. - Henri Neuendorf
Financial Times
October 20, 2017New York’s Armory Show is adapting the composition of the fair to help mid-size galleries compete with their heavier-weight peers. - Melanie Gerlis
Financial Times
September 29, 2017Dealers and auction houses are using narrative to exhibit works ever more creatively - Melanie Gerlis
Le Monde
March 7, 2017The grand art fair event jockeys to be among the best in the world. - Emmanuelle Lequeux
The Art Newspaper
March 2, 2017The Armory Show is redefining its relationship with the New York fair landscape, and some galleries seemed to be redefining their relationship with the fair. - Dan Duray
Forbes
March 2, 2017Since taking the job over a year ago, Executive Director Benjamin Genocchio's major focus has been to overhaul the fair, knocking through walls to create more windows and more light, widening the aisles, and making the booths more spacious. The response to the changes was overwhelmingly positive among both dealers and collectors alike. - Bettina Zilkha
Town & Country
March 1, 2017T&C hosts an intimate dinner in honor of the annual New York City art extravaganza. - Adam Rathe
Wall Street Journal
March 1, 2017The artist’s 11 candy-red, polka-dot sculptures weighing more than a ton traveled by air, land and sea; ‘Guidepost to the New World’ arrives in New York. - Jennifer Smith
Artsy
February 25, 2017This year sees some of the biggest changes to The Armory Show’s layout and exhibitor list in the fair’s 23-year history. - Alexander Forbes
ARTnews
February 23, 2017When the Armory Show opens to select visitors next Wednesday the monumental concrete cube, which measures 16 x 8 x 8 feet, will float above fairgoers at the booth of Pace Gallery. It is called, quite appropriately, Drifter. - Alex Greenberger
Financial Times - How To Spend It
February 15, 2017Eleven red-and-white shapes – some resembling bowling pins, some more like mushroom heads – emerge from the floor like glossy aluminium growths. The artist is Yayoi Kusama, the work is Guidepost to the New World (from $1m, edition of five), and it can be found at this year’s edition of New York art fair, The Armory Show, on March 2-5. - Kasia Maciejowska
The Art Newspaper
February 3, 2017The fair’s new director hopes to beat significant competition with big plans for the first edition fully under his control. - Sarah Hanson
Artnet News
January 27, 2017When the Armory Show hits the pier in New York in March, it will have a full schedule of conversations and screenings featuring 15 international artists, as well as curators, critics, and collectors. - Sarah Cascone
Artnet News
January 19, 2017The fair's new executive director believes it's time to rethink the model. - Rozalia Jovanovic
Time Out New York
January 13, 2017Here’s everything you need to know about the Armory Show, New York’s biggest and most exciting international art fair - Howard Halle
New York Times
January 10, 2017For the fair’s 2017 edition, which runs from March 2 through March 5, the first entirely under his direction, Mr. Genocchio said, “I wanted to make the building an asset.” Working with the curator Eric Shiner, he has commissioned 11 artist projects throughout the piers “to allow you to better see the vast industrial structure.” - Hilarie M. Sheets
Artsy
November 22, 2016The Armory Show announced its roster of 207 exhibiting galleries for the 2017 edition of the fair on Tuesday. The first iteration of the fair under the direction of Benjamin Genocchio sees 71 new participants and a significantly overhauled floorplan. - Alexander Forbes
Artnet News
June 1, 2016The New York-based art fair recruited Jarrett Gregory, associate curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Eric Shiner, director of the Andy Warhol Museum. - Henri Neuendorf
Wall Street Journal
May 15, 2016At New York’s Armory Show in March, organizers set aside an area for 14 galleries who show African artists, several of whom had never shown in the U.S. before. - Kelly Crow
New York Times
April 5, 2016Yes, art fair season hit New York in March, and the Armory Show was the top draw for heavy-hitting collectors, gallerists, celebrities and art lovers. - John Ortved
New York Times
March 3, 2016With 205 international dealers in modern and contemporary art, down from approximately 275 in 2011, this year’s Armory Show is more spacious and easier to navigate than in the past - Ken Johnson
Forbes
March 3, 2016The 2016 Armory Show at Pier 92 and 94 held its VIP preview Tuesday. Strong sales were reported by the end of the day within a wide range of mediums and styles. - Bettina Zilkha
Artsy
March 3, 2016The 22nd edition of the New York institution welcomes 205 galleries from 36 countries on every continent save Antarctica and Australia—the motherland of its new director, Benjamin Genocchio. - Alexander Forbes
New York Post
March 3, 2016Celebs, collectors, gallerists and artists mixed at the annual Armory Show’s VIP preview on Piers 92 and 94 - Ian Mohr
Bloomberg
March 3, 2016Art was moving briskly during the VIP opening of the Armory Show, the annual trade event featuring about 200 international galleries spread over two Hudson River piers. - Katya Kazakina
Wall Street Journal
March 2, 2016Over the past several years, The Armory Show—long considered one of the country’s leading art fairs—has weathered more than a few changes. - Thomas Gebremedhin
New York Observer
March 2, 2016The fair's Focus Section puts African artists front and center - Ryan Steadman
Financial Times
March 2, 2016Established in 1994, the Armory is one of the premier art fairs in New York and, these pieces notwithstanding, the one with the greatest gravitas. - Catherine Milner
W Magazine
March 1, 2016Women are making their mark at The Armory Show in New York. Before the VIP opening on Wednesday, a preview of the most striking booths at the fair. - Fan Zhong