A flowing, jagged wall structure called “Zigzag” will greet visitors of the METRO Show and E|AB Fair, guiding them from the building entrance through the inner lobby and into the main exhibition space. This dramatic installation offers, in the words of the designers, an “iconic arrival”, and visually unites the two entry spaces and the main floor. More
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Contemporary Architectural Component Welcome METRO Visitors (430 KB)
Besides the broad array of enticing objects offered by more than three-dozen select galleries at the 2013 METRO Show, which opens for a five-day run on January 23, visitors will be greeted by Zigzag, an impossible-to-miss architectural tour de force, designed by Igor Siddiqui and Deborah Schneiderman, of ISSSStudio+deSc, who teamed up for the METRO Show.
The METRO Show Presents Astonishing Array of Fine and Decorative Arts (3876 KB)
Back after a successful inaugural year, the second edition of the METRO Show, opening for its five-day run on January 23, 2013, at New York’s Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, promises a vibrantly diverse range of offerings for art-lovers and collectors of every taste, inclination, and budget. Here is a selection of highlights that will be showcased by an international roster of 34 top-tier specialists.
The METRO Show Forms Alliance With Editions | Artists' Book Fair (907 KB)
The Art Fair Company is pleased to announce that the METRO Show has formed an alliance with the Editions | Artists’ Book Fair. This new cooperative venture will enable the group to mount the 15th edition of the E|AB Fair which, scheduled to take place November 1-4, was cancelled due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy.
The METRO Show Recasts Nomenclature for the "A" Word (1010 KB)
In today’s world of art and collecting, the word antiques has come to be regarded as more than just a little . . . antiquated. Now the term Historical Design has arisen to embrace the encyclopedic range of decorative arts from the 16th through 20th centuries. Calling this rich mixture by the term “antiques” is outmoded and outworn, and no one is more aware of that than the participants in this year’s METRO Show.
The METRO Show's Unexpected Mix Includes Top Dealers in Folk Art, Americana and Historic Design (253 KB)
Included in the METRO Show’s unexpected mix of material will be Americana, Folk Art and historic design offered by the country’s foremost dealers in each category. In addition, the show will feature ethnographic material, contemporary and modern art, Native American, Outsider and Art Brut. METRO Show exhibitors specializing in Americana, Folk Art and historic design include:
METRO Show 2013 Strong Gallery Lineup (883 KB)
NEW YORK – When the second edition of The METRO Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion opens to the public for its four-day run on January 24, 2013, fair-goers will have a sweeping array of material from which to choose. The new dealer line-up includes preeminent specialists in the field of outsider and self-taught art; outstanding contemporary dealers; and the foremost dealers specializing in ethnographic works, Americana, paintings and prints, furniture, Native American, historical design, textiles
2nd Annual METRO Show Offers Scintillating Conversations Among Disparate Genres (460 KB)
NEW YORK — The 2nd annual METRO Show returns to the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea January 24-27, 2013 with an Opening Night Preview Wednesday, January 23. 40 art galleries and dealers from the U.S. and abroad present an innovative mix of cultures, time periods and movements.
METRO Show 2013 Fact Sheet (173 KB)
The Art Fair Company, which produces the Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fairs and the Art and Antique Dealers League Spring Show NYC, presents The METRO Show, January 24-27, 2013, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, Chelsea.
2013 Press Coverage
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| From Homespun to Hallucinogenic in Two Fairs |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/arts/design/metro-show-and-editions-artists-book-fair.html?_r=0 |
| Metro Show and Editions/Artists’ Book Fair
Don’t be fooled by the name. The Metro Show, the art and antiques fair going on this week at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, is not a display of sophisticated urbanity. A two-year-old reincarnation of the event formerly known as the American Antiques Show, it does feature 34 dealers trafficking in an extraordinarily wide range of materials, from ancient Andean textiles at William Siegal’s booth to a wooden model of a French W.. Continues: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/arts/design/metro-show-and-editions-artists-book-fair.html?_r=0 |
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| Outsider Art, Americana, Wondrous Dice Highlight NYC's Second-Annual Metro Show |
| http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/860208/outsider-art-americana-wondrous-dice-highlight-nycs-second |
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NEW YORK — A dealer-who-shall-not-be-named shot me an exasperated look when I tried to get her to open up about how the Metro Show was going. "This is a really boring show, I know." This sort of frankness is a journalistic gold nugget, particularly during the first day of a small fair. Nevertheless, I think this dealer may have just been sitting on the wrong side of the room. The Metro Show, which emerged last year from the ashes of the American Folk Art Museum-run American Antiques F.. Continues: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/860208/outsider-art-americana-wondrous-dice-highlight-nycs-second |
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| The Metro Show and Editions Artists’ Book Fair Lure Antiquarians and Bibliophiles to Chelsea |
| http://galleristny.com/2013/01/the-metro-show-and-editions-artists-book-fair-lure-antiquarians-and-bibliophiles-to-chelsea/ |
| Bitter cold didn’t stop big crowds from descending on the second annual Metro Show and Editions | Artists’ Book Fair when they opened Wednesday night. The two fairs are running jointly through Jan. 27 (E|AB was originally scheduled for last November, but was postponed by Hurricane Sandy). The adjacent Chelsea venues—the Metropolitan Pavilion and the Altman Building—are connected internally, creating one cavernous collector’s mecca... Continues: http://galleristny.com/2013/01/the-metro-show-and-editions-artists-book-fair-lure-antiquarians-and-bibliophiles-to-chelsea/ |
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| ART FAIRS TEAM UP POST-SANDY |
| http://www.elledecor.com/culture/art-show/metro-show-editions-artists-books-fair |
| Good news from the METRO Show and Edition/Artists' Book Fair
We love a good collaboration – who doesn’t these days? – but we’re especially impressed by the second annual METRO Show teaming up with the estimable Edition/Artists' Book Fair. The E/AB Fair, now in its 15th year was originally scheduled to take place in early November in its usual location, Center548 on West 22nd Street. But the effects of Hurricane Sandy of Manhattan forced the show to cancel. When the or.. Continues: http://www.elledecor.com/culture/art-show/metro-show-editions-artists-books-fair |
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| The Art Market: go figurative |
| http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/b9c7e43c-5ff6-11e2-8d8d-00144feab49a.html#axzz2J15tymMY |
| Christie’s breaks records; Art London goes contemporary; reopenings after superstore Sandy
In New York, art galleries in the districts stricken by superstorm Sandy are gradually reopening, and despite gloomy prognoses that many would not return, there have been no reported definitive closures so far. Meanwhile, the second edition of Metro Show, an art fair in Chelsea, opens on Thursday.
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| Zigzag at The METRO Show |
| http://www.materialicious.com/2012/12/zigzag-at-the-metro-show.html |
| Besides the broad array of enticing objects offered by more than three-dozen select galleries at the 2013 METRO Show, which opens for a five-day run on January 23, visitors will be greeted by Zigzag, an impossible-to-miss architectural tour de force, designed by Igor Siddiqui and Deborah Schneiderman, of ISSSStudio+deSc, who teamed up for the METRO Show. Starting at the Metropolitan Pavilion’s front entrance, fair-goers will encounter a continuous zigzag wall, nearly 100-feet long with hei.. Continues: http://www.materialicious.com/2012/12/zigzag-at-the-metro-show.html |
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| A Sign-Painter's Art, Paris 1930s |
| http://www.materialicious.com/2013/01/a-sign-painters-art-paris-1930s.html |
| This tour de force period typography and paper samples, the likes of which has never seen equal, will be one of the hundreds of spectacular items on view at the METRO Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, January 23-27. Loosely bound into five books, this piece, painted in the same hand, includes various random pencil notations "Paris 1930," can be seen on the stand of Ricco Maresca... Continues: http://www.materialicious.com/2013/01/a-sign-painters-art-paris-1930s.html |
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| Colorful Distractions: Top-tier shows for art and antiques lovers offer an antidote to the gray days of January. |
| http://www.ilovefc.com/January-2013/Colorful-Distractions/ |
| There are many ways to beat the winter blahs, but if you’re drawn to beautiful things, late January is a good time to make a trip to the city, where exhibitions of fine art and precious objects will provide some color and tempt your pocketbook... Continues: http://www.ilovefc.com/January-2013/Colorful-Distractions/ |
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| METRO SHOW OPENS JANUARY 23 2013 |
| http://www.rawvision.com/news/metro-show-opens-january-23-2013 |
| The Metro Show opens its second edition in New York on Wednesday January 23 (preview), with the Show open from Thursday January 24 through Sunday January 27. Dealers represented will be offering a range of works, from Americana, Tribal and Folk to Outsider and Self-Taught. Galleries will include Ames Gallery, Carl Hammer, Giampietro, Cavin Morris and Ricco Maresca... Continues: http://www.rawvision.com/news/metro-show-opens-january-23-2013 |
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| Strong gallery line-up for NYC’s Metro Show |
| http://editoratlarge.com/articles/strong-gallery-line-up-for-nyc’s-metro-show--2 |
| When the second edition of The METRO Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion opens to the public for its four-day run on Jan. 24, 2013, fair-goers will have a sweeping array of artwork to peruse.
The new dealer line-up includes preeminent specialists in the field of outsider and self-taught art, contemporary dealers and dealers specializing in ethnographic works, Americana, paintings and prints, furniture, Native American, historical design, textiles, and American folk art... Continues: http://editoratlarge.com/articles/strong-gallery-line-up-for-nyc’s-metro-show--2 |
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| The Metro Show NYC |
| http://www.modernluxury.com/manhattan/events/the-metro-show-nyc |
| The Metro Show will display the latest developments and products related to the sculpture objects and functional art. The show will provide an effective stage for the exhibitors to display their diverse range of products to the endeavoring delegates. The Metro Show NYC event will help the exhibitors to expose the business in the targeted market and the visitors will be introduced to the latest products and developments. The products displayed in the show will be paintings, furniture, drawings, p.. Continues: http://www.modernluxury.com/manhattan/events/the-metro-show-nyc |
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| V&M Unveils V&M's Design Atelier Pop-Up Lounge at Prestigious METRO Show; Styled by Christopher Coleman |
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vm-unveils-vms-design-atelier-pop-up-lounge-at-prestigious-metro-show-styled-by-christopher-coleman-2013-01-23 |
| NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- V&M (Vintage and Modern, www.VandM.com ) is proud to present V&M's Design Atelier Pop-Up Lounge at the 2013 METRO Show, which opens with a preview evening on January 23 at the Metropolitan Pavilion... Continues: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vm-unveils-vms-design-atelier-pop-up-lounge-at-prestigious-metro-show-styled-by-christopher-coleman-2013-01-23 |
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