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Emporiums of the Waggish and Weird |
| THIS year, as always, the Winter Antiques Show monopolizes the glamour and the glory, with top-end wares — at top-end prices — making it the trade-fair equivalent of a big Broadway musical. But there is an Off Broadway too, smaller-scale shows that accommodate the wayward, the whimsical and the downright weird. At Metro Curates it is hard to overlook Matthew Dutton’s doglike sculpture, part yeti, part child, at the Stephen Romano Gallery. Clad in synthetic grass, with cree.. Continues: |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/arts/design/browsing-at-metro-curates-and-the-ceramics-and-glass-fair.html?_r=1 |
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Metro Curates Will Kick Off At The Metropolitan Pavilion In New York City On January 22 |
| On Thursday, January 22, 2015, Metro Curates will open to the public at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. Formerly known as the Metro Show, this year’s fair will feature a wide range of offerings, including ethnographic objects, applied and decorative arts, historic and contemporary textiles, and modern and contemporary fine art and design. According to Caroline Lerch, the show’s Director, “We believe that the new name best reflects the curatorial aims of the fair.&rd.. Continues: |
| https://www.incollect.com/articles/metro-curates-will-kick-off-at-the-metropolitan-pavilion-in-new-york-city-on-january-22 |
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Learn From the Best |
| The fourth annual Metro Curates fair touches down at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W. 18th St., nr. Sixth Ave.; 212-463-0200) from Thursday, January 22, through Sunday the 25th to showcase over 30 fine-art galleries and antiques vendors from around the country. Guests can browse and buy from vendors selected by an advisory group as well as hear from industry experts at various panels and dialogues. At 10 a.m. on the 22nd, our own design editor, Wendy Goodman, will moderate “Past to Presen.. Continues: |
| http://nymag.com/homedesign/features/design-news/ |
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New York Social Diary - Party Pictures |
| Continuing on their whirlwind of hitting all the art fairs this week collectors, designers and art lovers headed to Chelsea to attend the metro Curates preview. Now in its 4th year, this show packs a visual punch with an eye-grabbing array of periods, styles and genres that drew a non-stop stream of people to take in ethnographic and abstract art, Outsider, Pop Art, folk art and so much more. The message is one of diversity and style--that great ideas, great art and great design are at their bes.. Continues: |
| http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/nysd/partypictures |
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10 Reasons To Visit The ‘Metro Curates’ Art Fair |
| One of New York’s quieter art fairs is Metro Curates. The fair asks each of the participating galleries to exhibit either a single artist or a themed show. The result is an intimate and thoughtful show were one happens across unusual works from a range of genres. Ethnographic and American folk art mingle with modern and contemporary pieces. We picked out a few extra special gems to look for at the fair. It runs January 22-25 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea... Continues: |
| http://flavorpill.com/nyc/article/art/10-reasons-to-visit-the-metro-curates-art-fair |
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4 NYC art fairs to see now |
| Late January marks the beginning of the season for art and antiques fairs in New York, as a clutch of cultural exhibitions and shows debut city-wide throughout the coming months. Aimed at both newcomers and hard-core aficionados, these events are an easy — and entertaining — way for art fans of every persuasion to indulge in their pastimes and passions. The action kicks off this week with a series of smaller-scale events: The NY Ceramics and Glass Fair and Metro Curates, both of whic.. Continues: |
| http://nypost.com/2015/01/21/4-nyc-art-fairs-to-see-now/ |
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4th Annual Metro Curates Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion |
| On the evening of January 21st, the Metropolitan Pavilion welcomed observers to the first viewing of the 4th Annual Metro Curates show. The event, which runs from January 22nd to the 25th, brings thirty-seven exhibitors and hundreds of fantastic art pieces together. The floor plan places different genres of art side-by-side, juxtaposing ideas and integrating them with each other. While there are a wide variety of pieces, from ethnographic art to Pop art, each gallery focuses on a single arti.. Continues: |
| http://blog.asianinny.com/performing-arts/4th-annual-metro-curates-show/ |
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9 Art Fairs to Check Out in 2015! |
| The NYC Metro Show hosted by METRO Curates presents a wide range of works from varying galleries in a setting that offers a high level of connoisseurship and a compellingly diverse selection of material. No matter the genre, from ethnographic to abstract art, Pop Art, and more, the message is all about inclusion... Continues: |
| http://stagebuddy.com/events/9-art-fairs-check-2015 |
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A Girl Turns 150, and Fans Take Note |
| At the Metro Curates show, opening Jan. 22 in Manhattan, the dealer Jeff R. Bridgman from Dillsburg, Pa., is bringing fraktur with flowers, birds, hearts, suns and crowns, made for two sisters ($10,500 for both fraktur). Leatherwood Antiques from Sandwich, Mass., has floral certificates ($5,800 for a pair) that belonged to Edith Gregor Halpert and then Andy Warhol... Continues: |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/arts/design/a-girl-turns-150-and-fans-take-note.html?_r=0 |
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At Metro Curates Fair, Ceramic Poodles, Secret Society Chairs, and Everything in Between |
| For its fourth year, now rechristened from the Metro Show to Metro Curates, the annual, moderately-sized art fair opened Wednesday with an eclectic mix of folk and vernacular art, contemporary fare, indigenous artifacts, textiles, and a wealth of Americana. Housed in the Metropolitan Pavilion, this year’s edition feels a little heavier on the curios than last year, with carousel horses, toy banks shaped like dogs, giant hand-painted signs for palm readers, and even an assembly of 1930.. Continues: |
| http://hyperallergic.com/176724/at-metro-curates-fair-porcelain-poodles-secret-society-chairs-and-everything-in-between/ |
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Cool Things I Saw at the Metro Curates Art Fair |
| For the moderately-sized art fair that it is, no one could accuse the Metro Curates show, which ran from January 21st to 25th at the Metropolitan Pavilion on West 18th Street, of a lack of diversity or ambition. An annual event now in its fourth year, Metro Curates brought together a dynamic and cerebrally stimulating array of periods, genres and styles from folk art to antiques and collectibles to pop and outsider art from across the country. Socially, it was a great place to see and be se.. Continues: |
| http://worleygig.com/2015/01/29/cool-things-i-saw-at-the-metro-curates-art-fair/ |
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Jack Lenor Larsen to Present Award at Metro Curates |
| Jack Lenor Larsen, founder of LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton, will present the LongHouse Award for Design Excellence for best booth design at this year’s Metro Curates, formerly known as The Art Fair Company’s Metro Show, on Thursday, January 22, at 11 a.m. in Manhattan. Held at the Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 125 West 18th Street, the exhibition opens with a private preview on Wednesday, January 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. and will be on view for all on Thursday, January 22, from .. Continues: |
| http://www.27east.com/hamptons-events-calendar/event.cfm/43855/East-Hampton-Jack-Lenor-Larsen-to-Present-Award-at-Metro-Curate |
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Manhattan hosts three stellar art fairs this weekend |
| In case you haven't already noticed, New York likes art. Contemporary art, ancient art, fine art, local art, international art, and everything in between. This weekend is a big weekend for the arts, with three fairs taking place throughout the city, setting the bar high for future shows this year. The New York Ceramics and Glass Fair opened its 16th edition on January 21 at the Bohemian National Hall on the Upper East Side. Ceramics and glass-lovers enjoy this fair every year, which consist.. Continues: |
| Manhattan hosts three stellar art fairs this weekend |
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Metro Curate offers low-key fair |
| The New York City Winter Antique shows can be a lot to take in and sometimes held in stuffy venues. Metro Curates in Chelsea, NY offers a more cozy, relaxed setting to browse 37 galleries that includes folk art, abstract art, decorative art and much more. Some highlights included eclectic tramp art, ranging from mirrors to furniture, at Clifford and Wallach. A giant safety pin and ball point pen, displays from stores past, invited you into American Garage. Other interesting notables we.. Continues: |
| http://www.examiner.com/article/metro-curate-offers-low-key-fair |
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Metro Curates 2015 Show at The Metropolitan Pavilion |
| The Metro Curates Show 2015 held at The Metropolitan Pavilion (Jan 21 - 25) is one of my favorite shows to attend. This is definitely one of the must-see art shows for the unique and interesting pieces. I attended the preview last night and noticed several themes in the pieces that attracted my attention: animals, nature, wearable objects and accessories, and bright colors! Some of the pieces were ancient, thousands of years old while others were modern, but all had great stories! The f.. Continues: |
| http://aliceinqueens.blogspot.com/2015/01/metro-curates-2015-show-at-metropolitan.html |
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Metro Curates names ‘must-see booths’ at upcoming show |
| Visitors to the fourth edition of Metro Curates at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City, which opens with a VIP preview on Jan. 21, will cast their collective eyes on a veritable treasure trove of the unusual and unexpected. Read on for a sampling of highlights—from a hand-carved table by James Callahan to a circa-1950 chest of drawers from Chicago—that make this four-day fair a must-see... Continues: |
| http://editoratlarge.com/articles/4961/metro-curates-names-must-see-booths-at-upcoming-show |
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METRO CURATES WILL KICK OFF AT THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION IN NEW YORK CITY ON JANUARY 22 |
| On Thursday, January 22, 2015, Metro Curates will open to the public at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. Formerly known as the Metro Show, this year’s fair will feature a wide range of offerings, including ethnographic objects, applied and decorative arts, historic and contemporary textiles, and modern and contemporary fine art and design. According to Caroline Lerch, the show’s Director, “We believe that the new name best reflects the curatorial aims of the fair.&rd.. Continues: |
| http://wbai.org/articles.php?article=2492 |
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New York Antiques Week Guide to Shows and Events |
| Theme and Variations: In contrast to the above, Metro Curates (Jan. 22–25)—one of the younger fairs in town—aims to offer an eclectic array of exhibitors, from experts in ethnographic art to advocates of Americana. The exhibitors organize their offerings around a single artist, theme or genre, all of which serves make touring the show an almost dreamlike experience in artistic diversity: In one corner, you might spot an 1820s Pennsylvania embroidered sampler, in another, a .. Continues: |
| http://www.newyorkspacesmag.com/New-York-Spaces/January-2015/New-York-Antiques-Week-Guide-to-Shows-and-Events/ |
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Powers & Lowenfels Presents: BIRDS BURL BRANCHES & BARK at Metro Curates |
| BIRDS BURL BRANCHES & BARK presents the divergent and overlapping interests and aesthetics of Steven S. Powers and Joshua Lowenfels around the loose premise of flora and flying fauna. Powers’ aesthetic flirts with the traditional, however walks the line of the unexpected and unorthodox, while Lowenfels is well established in the unpredictable, incidental and surprisingly sublime. Though each presents their own interpretation of the theme—incidental Venn diagram-like ove.. Continues: |
| http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/1533-powers-and-lowenfels-presents-birds-burl-branches-and-bark-at-met |
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THE EVOLUTION OF METROSHOW 2015 |
| The MetroShow continues to creep toward outsider art, contemporary—even low-brow—art, and art brut, yet while it does, it somehow manages to keep a firm foot in the past. It maintains a charm that so many shows lack, one probably rooted in its history as a folk and decorative arts mecca. Historical artifacts ranging from vintage toys to remarkable flags from the early years of the Republic sit alongside carnival signs, tramp art (the remarkable tramp art collection shown by Clifford.. Continues: |
| http://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2015/2/3/the-evolution-of-metroshow-2015 |
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The Metro Show Reinvents Itself Under New Name |
| The new Metro Curates show is an unexpected breath of fresh air in the NYC art-fair circuit. Building upon last year's success, fair director Caroline Kerrigan states that the name reflects the aim 'to present singular viewpoints among exhibitions that cross genres in unexpected ways.' The galleries involved put in extra effort to stand out in terms of booth presentation as well as the boundary-crossing artworks displayed. The walls of some of the booths are living in some serious co.. Continues: |
| http://theculturetrip.com/north-america/articles/the-metro-show-reinvents-itself-under-new-name/ |
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There are two COLOR stories at Metro Curates: The Bright & The Beautiful + Subtly Mystic |
| Tambaran Gallery brings the works of Sunghee Cho whose pieces are intimately delicate. Her handmade mulberry paper is either torn or carefully cut, and bent with her thumb. Using collage techniques she layers small petal-like pieces into a complex swirling of color and shape to give motion and depth. In Circle Galaxy 2012, she creates a bright beguiling flow of reds, pinks, purple, and tealy green. William Siegal Gallery displays historic Peruvian (13th Century) and Bolivian (18th Centu.. Continues: |
| http://colorclicks.tumblr.com/post/108927839796/metro-curates-125-west-18th-street-the |
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To Do This Weekend: See Linda St. John’s Artwork at The Metropolitan Pavilion |
| FRIDAY, SATURDAY, and SUNDAY, January 23-25 It’s tricky to walk down Memory Lane. The roads not taken, the one less traveled by, and a host of other clichés lurk for you. This is a Memory Lane that doesn’t have an ending yet. I was a struggling young assistant editor then, good at finding material but pretty bad at editing it. An author I signed knew another writer she thought I’d like, a woman who was a folk artist, a clothing designer, and owned a fascinating.. Continues: |
| http://observer.com/2015/01/to-do-this-weekend-see-linda-st-johns-artwork-at-the-metropolitan-pavilion/ |
2014 Press Coverage
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Pottery, the Paranormal and Other Visions |
| Ceramics Fair and Metro Show Offer Inspirations New York’s art fairs are often filled with work by contemporary artists, but here are two that artists themselves might like to attend. With objects culled from attics, forgotten storerooms and the bottom of the sea, or thrown more recently by potters, the fairs this year also seem marked by the marvelous, fantastical and paranormal. Just inside the entrance to the Metro Show, Ricco/Maresca has a large grid of human handprints collect.. Continues: |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/arts/design/ceramics-fair-and-metro-show-offer-inspirations.html?_r=0 |
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Metro Section |
| From January 23 to 26, the Metro Show will take over the Metropolitan Pavilion. Building on the lost-but-not-forgotten American Antiques Show, the fair features historic and contemporary painting, furniture, photographs, folk art, and more, as well as a lecture series about how art is found and chosen for museums and collectors... Continues: |
| http://nymag.com/homedesign/features/design-news/?om_rid=AABYRj&om_mid=_BS2B5fB83uD5Av |
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This week is a real merry-go round of art and antique fairs |
| Wednesday night, The METRO Show, opened at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea. Now in its 3rd year, this show packs a visual punch with a dazzling array of fine and decorative arts. From ethnographic to abstract art, from outsider to Pop Art, folk art to decorative arts, the fair's message is one of inclusion — that great ideas, great art and great design are best when presented creatively side by side in an integrated fashion. This year they’re featuring METRO Curates, where each .. Continues: |
| http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1910458 |
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The 2014 METRO Show opens this week at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea |
| The METRO Show is an innovative art fair offering the fairgoer a dynamic mix of genres throughout history. From ethnographic to abstract art, from outsider to Pop Art, folk art to decorative arts, the fair’s message is one of inclusion – that great ideas, great art and great design are best when presented creatively side by side in an integrated fashion. This year the fair introduces METRO Curates, in which each of the 37 participating galleries offers a curated single-artist or.. Continues: |
| http://artfcity.com/2014/01/22/the-2014-metro-show-opens-this-week-at-the-metropolitan-pavilion-in-chelsea/ |
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Art on the Tracks |
| The same week I received the latest issue of Model Railroader with the Rod Stewart story, I attended a lecture by John Foster at the Metro Show in New York City (the show is a gathering of national art dealers all exhibiting under one roof—so there’s a booth full of Bill Traylor paintings, there a collection of collectible American flags, and elsewhere everything in between, from Philip Pearlstein nudes to old tin toys). Because I know Foster, I was there in part to offer moral s.. Continues: |
| http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/01/art-on-the-tracks.html |
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Five Discoveries Among the Eclectic Curiosities of the 2014 Metro Show |
| by Allison Meier on February 6, 2014 At the end of last month, the 2014 Metro Show in Manhattan brought a miscellany of oddities the likes of which are rarely seen at art fairs. From art of the occult to sideshow advertisements to deeply unsettling children’s toys, the experience was like tumbling into a cluttered curiosity shop. However, it was a fair, one with over 30 galleries and dealers representing their wares with wild sights like photographs of ghosts and a palm reader&.. Continues: |
| http://hyperallergic.com/107508/five-discoveries-among-the-eclectic-curiosities-of-the-2014-metro-show/ |
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3 must-attend NYC art and antique fairs |
| There’s nothing sadder than an art show gone stale, so this year, METRO is shaking things up. Curated by 35 fine art dealers, you’ll stumble on nature-, folk- and African-focused groupings, to name just a few. Artists in the Compelled by the Forces of Nature include Frank Holliday and Kathryn Lynch. The show is running through Jan. 24-26 at the Metropolitan Pavilion on 125 W. 18th St. Single-day ticket prices are only $15... Continues: |
| http://nypost.com/2014/01/22/3-must-attend-nyc-art-and-antique-fairs/ |
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Americana Week in New York City January 2014 |
| The Metro Show opens for its five-day run on Wednesday evening, January 22, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, Chelsea. The VIP preview, by invitation only, is 6 to 7 p.m.; the public preview tickets, for entry 7 to 9 p.m., are $75. Show hours on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and on Sunday, noon to 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for a single admission or $30 for a multi-day Metropass. There are about a dozen dealers that are new to this show, many of them.. Continues: |
| http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/americana-week-in-new-york-city-january-2014/4178 |
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At the Metro Show, Antiques and Art, From Palm Prints to Picassos |
| Animals appeared to outnumber human beings when the doors of the Metro Show opened to the public on Thursday morning. Yellow horses bearing Plains Indians, both fighting and flirting, galloped across the ledger pages on view at the booth of H. Malcolm Grimmer. A macabre anatomical model of a cow and brightly colored butterflies adorned the booth of Il Segno del Tiempo. Flocks of birds flapped across the embroidery samplers at M. Finkel & Daughter, and a bevy of beasts marched across the shel.. Continues: |
| http://galleristny.com/2014/01/at-the-metro-show-antiques-and-art-from-picasso-to-palm-prints/ |
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Daily 5: Neutral Milk Hotel at BAM, Metro Show 2014, More |
| 4. ART: METRO Show 2014 at Metropolitan Pavillion Make an investment or just browse the works on display at this giant art fair. 40 galleries contributed art that runs the gamut from contemporary painting to self-taught artists to pre-Columbian textiles. Check the website for talks and panels... Continues: |
| https://www.newyork.com/articles/travel/daily-5-neutral-milk-hotel-at-bam-metro-show-2014-more-92759/ |
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Diverse Art From Historic to Contemporary at The METRO Show |
| This year's version of The METRO Show in Chelsea introduces a new concept billed as "METRO Curates." Under this new approach the 35 participating galleries will put together themed or single artist exhibits in their booths. Dealers have come up with a diverse array of creative displays featuring a wide array of mediums. In addition to contemporary and classic paintings and visual art pieces by world-renowned artists, you will also see folk art, historic samplers and schoolgirl embroideries, Ande.. Continues: |
| http://www.goldstar.com/events/new-york-ny/the-metro-show |
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FOR METRO FAIR-GOERS, A PAIR OF CUTTING-EDGE LOUNGE AREAS PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SPOTS TO PONDER THE MIND-BENDING ARRAY OF ART |
| This winter’s METRO Show has more to marvel at and drink in than ever before—so much so that fair-goers can hardly be blamed for needing to take a break now and then. Fortunately, this year’s attendees will have the chance to relax in CloudSpace, leading-edge seating areas dreamed up by a crew of faculty, undergraduate and graduate students from the Department of Interior Design at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute. Says Caroline Kerrigan Lerch, director of the METRO Sh.. Continues: |
| http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/4718-for-metro-fair-goers-a-pair-of-cutting-edge-lounge-areas-provide- |
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Metro Show |
| The edgy Metro Show prides itself on having a point of view. This year, as if to emphasize the fact, the fair’s thirty-five exhibitors have each developed thematic presentations of art and antiques. The “curated” booths, as director Caroline Kerrigan Lerch is calling them, will include a dedicated display of twenty-eight works by the self-taught master Bill Traylor, presented by California dealers Susan Baerwald and Marcy Carsey of Just Folk; and Southern Cheyenne ledger draw.. Continues: |
| http://www.themagazineantiques.com/news-opinion/current-and-coming/2014-01-09/shows-and-fairs-in-new-york/ |
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METRO SHOW ANNOUNCES TOP-TIER ROSTER OF NEW GALLERIES |
| The METRO Show has announced that a dozen new prominent galleries have joined the four-day fair, which opens to the public on January 23 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18th Street, in Chelsea. The show runs through January 26. The distinguished specialists include Alden Projects (New York), Allan Stone Gallery (New York), Ames Gallery (Berkeley, California), C&J Goodfriend, Drawings and Prints (New York), David Findlay Jr. Gallery (New York), Douglas Dawson (Chicago), Jerald Melbe.. Continues: |
| http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/7116-metro-show-announces-top-tier-roster-of-new-galleries |
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METRO Show dealers entice fair-goers with a spectrum of diverse curated exhibits |
| When the 2014 edition of the METRO Show opens for its five-day run on Wednesday evening January 22, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, fairgoers will experience a thoroughly engaging new concept billed METRO Curates... Continues: |
| http://artdaily.com/news/66456/METRO-Show-dealers-entice-fair-goers-with-a-spectrum-of-diverse-curated-exhibits#.UpTOl2SgmCI |
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METRO Show Dealers Entice Fair-Goers with a Spectrum of Diverse Curated Exhibits |
| When the 2014 edition of the METRO Show opens for its five-day run on Wednesday evening January 22, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street in Chelsea, fairgoers will experience a thoroughly engaging new concept billed METRO Curates. “This revised approach puts forth single-artist and/or focused themed presentations curated by each of the 35 METRO dealers who will articulate his or her distinct point of view through their disciplines,” says Caroline Kerrigan Lerch, .. Continues: |
| http://www.newfocuson.com/news-view.php?id=380 |
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The 2014 edition of the METRO Show |
| The 2014 edition of the METRO Show opened for its five-day run on Wednesday evening January 22, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street in Chelsea. This week is a merry-go round of art and antique fairs and standing front and center is the newbie in town, the METRO Show. Now in its 3rd year, this exciting show packs a visual punch with an eye-dazzling array of fine and decorative arts. From ethnographic to abstract art, from outsider to Pop Art, folk art to decorative arts, the fair.. Continues: |
| http://blacktiemagazine.com/society_january_2014/METRO_Show.htm |
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The Eye Must Eat, Too: Wall to Wall art in NYC |
| Just before Christmas I sat down to interview Karen Gadbois about her smart/naive pillows and found I was also interviewing the founder of the investigative journal The Lens. It happened again this week when I interviewed Caroline Kerrigan Lerch, Director of The Metro Show (January 23-26 in NYC) and learned over coffee that she was also the founder of the Outsider Art Fair. For 10 years I’d yearned to go to NYC to see this show of artists who are untrained and untamed, unfamiliar with.. Continues: |
| http://nolavie.com/2014/01/the-eye-must-eat-too-wall-to-wall-art-in-nyc-87479.html |
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The METRO Show |
| When the 2014 edition of the METRO Show opens for its five-day run on Wednesday evening January 22, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, fairgoers will experience a thoroughly engaging new concept billed METRO Curates. “This revised approach puts forth single-artist and/or focused themed presentations curated by our 35 METRO dealers who will articulate their distinct point of view through their disciplines,” says Caroline .. Continues: |
| http://www.artlyst.com/events/the-metro-show-metropolitan-pavilion |
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The Metro Show 2014 |
| The Metro Show opened its five-day run at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City on January 22 (it ran through Sunday, January 26), the day after a big snowstorm. It is a new kind of show that old-timers are having a hard time getting used to. There is no printed catalog. The catalog is posted on the Internet with links to each dealer’s Web site. Showgoers can access the catalog from their smartphones or tablets; there’s no need to carry a catalog around the show. Lots of f.. Continues: |
| http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/events/the-metro-show-2014/4335 |
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THE METRO SHOW NYC |
| The METRO Show’s history as an antiques and design show means it includes rich finds for those who are interested in the history of photography. While not a photography-heavy art fair, this year’s show includes, beyond the occasional daguerreotype or tintype, several photography exhibits well worth the price of admission. I’m thinking especially of the works being shown by Hill Gallery and by Stephen Romano. The Hill Gallery hung a series of images by Bill Rauhauser, a K.. Continues: |
| http://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2014/1/25/metro-show-nyc |
2013 Press Coverage
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From Homespun to Hallucinogenic in Two Fairs |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. .. Continues: |
| http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/b9c7e43c-5ff6-11e2-8d8d-00144feab49a.html#axzz2J15tymMY |
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Zigzag at The METRO Show |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 2013 |
| The Metro Show is not an antiques show; it is an art show. While the Winter Antiques Show, the Ceramics Fair, and Antiques at the Armory cater to the old guard, the Metro Show is cultivating a new audience. Caroline Kerrigan Lerch, the director of the January 24-27 show, pulled together dealers in tribal and ethnographic art, prints, paintings, Outsider art, Art Brut, folk art, toys, needlework, and American folk art, furniture, and 20th-century design in order to strip away barriers among cent.. Continues: |
| http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/events/the-metro-show-2013/3709 |
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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 |
| 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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