Salon Art + Design is back for its eighth edition at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City from November 14–18, 2019. The show features some of the the world’s best in art and design showcasing 56 leading galleries (from 13 different countries including Russia, Brazil and Lebanon).
The objects offered include items from antiquities, to Bauhaus, Art Deco, mid-century design, as well as works by young and established contemporary makers. The Salon is vetted and it is the only international fair of this caliber to combine styles, genres and periods cutting a universal and timeless swath.
Preview Evening
Thursday, November 14
First Look: Preview to Benefit the Dia Art Foundation 4pm
Collectors Preview 5pm (By Invitation Only)
Vernissage 7pm – 9pm
Hours of Operation
Friday, November 15, 11am – 8pm
Saturday, November 16, 11am – 7pm
Sunday, November 17, 11am – 7pm
Monday, November 18, 11am – 5pm
In this year’s Salon, instead of Bauhaus ideology delivered with strict Euclidean geometry, there’s a high delight quotient. This branch of bespoke modernism played out in ateliers rather than in factories: Artists produced limited art editions rather than toasters and coffee pots stamped out by the thousands. The artists didn’t heed rules of industrial efficiency. They gorged on their imagination, and sometimes on their libido. Don’t expect Ikea prices, of course. But compared with the sticker shock of serious art these days, modern and contemporary designs are accessible collectibles. And, in an era of digital living, twisting Mobius-strip chairs and kidney-shaped coffee tables seem more relevant than veneered antiques. Somehow, Federico Munari’s boomerang couch, circa 1950, at the Maison Rapin works better than Biedermeier when streaming Hannah Gadsby or “Game of Thrones.”
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