The Armory Show to kick off New York s fall arts season, featuring 194 international exhibitors for its 2021 edition
The fair will take place at its new home, The Javits Center, from September 9-12, 2021. Image courtesy of Javits Center.
NEW YORK, NY
.-The Armory Show announced the exhibitor list for its 2021 edition, featuring 194 leading international galleries from 38 countries. The fair will take place from September 9-12, 2021 at the state-of-the-art Javits Center The Armory Shows new, permanent venue, as announced in March 2020 during last years edition.
The fair will offer an enhanced in-person experience for exhibitors, collectors, and New Yorks cultural community. For the first time, all exhibitors at The Armory Show will be integrated under one roof. Renowned architects Frederick Fisher and Partners have designed an open floor plan spanning three halls with unobstructed sightlines and spacious lounges. The layout was developed with social distancing and safet
€1500 Caravaggio Found In Madrid Auction House
Old Master dealers Colnaghi gallery have agreed to coordinate the scholarly assessment, scientific analysis, and restoration of an Ecce Homo painting thought to be by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
The work, titled The Crowning of Thorns, was due to go under the hammer at Ansorena auction house on 8 April with a guide price of €1,500. The painting is owned by the three children of Antonio Pérez de Castro, founder of Madrid’s IADE design school.
The oil on canvas depicting Christ being crowned with thorns was initially attributed to the “circle” of the 17th-century Spanish painter José de Ribera. The painting, which has been in the family of the Pé rez de Castro Méndez for centuries, was set to be sold at auction in Madrid before the family was alerted of its possible reattribution. The family subsequently withdrew the work from auction. The Ministry of Culture has issued an exportation block of the painting from S