New York City is the world’s art capital. It’s a city of exhibitions at museums, galleries, fairs and auctions. Art fairs cluster around Armory Week in March and Frieze Week in May. Art auctions cluster in May and November.
The cover image is “Man, Controller of the Universe” (1934), the mural Diego Rivera replicated at Palacio de Bellas Arts in Mexico City after his original “Man at the Crossroads” (1933) in 30 Rockefeller Center was destroyed. The mural contrasts capitalism and socialism. Nelson Rockefeller was upset about the portrait of Lenin. It’s the most famous painting in New York City that no one will never see.
Latin Art NYC
These art exhibitions, fairs and auctions are going on now.
Lionel Cruet Flood Aftermath and Other Hurricane Stories
Wednesday-Sunday
Feb 15 – March 8, 2020
FACTION Art Projects
Harlem, NYC
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The Puerto Rican artist riffs on the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.
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Socrates Annual
Daily
Oct 5, 2019 – Mar 8, 2020
SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
Astoria, Queens
The annual exhibition of work by emerging artists created during the park’s summer residency
Independent New York 2020
Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
SPRING STUDIOS
Tribeca, NYC
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The contemporary art fair that grew out of Dia Chelsea (the pioneer Chelsea art gallery) has invited Brazilian, Cuban and French galleries.
Scope New York 2020
Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
METROPOLITAN PAVILION
Chelsea, NYC
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A contemporary art fair of emerging international artists and galleries including Argentine, Cuban, French, French-Canadian, Italian, Mexican, Panamanian and Spanish art.
Volta New York 2020
Wednesday-Sunday, March 4-8, 2020
METROPOLITAN WEST
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
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Contemporary art fair of emerging and mid-career artists with Creole, Dominican, French, Italian and Spanish galleries.
Art on Paper NYC 2020
Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
PIER 36
Lower East Side, NYC
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Contemporary art fair of works on paper and that use paper as a primary medium.
Art Museums NYC
Met Breuer
Closed on Mondays
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s modern and contemporary art museum.
Met Cloisters
Daily
FORT TRYON PARK, NYC ~ This reconstructed French cloister is a museum of medieval art known for its unicorn tapestries
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Daily
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC
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New York’s encyclopedia of art covers 5,000 years of human history.
Art Fairs NYC
Independent New York 2020
Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
SPRING STUDIOS
Tribeca, NYC
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The contemporary art fair that grew out of Dia Chelsea (the pioneer Chelsea art gallery) has invited Brazilian, Cuban and French galleries.
Scope New York 2020
Thursday-Sunday, March 5-8, 2020
METROPOLITAN PAVILION
Chelsea, NYC
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A contemporary art fair of emerging international artists and galleries including Argentine, Cuban, French, French-Canadian, Italian, Mexican, Panamanian and Spanish art.
Volta New York 2020
Wednesday-Sunday, March 4-8, 2020
METROPOLITAN WEST
Hell’s Kitchen, NYC
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Contemporary art fair of emerging and mid-career artists with Creole, Dominican, French, Italian and Spanish galleries.
Art Galleries NYC
Edwynn Houk Gallery
745 Fifth Avenue #407
at 58th St
Midtown East, Manhattan
Monday – Friday
Lehmann Maupin
Tuesday – Saturday
CHELSEA, NYC
Contemporary art gallery
Marlborough Gallery
Closed Sundays
MIDTOWN, NYC ~ This New York/London gallery represents major international artists
New York Auction Houses
There are art auctions all year long, but they cluster in May and November. Auction exhibitions are museum quality and free. You can attend most auctions. Only a few require an invitation.
Sotheby’s folded their Latin American Art auctions into their general auctions. This has increased prices for Latin American artists.
One of the things we like about Christie’s Latin American art auction is the colonial art done in European styles by American, often Indigenous artists.
Christie’s
Daily
ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NYC
One of the world’s leading art auction houses
Phillips
Daily
MIDTOWN EAST, NYC
A contemporary art auction house
Sotheby’s
Daily
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC
One of the world’s leading art auction houses
Like New York real estate, art prices seem to go nowhere, but up.
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