Spanning the Decades
Leading dealers from around the nation showcase artwork from all periods during the annual Art Show
Over the years, The Art Show, presented by The Art Dealers Association of America, has become recognized for its unique curatorial approach to the traditional art fair. Exhibitors at the show are asked to first submit proposals to the ADAA’S Art Show Committee for review. From there, the presentations are narrowed down to 72 that include solo, dual and group exhibitions that range from surveys of particular art periods to in-depth examinations of key artists. The 2020 event, held February 27 to March 1 at Park Avenue Armory, boasts more than 40 solo exhibitions including 15 dedicated to female artists and a number of thematic ventures that span genres and styles. These showcases are compelling to collectors and art professionals alike as they delve into a variety of topics that help expand the knowledge and understanding of art history.
Serving as the beneficiary of The Art Show is the Henry Street Settlement, a leading social service arts and health care organization in Newyork.all proceeds from fair admission and the gala preview—this year on February 26 from 5 to 9:30 p.m.—benefit the group, which has had a partnership with
ADAA for more than three decades. “The Art Show is an extraordinary collaboration between the nation’s leading art dealers to showcase their programs and engage with art enthusiasts and each other, as well as benefit a great cause in Henry Street Settlement,” says Andrew Schoelkopf, president of the ADAA and co-founder of Menconi + Schoelkopf.“as always, the 2020 fair promises to offer an exceptional experience for collectors, arts professionals and the public, with an unparalleled focus on in-depth, museum-quality exhibitions unseen at any other art fair.”
Along with Menconi + Schoelkopf, exhibitors this year include Jonathan Boos, DC Moore Gallery, Howard Greenberg Gallery, June Kelly Gallery, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, Petzel
Gallery and Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, among others.
This year at the Debra Force Fine Art booth, collectors will find works such as Guy Pène du Bois’ Approaching Storm, Racetrack, which is from the artist’s time in France in the 1920s.
“In addition to the Pène du Bois, we will be featuring works by Milton Avery, George Bellows,albert Bloch, Robert Laurent,andrewwyeth and William Zorach, among others,” says director Bethany Dobson.“the booth presentation will begin with works dating from The Armory Show in 1913,
which introduced avant-garde art to an American audience, and span the following decades to include modernist, precisionist and surrealist artistic movements.”
Hirschl & Adler Galleries’ exhibition for 2020 has been titled Magic | Sur | Realism:truths Beyond the Real in American Art. “Superrealism, Surréalisme—in the early 1930s the American lexicon blossomed with terms describing a new avant-garde art of the imagination that had infiltrated from Europe,” says Eric Baumgartner, senior vice president at the gallery.“in 1943 Alfred Barr of MOMA muddied the definition of surrealism by introducing the idea of magic realism in a headline show.according to Barr, magic realists used ‘exact realistic technique to make plausible and convincing their improbable, dreamlike or fantastic visions.’ But how did this differ from surrealism? Was there, in fact, a distinction? Our booth will compare and contrast the two.” Other presentation include DC Moore Gallery’s showcase of Jane Wilson paintings that haven’t been exhibited publicly in more than three decades; a dedication to art dealer Phyllis Kind byvenus Over Manhattan; and Jonathan Boos’ Psychological Realism exhibition.