Art fair return to West Palm Beach
The creation of art-fair power couple David and Lee Ann Lester, this 22nd-annual fair will feature 75 local and international galleries, up from 60 last year. If the names sound familiar, it’s because the Lesters’ company, Next Level Fairs, has delivered multiple airconditioned tents to Art Basel week over the years, along with programming ArtBocaRaton every March in Mizner Park.
New to ArtPalmBeach will be FLOW, a pavilion housing video installations and animation art, with pieces from collector Elayne Mordes of WhiteSpace Collection in West Palm Beach. Highlights include “Tow With the Flow,” in which performance artist Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen covers her body in mud to explore issues of “over-consumption in the Western World,” and “The F Word,” which probes “fourth-wave feminism” through interviews with artists who use their bodies as subject matter.
Also on tap is DESIGN, another ArtPalmBeach pavilion, showcasing Scandinavian artists such as Nina Nørgaard, Christian Brunn, Vera Kulju and their works, which include Nordic jewelry, furniture, décor and glass.