Whether you’ve seen every fair already at the week’s various VIP previews or you’re saving it all for the weekend (best of luck to you!), if you’ve been paying attention, you know one thing to be true: there’s a lot of art to see in New York City right now. To help you sift through it all, we’ve amassed a few of our favorite artworks from six of the most prominent fairs of the week—The Armory Show, ADAA, The Independent, Spring/Break, VOLTA, and Pulse. From a couch at the Armory Show to an Emoji orgy (emorgy?) in the tradition of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights at Pulse, it’s all here.
Want more? Check out the rest of our coverage:
- Our Critics Picks at the Sprawling, Exciting Armory Show 2015
- The Go-To Guide for Armory Week 2015 Art Fairs
- Your Art Agenda: 12 Exclusive VIP Events Not To Miss During Armory Week
- Spring/Break Art Fair Is Bigger, Flashier, and Scrappier Than Ever
- Independent Art Fair Offers a Stylish Chelsea Haven During Armory Week
- The (un)SCENE Art Show Forgets Commerce, Communes with the Art
- Strong Sales as Cognoscenti Snap Up Artworks at the ADAA Gala Preview
- The 10 Best Contemporary Artworks at the 2015 Armory Show
- The VOLTA Salon 2015 with artnet.
The Armory Show:
Jocelyn Hobbie, Cobalt, Vermilion (2015)
Photo: Courtesy Fredericks & Freiser
Michael Müller, installation view.
Photo: Courtesy of Galerie Thomas Schulte.
Aiko Hachisuka, Couch (2011).
Photo: Courtesy of Eleven Rivington Gallery.
El Anatsui, Adinkra Sasa (2003) aluminum and copper wire.
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Setareh Shahbazi, Untitled (2015)
Photo: Courtesy Gypsum Gallery
ADAA:
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ciak Azzurro (1962–2007).
Photo: Courtesy of Luhring Augustine Gallery.
Nam June Paik, Enlightenment Compressed (1994). Edition of 3.
Photo: Courtesy of Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati.
Nam June Paik, Enlightenment Compressed (1994). Edition of 3.
Photo: Courtesy of Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati.
Alice Aycock, Hoodo (Laura) From the Series “How to Catch and Manufacture Ghosts”-Vertical & Horizontal Cross-section of the Ether-Wind (1981).
Photo: Courtesy of Frederic Snitzer.
Frank Stella, Ascending Green Values Ascending Spectrum (1978).
Photo: Courtesy of Mnuchin Gallery.
Donald Moffett, The Botanicals Lot 121114 (manganese violet) (2014).
Photo: Courtesy of Marianne Boesky.
Basquiat & Warhol, Untitled (50 – Dentures) (1984).
Photo: Courtesy of Van de Weghe Gallery.
The Independent:
Jean-Pascal Flavien, Rose! There will be so much room (2014).
Photo: Courtesy of Galerie Catherine Bastide
William Pope. L, Gold People Shit In Their Valet (2014). Photo: Courtesy of Galerie Catherine Bastide
Michiel Ceuleurs, C’est le ton qui fait la musique: (The Lonely Hearts Killers) (2013–2014).
Photo: Courtesy of Roberto Ruiz.
Andrea Büttner, Piano (2013).
Photo: Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery.
Cosima von Bonin, Smoke at Galerie NEU.
Photo: Christie Chu.
An Isa Gensken work at Artist Space.
Photo: Christie Chu
A Nicolas Party work at The Modern Institute.
Photo: Christie Chu.
Pulse:
Carla Gannis, The Garden of Emoji Delights (detail).
Photo: Sarah Cascone, via Instagram.
Ye Hongxing’s work at Art Lexïng.
Photo: Sarah Cascone.
Melissa Maddonni, Mother Quilter.
Photo: Sarah Cascone.
VOLTA:
Katsumi Hayakawa, Bonsai City (2014).
Photo: Courtesy Gallery MoMo, Tokyo.
Aboudia, Untitled (2014).
Photo: Courtesy Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York.
Derek Lerner, Asvirus 38 (2013).
Photo: Courtesy Robert Henry Contemporary, Brooklyn.
Erik Thor Sandberg, Toehold (2015).
Photo: Courtesy Connersmith Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Eric Mistretta, 6:66 (2014).
Photo: Courtesy Scaramouche, New York.
Gabriel Pionkowski, Untitled (2013).
Photo: Courtesy The Hole, New York.
Rudolf Polanszky, Reconstructions (2009).
Photo: Courtesy Denis Gardarin Gallery, New York.
Spring/Break:
Anne Nowak, Dead Peoples Dead Flowers, installation view. Curated by Cassandra M Johnson.
Photo: Cait Munro.
Aaron Johnson, installation detail. Curated by Chris Bors.
Photo: Cait Munro.
Margaret Boland, Untitled (2015). Curated by Tess Sol Schwab.
Photo: Cait Munro.