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Artvest Partners, which is helmed by Michael Plummer and Jeff Rabin, Christie’s former Chief Operating Officer of Financial Services and Vice President of Financial Services, respectively, will transform The Spring Show NYC for its 2014 iteration. The goal of the fair’s redesign is to better serve the global collector community that gathers in New York each year to attend the various important spring auctions. Launched in 2011 by the Art & Antique Dealers League of America and produced by The Art Fair Company, the Spring Show NYC presents art and design from antiquity to the avant-garde.

Artvest will revamp the Spring Show NYC’s look and feel as well as bring new dealers on board for the show. Clinton Howell, President of the Art & Antique Dealers League, said, “After fielding requests from leading dealers from the around the globe who were looking for a suitable venue to exhibit their best works in New York during the Impressionist & Modern auction week, we realized that we needed to reconfigure the Spring Show NYC to accommodate this demand.”

The Spring Show NYC will take place at the Park Avenue Armory from April 30, 2014 to May 4, 2014.

The 2013 Spring Show NYC opened to the public on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan. Organized by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, this is the third edition of the Spring Show NYC, which features furniture, paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, glass, decorative arts, and much more.

This year’s show includes over 60 international galleries. Highlights from the fair include Ammi Phillips’ (1788-1865) Portrait of a Child from Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, French landscape painter Eugene Louis Boudin’s (1824-1898) Village aux Environs de Dunkerque from Rehs Galleries, and a set of eight George II carved mahogany dining chairs from Clinton Howell Antiques.

The Spring Show NYC will be ongoing at the Armory through May 5, 2013. Tonight, the fair will host Arts Night Out, allowing 30 young patron groups from New York ‘s top cultural institutions to visit the show. Proceeds from the event will benefit the ASPCA.

NEW YORK CITY – It was years in the planning and months in the execution. The carefully crafted Spring Show NYC closed at New York’s Park Avenue Armory on May 2, having demonstrated all the benefits of experience plus some of the vexing limitations of today’s market for traditional art and antiques.
 
Spring Show NYC is owned and organized by the 85-year-old Art and Antique Dealers League of America, which counts many second and third-generation dealers among its 110 member firms. A decade ago, the League launched the Connoisseur’s Antiques Fair, which struggled to find its footing in a downtown setting in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The show closed after its fourth year in 2005.
 
This time, the League got the details right. It secured New York’s premier venue and booked good dates: not too cold, not too hot, and immediately prior to the big Impressionist and Modern art auctions. Mayor Bloomberg declared an “Art and Antiques Week,” a proclamation organizers hope to build on next year to attract more buyers.
 
Avoiding the missteps of many dealer-run fairs, the League chose the Art Fair Company to manage Spring Show NYC. Headed by Michael Franks and Mark Lyman - two former DMG World Media execs who mount the SOFA and Intuit fairs in New York, Chicago and Santa Fe – the Art Fair Company produces visually arresting, top-drawer events with that desperately needed ingredient, youth appeal.
 
“We believe that there is room in New York for a third event that complements the Winter and International shows,” said League president Clinton Howell, the English furniture specialist who has staked his reputation and much of his time on Spring Show NYC.
 
League members gave serious thought to the look of their fair. Large, high-walled booths painted in vivid colors opened to the soaring Armory ceiling, lit to dramatic effect on opening night.
 
“We wanted to keep the show fresh, bright and cheerful,” Franks explained.  Lars Bolander, best known for his airy, Swedish interiors, contributed to the overall design, which presented mostly traditional fare in clean, contemporary settings. For this venture, Bolander channeled pared-down, 20th century classicism, a timeless look well-suited to urban living. With a nod to the trend-conscious, many of the show’s 65 exhibitors projected a timely mix of antique and modern in their own presentations.
 
The get-out-the-gate effort - sponsored by Antiques & Fine Art Magazine - included Arts’ Night Out on Friday, April 29, which drew members of young patrons’ groups from 19 participating institutions.  Two nights earlier, Wednesday’s sold-out preview party benefitting ASPCA was also well attended, attracting 1,500 visitors.
 
Looking to lose its rarified image, the decidedly high-end Spring Show NYC tempted buyers with affordably priced pieces. Westport, Ct., dealer George Subkoff brought miniature furniture, marked from $2,800 to $28,000. Questroyal’s offerings ranged from a $4,000 flower painting by Hayley Lever to a $475,000 oil on canvas seascape by Alfred Thomas Bricher. Exhibitors say that lower booth rents allow them to pass savings on to their customers. Including paint, lights and carpet, a 20-by-12 foot booth at Spring Show NYC costs $16,500.
 
One of the most striking stands belonged to Carlton Hobbs, who split his dimly lit interior into separate displays, one devoted to an 18th century Spanish tile mural, $220,000,  attributed to Vincente Navarro; the other to four early 18th century marquetry pictures, $485,000, done after engravings of the gardens at Nymphenburg Palace.
 
Silver specialists Spencer Marks scored one of the night’s biggest successes.
 
“They are as spectacular as anything that came out of his shop and they have never been on the market,” Spencer Gordon said of two silver and gold altar vases made by Arthur J. Stone and Herbert Taylor for the Pomfret School in Connecticut in 1915. The pair of vases was taken for consideration by a major museum.
 
Other sales included a signed and dated patriotic crib quilt at Jeff R. Bridgman and a Boston Classical work table at Charles & Rebekah Clark. Bridgman and the Clarks were among the handful of Americana dealers in the show.
 
“We are encouraged,” said New York dealer Paul Vandekar, who sold a set of 18 framed engravings of birds by Seligmann after Catesby, sailors’ woolworks and Flight & Barr Worcester porcelain.
 
Two well-represented categories, English furniture and American art, dominated sales. Michael Pashby sold a late 17th century coaching table.  Kentshire Galleries wrote up a pair of George III armchairs. Philip Colleck, Ltd., placed a pair of satinwood cabinets with rosewood banding and G. Sergeant Antiques found a new home for a partner’s desk.
 
At Questroyal, a couple purchased “New York City Women” by Reginald Marsh. Avery Galleries sold "Summer by the Ocean" by Lillian Westcott Hale. Schiller & Bodo marked up Edmond Charles Kayser’s “Interior with Cacti and Two Cats” and Thomas Colville parted with John LaFarge watercolors and a Joseph Stella drawing.
 
Was it all enough?
 
It will have to be for now. If attendance and sales fell short of the spectacular, the League would do well to remember that the current crop of leading fairs, from East Side to Maastricht, took decades to build.  That said, Spring Show NYC is off to a very good start.
 
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NEW YORK CITY – It was years in the planning and months in the execution. The carefully crafted Spring Show NYC closed at New York’s Park Avenue Armory on May 2, having demonstrated all the benefits of experience plus some of the vexing limitations of today’s market for traditional art and antiques.
 
Spring Show NYC is owned and organized by the 85-year-old Art and Antique Dealers League of America, which counts many second and third-generation dealers among its 110 member firms. A decade ago, the League launched the Connoisseur’s Antiques Fair, which struggled to find its footing in a downtown setting in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The show closed after its fourth year in 2005.
 
This time, the League got the details right. It secured New York’s premier venue and booked good dates: not too cold, not too hot, and immediately prior to the big Impressionist and Modern art auctions. Mayor Bloomberg declared an “Art and Antiques Week,” a proclamation organizers hope to build on next year to attract more buyers.
 
Avoiding the missteps of many dealer-run fairs, the League chose the Art Fair Company to manage Spring Show NYC. Headed by Michael Franks and Mark Lyman - two former DMG World Media execs who mount the SOFA and Intuit fairs in New York, Chicago and Santa Fe – the Art Fair Company produces visually arresting, top-drawer events with that desperately needed ingredient, youth appeal.
 
“We believe that there is room in New York for a third event that complements the Winter and International shows,” said League president Clinton Howell, the English furniture specialist who has staked his reputation and much of his time on Spring Show NYC.
 
League members gave serious thought to the look of their fair. Large, high-walled booths painted in vivid colors opened to the soaring Armory ceiling, lit to dramatic effect on opening night.
 
“We wanted to keep the show fresh, bright and cheerful,” Franks explained.  Lars Bolander, best known for his airy, Swedish interiors, contributed to the overall design, which presented mostly traditional fare in clean, contemporary settings. For this venture, Bolander channeled pared-down, 20th century classicism, a timeless look well-suited to urban living. With a nod to the trend-conscious, many of the show’s 65 exhibitors projected a timely mix of antique and modern in their own presentations.
 
The get-out-the-gate effort - sponsored by Antiques & Fine Art Magazine - included Arts’ Night Out on Friday, April 29, which drew members of young patrons’ groups from 19 participating institutions.  Two nights earlier, Wednesday’s sold-out preview party benefitting ASPCA was also well attended, attracting 1,500 visitors.
 
Looking to lose its rarified image, the decidedly high-end Spring Show NYC tempted buyers with affordably priced pieces. Westport, Ct., dealer George Subkoff brought miniature furniture, marked from $2,800 to $28,000. Questroyal’s offerings ranged from a $4,000 flower painting by Hayley Lever to a $475,000 oil on canvas seascape by Alfred Thomas Bricher. Exhibitors say that lower booth rents allow them to pass savings on to their customers. Including paint, lights and carpet, a 20-by-12 foot booth at Spring Show NYC costs $16,500.
 
One of the most striking stands belonged to Carlton Hobbs, who split his dimly lit interior into separate displays, one devoted to an 18th century Spanish tile mural, $220,000,  attributed to Vincente Navarro; the other to four early 18th century marquetry pictures, $485,000, done after engravings of the gardens at Nymphenburg Palace.
 
Silver specialists Spencer Marks scored one of the night’s biggest successes.
 
“They are as spectacular as anything that came out of his shop and they have never been on the market,” Spencer Gordon said of two silver and gold altar vases made by Arthur J. Stone and Herbert Taylor for the Pomfret School in Connecticut in 1915. The pair of vases was taken for consideration by a major museum.
 
Other sales included a signed and dated patriotic crib quilt at Jeff R. Bridgman and a Boston Classical work table at Charles & Rebekah Clark. Bridgman and the Clarks were among the handful of Americana dealers in the show.
 
“We are encouraged,” said New York dealer Paul Vandekar, who sold a set of 18 framed engravings of birds by Seligmann after Catesby, sailors’ woolworks and Flight & Barr Worcester porcelain.
 
Two well-represented categories, English furniture and American art, dominated sales. Michael Pashby sold a late 17th century coaching table.  Kentshire Galleries wrote up a pair of George III armchairs. Philip Colleck, Ltd., placed a pair of satinwood cabinets with rosewood banding and G. Sergeant Antiques found a new home for a partner’s desk.
 
At Questroyal, a couple purchased “New York City Women” by Reginald Marsh. Avery Galleries sold "Summer by the Ocean" by Lillian Westcott Hale. Schiller & Bodo marked up Edmond Charles Kayser’s “Interior with Cacti and Two Cats” and Thomas Colville parted with John LaFarge watercolors and a Joseph Stella drawing.
 
Was it all enough?
 
It will have to be for now. If attendance and sales fell short of the spectacular, the League would do well to remember that the current crop of leading fairs, from East Side to Maastricht, took decades to build.  That said, Spring Show NYC is off to a very good start.
 
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The Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) has announced that the Spring Show NYC Arts' Night Out, celebrating New York's Art and Antiques Week for Young Patrons is slated for Friday, April 29, from 5 to 9 pm, at the Park Avenue Armory. Arts' Night Out is sponsored by Doyle New York, Antiques & Fine Art Magazine (AFA), and ABSOLUT Vodka.

Adding to the excitement of the Spring Show NYC Young Patrons Arts' Night Out, co-chaired by Emily Collins, Margaret Moore and Abigail Starliper, is the inclusion of The New Traditionals, the next generation of designers selected by editors of "Trad Home/Lonny," the new digital edition of "Traditional Home Magazine." Among the award-winning New Traditionals who will be on-hand for one-on-one design consultations are Robert Passal, Lisa Sternfeld, from Studio LSID, Ron Marvin and Tom Delavan. Visitors are encouraged to bring along paint chips and fabric swatches to layout a room with the help of a design pro. In addition, visitors will have the opportunity to place their silent bids for a one-hour design consultation by Patrick Lonn Design, Sara Gilbane Interiors, Bonestreet Trout Hall, Tinton-Fenwick, and Megan Rice Yager Interior Design, all of whom have donated their services to benefit the ASPCA.

"The Art and Antique Dealers League of America is thrilled to celebrate Art and Antiques Week in New York with the young patrons from many of New York's prominent cultural institutions," said Clinton Howell, president of AADLA. "We welcome the opportunity to introduce an enthusiastic new audience to the world of fine and decorative arts, and encourage them to bring their shopping lists and floor plans!" According to Howell, over thirty of the city's top young patrons groups are expected to attend.

The $30 ticket, available at the door, includes that day's admission to the AADLA Spring Show NYC plus beer, wine and ABSOLUT cocktails beginning at 5 to 9 pm. For additional information, visit www.springshownyc.com or phone 800.563.7632.