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The NYC Metro Show

The American Antiques Show

New York | USA

19 Jan, 2012 - 22 Jan, 2012

With a robust roster of new and returning exhibitors, the inaugural Metro Show leaps onto the art fair circuit with a group of highly acclaimed fine and decorative arts specialists.

Among the fair鈥檚 newcomers in the field of 20th-century fine art and/or design are the New York galleries Barry Friedman Ltd., Cavin-Morris, Galerie St. Etienne, and Schillay Fine Art; Syracuse-based Dalton鈥檚 American Decorative Arts offering American Arts and Crafts; Santa Fe鈥檚 ethnographic specialist William Siegal Gallery; Chicago-based Worthington Gallery, which features European na茂ves, Der Blaue Reiter, and Bauhaus paintings, drawings and sculpture; Joel Cooner Gallery, from Dallas, specialists in oceanic, tribal, pre-Columbian, Asian and ancient artworks; Jacaranda Tribal from New York specializing in the traditional arts of Africa and Oceania; and from Japan Yukiko Koide Presents, with turn of the century Japanese woodblock prints; Philadelphia-based Dolan/Maxwell with modern and contemporary paintings and prints; and from New York, Maxwell Projects featuring paintings and drawings by contemporary, outsider and folk artists.

鈥淲e are delighted to welcome these outstanding dealers to the Metro Show,鈥� said Show Director Caroline Kerrigan Lerch. 鈥淭heir diversity expands upon the core group of original dealers from the former American Antiques Show.鈥�

According to Lerch, among those returning to the fold are: American Primitive Gallery, Jeff R. Bridgman American Antiques, Marcy Burns American Indian Arts, M. Finkel & Daughter, Allan Katz Americana, Garthoeffner Gallery Antiques, Gemini Antiques Ltd., Carl Hammer Gallery, Samuel Herrup Antiques, Hill Gallery, Stephen Score, Just Folk, Lillian Nassau LLC, John Molloy Gallery, Steven S. Powers Inc., Ricco/Maresca Gallery, Stella Rubin, Gary R. Sullivan Antiques Inc., Clifford A. Wallach Tramp Art, Folk Art & Americana, Jeff and Holly Noordsy Art and Antiques, Dalton's American Decorative Arts and HL Chalfant: American Fine Art & Antiques.

鈥淭he Metro Show reflects the new attitude toward collecting in which a work is valued for its intrinsic qualities and the beauty of its design 鈥� not solely for its place in the historical continuum,鈥� said Lerch. 鈥淲hen visitors walk through the entrance, they will see the connections linking historic and contemporary arts and design in all its forms 鈥� whether it鈥檚 pre-Columbian textiles, visionary paintings, Asian art, mid-20th-century studio design, Native American material, anonymous folk art or formal furniture.鈥�

With this in mind, The Art Fair Company invited interior designer Anthony Baratta, who is known for his signature look of bold and colorful patterns, to collaborate with video installation artist Sean Capone to create the mise-en-sc猫ne for the Metro Show. 鈥淭ony and Sean have been given the edict to create something provocative and unexpected,鈥� added Lerch.

In addition, a committee of prominent interior designers and collectors has been formed. Mario Buatta, Anthony Baratta, Ellie Cullman, Jamie Drake, Maureen Footer, Mariette Himes Gomez, Thomas Jayne, Miles Redd, and Bunny Williams will co-chair the Metro Show Collectors Circle.

The NYC Metro Show - The American Antiques Show

With a robust roster of new and returning exhibitors, the inaugural Metro Show leaps onto the art fair circuit with a group of highly acclaimed fine and decorative arts specialists.