press release

Opening Day March 3

"THE ARMORY SHOW... is New York's pre-eminent contemporary art sale." The New York Times Sunday Magazine, February 27th, 2009

"THE ARMORY SHOW has been New York's most prominent gathering on the international contemporary art circuit for nine years running." Art + Auction, March 2009

"Damn the global economic meltdown, New York's ARMORY SHOW is back and badder than ever." Time Out New York, March 4th, 2009

"It's amazing to encounter optimism of any sort these days, but there is a lot of it on Pier 92." Artinfo.com, March 5th, 2009

"...the show is as deliriously overwhelming as ever" Gothamist, March 5th, 2009

"The grand dame of New York art fairs." New York Post, March 5th, 2009

"Pier 92 looked smarter than anyone had believed possible." The Art Newspaper, March 5th, 2009

"At New York's ARMORY SHOW art fair, artists and gallerists are turning the worldwide economic crisis to their advantage." The Guardian, March 5th, 2009

"...THE ARMORY SHOW was full of striking displays and surprising individual works." Art in America (website), March 8th, 2009

"As the dust settles - or the paint fumes disperse - from ARMORY WEEK, the news is that sales were better than expected and the turnout at most of the fairs around town was tremendous, drawing nearly all of the city's major collectors, curators, even unexpected art lovers like Morgan Freeman and Fran Drescher." New York Magazine (website), March 9th, 2009

"...despite a slow season and fears of the dreaded D-word, [THE ARMORY SHOW] drew a large turnout and better than expected sales." Style.com (GQ website), March 9th, 2009

ABOUT THE ARMORY SHOW The Armory Show is America's leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.

ABOUT THE MMPI ART GROUP MMPI manages a growing network of international art shows. Through the acquisition of The Armory Show in New York and Volta in Basel, Switzerland, MMPI is committed to the continued development and enhancement of its participation in the art world by bringing together some of the top minds in art fairs under one partnership.

THE ARMORY SHOW 2010
Piers 92 and 94, New York City