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February 16, 2007
Art Greco, Producer, and Ned Davies, Co-Producer, RED DOT, 2-16-07
RED DOT is a new, vetted, hotel-based art fair in New York where approximately 49 galleries will show and sell works to the public on three adjacent floors of the elegant Park South Hotel, located at 122 East 28th Street, NY. RED DOT will run from Friday, February 23 through Monday, February 26, 2007, with a Gala Opening Reception to be held on Friday, February 23 from 6 to 8PM. The reception will benefit New York’s Friends In Deed, The Crisis Center for Life-Threatening Illness.
Galleries participating in RED DOT come from across the U.S. and abroad, with an important representation of young West Coast dealers, including DEN Contemporary, Patricia Faure, and Taylor de Cordoba from Los Angeles, and Andrea Schwartz, Bucheon, and Toomey-Tourell from San Francisco. Prestigious established galleries, such as Nancy Hoffman, Elizabeth Harris and Littlejohn Contemporary are also participating. RED DOT is also pleased to have galleries from Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, London and Paris showing a wide variety of new works by their artists.
RED DOT’s aim is to increase awareness and exposure of the work of unknown or lesser known artists who do not necessarily have access to the mainstream art gallery world represented at established NYC art fairs. In keeping costs as low as possible, RED DOT is a return to the roots of most U.S. art fairs, to a time when young, forward-looking galleries had to rely on innovation, surprise and whimsy to show and sell exciting new works instead of showing only safe bets in order to meet expenses. RED DOT works because it allows dealers to take real risks and show work they really believe in.
RED DOT is scheduled to take full advantage of art fairs occurring simultaneously throughout New York, including The Art Show, The Armory Show and Pulse at the nearby 26th Street Armory. RED DOT is encouraging New York and out-of-town visitors to these established fairs to include RED DOT in their art itineraries.
In addition to the selection of galleries, RED DOT is organizing a series of talks and seminars to take place during the fair, including “Contemporary Art: Currency or Culture?”, a panel discussion to be hosted by critic Maureen Mullarkey. Panelists include Laurie Fendrich, Lance Esplund, Lori Bookstein and Michael Walls.
Posted by David Lemberg at February 16, 2007 11:19 AM Return to ARTSCAPE home page