There are many art fairs in New York City, but perhaps none are friendlier than the one hosted by the chummy Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).
“We all know each other very well,” Dorsey Waxter, former president of the ADAA and partner at Van Doren Waxter gallery, told Hyperallergic. “We’ve vetted each gallery that comes into the association for levels of excellence and standards. And it’s not so big you can’t have conversations with dealers and find out things about what you’re looking at.”
Jovial conversations about pathbreaking newcomers and long-dead modernists abounded inside the Park Avenue Armory, which provided a needed refuge from the cold nor’easter pummeling Manhattan for Thursday night’s VIP preview.