Five art fairs. Two days. One city overflowing with contemporary art.
From Frieze and NADA to Independent, 1-54 and Esther III, this year’s New York Art Fair Week revealed a growing return to craft, texture and materiality. Textiles, sculpture and hand-built forms dominated the fairs, while many artists pushed back against digital flatness and AI aesthetics through deeply physical works rooted in identity, history and storytelling.
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Highlights included Kelly Tapia-Chuning’s deconstructed serapes at NADA, Alex Burke’s sculptural textile figures at 1-54, Eleanor Conover’s earth-laden canvases at Independent, and the immersive curation of Esther III.
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