Glob­al­iza­tion cre­ates unex­pected rela­tion­ships and con­trasts in con­tem­po­rary art. This series focuses on the sig­nif­i­cance of exhibit­ing a vari­ety of works in a plu­ral­is­tic art world. Inspired by salon-style hang­ing, most com­monly attrib­uted to the Salon de Paris held dur­ing the 18th and 19th cen­turies; Broad­way Gallery NYC con­tin­ues this legacy with a con­tem­po­rary and fresh out­look. Fol­low­ing a trend of pre­vi­ous exhi­bi­tions at Broad­way Gallery NYC, this show pays trib­ute to the for­mat of a salon hang­ing. It is a tra­di­tion that awak­ens con­tem­po­rary cul­ture to a dynamic col­lec­tive consciousness. A few notable...

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1. Every­thing looks bet­ter in a tent. The nat­ural light in that fair was amazing! 2. Large NYC Gal­leries are still killing it, but smaller inter­na­tional gal­leries are hold­ing their own by show­ing insight­ful and poetic work. (Which is often eas­ier to ship and just as fun to look at.) 3. Liam Gillick and Carl Andre can look really sharp together. 4. Richard Aldrich is an artist that is highly unpre­dictable. We were pleas­antly sur­prised by this quiet paint­ing of forms metic­u­lously adhered to canvas. 5. Jack Early knows that every­one likes a good Bea­t­les joke. 6. James Nares’ road paint works...

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The AIPAD Pho­tog­ra­phy Show New York, one of the most impor­tant inter­na­tional pho­tog­ra­phy art events, will be pre­sented by The Asso­ci­a­tion of Inter­na­tional Pho­tog­ra­phy Art Deal­ers (AIPAD), April 4–7, 2013. More than 75 of the world’s lead­ing pho­tog­ra­phy art gal­leries will present a wide range of museum-quality work, includ­ing con­tem­po­rary, mod­ern and nineteenth-century pho­tographs, as well as photo-based art, video, and new media, at the his­toric Park Avenue Armory in New York City’s Upper East Side.   Here are some promis­ing pho­tog­ra­phers fea­tured this year: Matthew Brandt   Frieke Janssens    

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A fun four-day event host­ing over 80 gal­leries and a huge array of con­tem­po­rary art, the spring edi­tion of the New York City Afford­able Art Fair will take place from April 3–7, 2013 in the Met­ro­pol­i­tan Pavilion. “AAF is a per­fect oppor­tu­nity for hes­i­tant col­lec­tors to get in the game” — Huff­in­g­ton Post April 3–7, 2013 Met­ro­pol­i­tan Pavilion

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