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ArtHamp­tons

Now enter­ing its third suc­cess­ful year, ArtHamp­tons has already estab­lished itself as one of the top new fine art fairs in Amer­ica. In 2009, over 5,000 art enthu­si­asts streamed through.

In addi­tion to paint­ings, works on paper, pho­tog­ra­phy and prints, the art fair will offer world-class glass art, ceram­ics, video, and art objects. ArtHamp­tons will fea­ture 85 highly respected U.S. and inter­na­tional gal­leries, includ­ing for the first time a gallery from the Ukraine and Rus­sia. More than 500 artists rang­ing from the great mas­ters of 19th-century art to the lat­est gen­er­a­tion of stars will be rep­re­sented in the show. The exhi­bi­tion will include a vet­ted selec­tion of 6,000 art­works val­ued at $300 million.

Last year, with post-show sales remain­ing vibrant for many gal­leries, a stun­ning $10 mil­lion in art sales was gen­er­ated as a result of ArtHamp­tons. Notes Rick Fried­man, ArtHamp­tons founder, “We see the vibrant ArtHamp­tons sales last year and the most recent New York and Lon­don auc­tions with a sell-through rate over 90 per­cent of the lots offered, are aus­pi­cious signs for the art world.”

The art fair exhibitors will include such notable gal­leries as DC Moore, Water­house and Dodd, Forum Gallery, Mary Ryan Gallery, June Kel­ley Gallery, and Throck­mor­ton Fine Art that will be exhibit­ing investment-level art­work from an inter­na­tional array of mod­ern and con­tem­po­rary artists.

Now held at Bridgehampton’s Sayre Park’s five acres, the new loca­tion will enable the con­struc­tion of a spec­tac­u­lar 50,000-square-foot mod­u­lar build­ing (the largest ever in the Hamp­tons), a mag­nif­i­cent 30,000-square-foot Sculp­ture Garden/Hospitality Park and con­ve­nient and free on-site parking.

The Life­time Achieve­ment Award once again will honor excel­lence in the visual arts. Awards will go to inter­na­tion­ally rec­og­nized artists who shaped the art scene in New York City and beyond. There will also be pub­lic ses­sions by the world’s lead­ing art experts designed for both advanced and new buyers.

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