Exhibitors at this year’s edition of The Armory Show kicked off the art market season reporting solid sales during the fair’s VIP preview on Thursday (4 September), a welcome signal for New York’s largest fair after a summer of gallery closure announcements. When revealing the exhibitor list earlier this year, the fair’s organisers touted the return of more than 20 galleries after a hiatus as a victory, and a testament to the fair’s influence and ability to draw in tens of thousands of visitors. [...]
These returns followed “a lot of conversations” between gallerists and the fair, she says. Still, some prominent dealers—like Cristin Tierney (showing downtown at Independent 20th Century), Sperone Westwater and Jeffrey Deitch—did not return this year after taking part in the 2024 edition.