The first flash of spring art fairs lights up New York now, with The Art Dealers Association of America’s [ADDA] Art Show opening today—a week ahead of the Armory Show Art Week. The Grand Dame of art fairs, The Art Show’s 30^th edition, occupying the Park Avenue Armory’s massive Drill Hall once again, presents 72 galleries, with several presenting solo shows by major woman artists. Among them, Lehmann Maupin will show new photographs by Catherine Opie; Cheim & Reid will unveil new large-scale sculptures by Lynda Benglis; at PPOW, Dotty Attie’s subversive gridded narratives painted from photographs are on view; and David Zwirner continues the gallery’s 25^th anniversary celebration with gallery artists including Annie Albers, Ruth Asawa, Marlene Dumas, Sherrie Levine, Alice Neel, Bridget Riley, and more.

The ADAA Art Show, February 28-March 4. The Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue at 67rh Street, NY, NY Info
Above: the ADAA Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory. Photo Timothy Lee Photography, courtesy ADAA

Next week, The Armory Show, now in its 24^th year, returns to the piers with more than 200 galleries from around the globe. This year’s Focus section, curated by Gabriel Ritter of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, includes presentations by 34 artists who make work that provokes questions about a “post-human future.” Galleries include BANK, Shanghai; Berg Contemporary, Reykjavik; Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg; Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai; Parisian Laundry, Montreal; and Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo, among others.

The Armory Show, March 8-11. Piers 92 and 94, Hudson River, NY. Info
Above, photo courtesy ArtForum

Satellite Fairs:

NADA/the New Art Dealers Alliance, March 8-11
100 exhibitors at Skylight Clarkson Square, 550 Washington Street, NY, NY Info

Independent New York, March 9–11
57 exhibitors, Spring Studios, 50 Varick Street, NY, NY Info

Volta NY, March 8–11
85 international galleries at Pier 90, next door to the Armory Show,12^th Avenue/West 50^th Street. Info

Scope, March 9–11
60 exhibitors at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18^th Street, NY, NY Info

Art on Paper, March 8–11
85 exhibitors, at Pier 36, 299 South Street/Montgomery Street, NY, NY Info

Clio Art Fair, March 8–11
The “Anti-Fair for Independent Artists” at 335 West 35th Street, NY, NY Info

Spring/Break Art Show, March 6–12
Curated presentations on the theme of migration and assimilation—this year in an office building. 4 Times Square, 140 West 43^rd Street, NY, NY Info