Armory Show 2008 Roundup

ARTINFO stayed at home but stayed up late last week, producing daily reports about the Armory Show and countless related art world events. In case you missed our coverage, here are all the articles in a single place. 

Preview
Editor's Picks: Armory Show Preview
Sneak into the booths even before the VIPs and see what some of the most intriguing work is selling for. 

Newsmaker: Katelijne de Backer on Art and Commerce
The Armory show director discusses how the fair is more than just a marketplace. 

Armory Satellites: Plus Three, Minus One 
Three satellite fairs are making their New York debuts alongside the Armory Show this week, while another satellite — Fountain — is shunning the entire affair.

Armory Show
Pier Pressure
Big sales, celebrity sightings, plenty to gawk at, and also some nerves at the Armory preview.

Deals and Steals at the Armory Preview
Collectors arrived later and mostly went after must-have artworks on the fair's opening day.

Satellites 
DiVA Hits the Streets
This year's DiVA, housed in shipping containers scattered throughout Chelsea, couldn't feel further from stylish fairs uptown at the piers. 

Scoping Out Scope
The seventh incarnation of this quirky, irreverent fair proves that its identity is firmly established. 

Overvalued/Undervalued: Design Miami in New York
From the Wassily Chair to Blinky-esque sconces, what's for sale in several Design Miami–affiliated gallery shows during Armory week.

Volta Goes Solo
The fair adds a curatorial twist to the standard model, featuring all solo shows in booths labeled by the artist’s name, with the gallery’s in smaller print. 

PULSE Flourishes in New Location
The third-year fair offers refreshing diversity. 

LA Art: A Fair with Focus 
The modestly sized event has won near-cult appeal. 

Red Dot/Art Now: "Baby's First Art Fair" 
Red Dot and Art Now offer fair first-timers a good place to start. 

Relaxing at PooL, Bustling at Bridge
At PooL, the participants were more focused on community than commerce; at Bridge, sales were steady in a more cosmopolitan atmosphere.

In the Air 
Overheard Around the Armory Show
Andrea Salerno's appointment as director of the new PROJECT art fair, and other gossip and ARTINFO celebrity sightings from the week in New York.

ARTINFO Columns
Top 5: Beyond the Armory Booths
Scratch the art itch, without hitting the fairs. 

J. Fiber in Brooklyn
Complimentary aesthetics merge seamlessly in husband-and-wife team J. Fiber's spooky, energetic collaborative work.

Art Parties: Armory Week Special Edition
This week's spate of fair-related events proved once again that the art world is as much about being seen as it is about seeing.

PULSE Installations Ask: “Tired of Plain White Bread?”
Set apart from the booths, the fair’s 14 “large-scale installations and sculptures” acquire a little artistic breathing room and a little more status than the average work.

Overvalued/Undervalued: Works That Didn’t Sell at the Armory
Four standout pieces for the savvy collector to reconsider.

Recap 
Armory Week in Review: A Scorecard 
From unsurprising successes to unexpectedly rewarding debuts, what worked this time around and what missed the mark.