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Emporiums of the Waggish and Weird

THIS year, as always, the Winter Antiques Show monopolizes the glamour and the glory, with top-end wares — at top-end prices — making it the trade-fair equivalent of a big Broadway musical. But there is an Off Broadway too, smaller-scale shows that accommodate the wayward, the whimsical and the downright weird. At Metro Curates it is hard to overlook Matthew Dutton’s doglike sculpture, part yeti, part child, at the Stephen Romano Gallery. Clad in synthetic grass, with cree.. Continues:

www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/arts/design/browsing-at-metro-curates-and-the-ceramics-and-glass-fair.html?_r=1

Metro Curates Will Kick Off At The Metropolitan Pavilion In New York City On January 22

On Thursday, January 22, 2015, Metro Curates will open to the public at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. Formerly known as the Metro Show, this year’s fair will feature a wide range of offerings, including ethnographic objects, applied and decorative arts, historic and contemporary textiles, and modern and contemporary fine art and design. According to Caroline Lerch, the show’s Director, “We believe that the new name best reflects the curatorial aims of the fair.&rd.. Continues:

https://www.incollect.com/articles/metro-curates-will-kick-off-at-the-metropolitan-pavilion-in-new-york-city-on-january-22

Learn From the Best

The fourth annual Metro Curates fair touches down at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W. 18th St., nr. Sixth Ave.; 212-463-0200) from Thursday, January 22, through Sunday the 25th to showcase over 30 fine-art galleries and antiques vendors from around the country. Guests can browse and buy from vendors selected by an advisory group as well as hear from industry experts at various panels and dialogues. At 10 a.m. on the 22nd, our own design editor, Wendy Goodman, will moderate “Past to Presen.. Continues:

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New York Social Diary - Party Pictures

Continuing on their whirlwind of hitting all the art fairs this week collectors, designers and art lovers headed to Chelsea to attend the metro Curates preview. Now in its 4th year, this show packs a visual punch with an eye-grabbing array of periods, styles and genres that drew a non-stop stream of people to take in ethnographic and abstract art, Outsider, Pop Art, folk art and so much more. The message is one of diversity and style--that great ideas, great art and great design are at their bes.. Continues:

www.newyorksocialdiary.com/nysd/partypictures

10 Reasons To Visit The ‘Metro Curates’ Art Fair

One of New York’s quieter art fairs is Metro Curates. The fair asks each of the participating galleries to exhibit either a single artist or a themed show. The result is an intimate and thoughtful show were one happens across unusual works from a range of genres. Ethnographic and American folk art mingle with modern and contemporary pieces. We picked out a few extra special gems to look for at the fair. It runs January 22-25 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea... Continues:

flavorpill.com/nyc/article/art/10-reasons-to-visit-the-metro-curates-art-fair

4 NYC art fairs to see now

Late January marks the beginning of the season for art and antiques fairs in New York, as a clutch of cultural exhibitions and shows debut city-wide throughout the coming months. Aimed at both newcomers and hard-core aficionados, these events are an easy — and entertaining — way for art fans of every persuasion to indulge in their pastimes and passions. The action kicks off this week with a series of smaller-scale events: The NY Ceramics and Glass Fair and Metro Curates, both of whic.. Continues:

nypost.com/2015/01/21/4-nyc-art-fairs-to-see-now/

4th Annual Metro Curates Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion

On the evening of January 21st, the Metropolitan Pavilion welcomed observers to the first viewing of the 4th Annual Metro Curates show. The event, which runs from January 22nd to the 25th, brings thirty-seven exhibitors and hundreds of fantastic art pieces together. The floor plan places different genres of art side-by-side, juxtaposing ideas and integrating them with each other. While there are a wide variety of pieces, from ethnographic art to Pop art, each gallery focuses on a single arti.. Continues:

blog.asianinny.com/performing-arts/4th-annual-metro-curates-show/

9 Art Fairs to Check Out in 2015!

The NYC Metro Show hosted by METRO Curates presents a wide range of works from varying galleries in a setting that offers a high level of connoisseurship and a compellingly diverse selection of material. No matter the genre, from ethnographic to abstract art, Pop Art, and more, the message is all about inclusion... Continues:

stagebuddy.com/events/9-art-fairs-check-2015

A Girl Turns 150, and Fans Take Note

At the Metro Curates show, opening Jan. 22 in Manhattan, the dealer Jeff R. Bridgman from Dillsburg, Pa., is bringing fraktur with flowers, birds, hearts, suns and crowns, made for two sisters ($10,500 for both fraktur). Leatherwood Antiques from Sandwich, Mass., has floral certificates ($5,800 for a pair) that belonged to Edith Gregor Halpert and then Andy Warhol... Continues:

www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/arts/design/a-girl-turns-150-and-fans-take-note.html?_r=0

At Metro Curates Fair, Ceramic Poodles, Secret Society Chairs, and Everything in Between

For its fourth year, now rechristened from the Metro Show to Metro Curates, the annual, moderately-sized art fair opened Wednesday with an eclectic mix of folk and vernacular art, contemporary fare, indigenous artifacts, textiles, and a wealth of Americana. Housed in the Metropolitan Pavilion, this year’s edition feels a little heavier on the curios than last year, with carousel horses, toy banks shaped like dogs, giant hand-painted signs for palm readers, and even an assembly of 1930.. Continues:

hyperallergic.com/176724/at-metro-curates-fair-porcelain-poodles-secret-society-chairs-and-everything-in-between/

Cool Things I Saw at the Metro Curates Art Fair

For the moderately-sized art fair that it is, no one could accuse the Metro Curates show, which ran from January 21st to 25th at the Metropolitan Pavilion on West 18th Street, of a lack of diversity or ambition. An annual event now in its fourth year, Metro Curates brought together a dynamic and cerebrally stimulating array of periods, genres and styles from folk art to antiques and collectibles to pop and outsider art from across the country. Socially, it was a great place to see and be se.. Continues:

worleygig.com/2015/01/29/cool-things-i-saw-at-the-metro-curates-art-fair/

Jack Lenor Larsen to Present Award at Metro Curates

Jack Lenor Larsen, founder of LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton, will present the LongHouse Award for Design Excellence for best booth design at this year’s Metro Curates, formerly known as The Art Fair Company’s Metro Show, on Thursday, January 22, at 11 a.m. in Manhattan. Held at the Metropolitan Pavilion, located at 125 West 18th Street, the exhibition opens with a private preview on Wednesday, January 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. and will be on view for all on Thursday, January 22, from .. Continues:

www.27east.com/hamptons-events-calendar/event.cfm/43855/East-Hampton-Jack-Lenor-Larsen-to-Present-Award-at-Metro-Curate

Manhattan hosts three stellar art fairs this weekend

In case you haven't already noticed, New York likes art. Contemporary art, ancient art, fine art, local art, international art, and everything in between. This weekend is a big weekend for the arts, with three fairs taking place throughout the city, setting the bar high for future shows this year. The New York Ceramics and Glass Fair opened its 16th edition on January 21 at the Bohemian National Hall on the Upper East Side. Ceramics and glass-lovers enjoy this fair every year, which consist.. Continues:

Manhattan hosts three stellar art fairs this weekend

Metro Curate offers low-key fair

The New York City Winter Antique shows can be a lot to take in and sometimes held in stuffy venues. Metro Curates in Chelsea, NY offers a more cozy, relaxed setting to browse 37 galleries that includes folk art, abstract art, decorative art and much more. Some highlights included eclectic tramp art, ranging from mirrors to furniture, at Clifford and Wallach. A giant safety pin and ball point pen, displays from stores past, invited you into American Garage. Other interesting notables we.. Continues:

www.examiner.com/article/metro-curate-offers-low-key-fair

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Metro Curates 2015 Show at The Metropolitan Pavilion

The Metro Curates Show 2015 held at The Metropolitan Pavilion (Jan 21 - 25) is one of my favorite shows to attend. This is definitely one of the must-see art shows for the unique and interesting pieces. I attended the preview last night and noticed several themes in the pieces that attracted my attention: animals, nature, wearable objects and accessories, and bright colors! Some of the pieces were ancient, thousands of years old while others were modern, but all had great stories! The f.. Continues:

aliceinqueens.blogspot.com/2015/01/metro-curates-2015-show-at-metropolitan.html

Metro Curates names ‘must-see booths’ at upcoming show

Visitors to the fourth edition of Metro Curates at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City, which opens with a VIP preview on Jan. 21, will cast their collective eyes on a veritable treasure trove of the unusual and unexpected. Read on for a sampling of highlights—from a hand-carved table by James Callahan to a circa-1950 chest of drawers from Chicago—that make this four-day fair a must-see... Continues:

editoratlarge.com/articles/4961/metro-curates-names-must-see-booths-at-upcoming-show

METRO CURATES WILL KICK OFF AT THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION IN NEW YORK CITY ON JANUARY 22

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New York Antiques Week Guide to Shows and Events

Theme and Variations: In contrast to the above, Metro Curates (Jan. 22–25)—one of the younger fairs in town—aims to offer an eclectic array of exhibitors, from experts in ethnographic art to advocates of Americana. The exhibitors organize their offerings around a single artist, theme or genre, all of which serves make touring the show an almost dreamlike experience in artistic diversity: In one corner, you might spot an 1820s Pennsylvania embroidered sampler, in another, a .. Continues:

www.newyorkspacesmag.com/New-York-Spaces/January-2015/New-York-Antiques-Week-Guide-to-Shows-and-Events/

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Powers & Lowenfels Presents: BIRDS BURL BRANCHES & BARK at Metro Curates

BIRDS BURL BRANCHES & BARK presents the divergent and overlapping interests and aesthetics of Steven S. Powers and Joshua Lowenfels around the loose premise of flora and flying fauna. Powers’ aesthetic flirts with the traditional, however walks the line of the unexpected and unorthodox, while Lowenfels is well established in the unpredictable, incidental and surprisingly sublime. Though each presents their own interpretation of the theme—incidental Venn diagram-like ove.. Continues:

www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/1533-powers-and-lowenfels-presents-birds-burl-branches-and-bark-at-met

THE EVOLUTION OF METROSHOW 2015

The MetroShow continues to creep toward outsider art, contemporary—even low-brow—art, and art brut, yet while it does, it somehow manages to keep a firm foot in the past. It maintains a charm that so many shows lack, one probably rooted in its history as a folk and decorative arts mecca. Historical artifacts ranging from vintage toys to remarkable flags from the early years of the Republic sit alongside carnival signs, tramp art (the remarkable tramp art collection shown by Clifford.. Continues:

www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2015/2/3/the-evolution-of-metroshow-2015

The Metro Show Reinvents Itself Under New Name

The new Metro Curates show is an unexpected breath of fresh air in the NYC art-fair circuit. Building upon last year's success, fair director Caroline Kerrigan states that the name reflects the aim 'to present singular viewpoints among exhibitions that cross genres in unexpected ways.' The galleries involved put in extra effort to stand out in terms of booth presentation as well as the boundary-crossing artworks displayed. The walls of some of the booths are living in some serious co.. Continues:

theculturetrip.com/north-america/articles/the-metro-show-reinvents-itself-under-new-name/

There are two COLOR stories at Metro Curates: The Bright & The Beautiful + Subtly Mystic

Tambaran Gallery brings the works of Sunghee Cho whose pieces are intimately delicate. Her handmade mulberry paper is either torn or carefully cut, and bent with her thumb. Using collage techniques she layers small petal-like pieces into a complex swirling of color and shape to give motion and depth. In Circle Galaxy 2012, she creates a bright beguiling flow of reds, pinks, purple, and tealy green. William Siegal Gallery displays historic Peruvian (13th Century) and Bolivian (18th Centu.. Continues:

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To Do This Weekend: See Linda St. John’s Artwork at The Metropolitan Pavilion

FRIDAY, SATURDAY, and SUNDAY, January 23-25 It’s tricky to walk down Memory Lane. The roads not taken, the one less traveled by, and a host of other clichés lurk for you. This is a Memory Lane that doesn’t have an ending yet. I was a struggling young assistant editor then, good at finding material but pretty bad at editing it. An author I signed knew another writer she thought I’