At The Fair
Visitors have an unrivaled opportunity to view and acquire outstanding works across the diverse range of periods and specialties represented by the IFPDA’s exhibiting members. While the Fair is known among museum curators and major collectors for its rare and exceptional prints, excellent works can be found in all price ranges, including exciting new projects from today’s leading and emerging artists. The Fair also features Programs and Special Events designed to engage new and seasoned collectors.
Show Dates & Hours
| THURSDAY | 11/05/09 | 12–8pm |
| FRIDAY | 11/06/09 | 12–8pm |
| SATURDAY | 11/07/09 | 12–8pm |
| SUNDAY | 11/08/09 | 12–6pm |
Admission Click here for advance purchase.
Daily: $20
Two-day Pass: $30
Run-of-Show: $40
Admission payable by cash or check at the door during show hours.
Reduced price admission ($10) for senior citizens (65 and older) and students with I.D. Children under 12 admitted free.
Group Admission
Reservations and reduced price admission for groups of 10 or more must be arranged in advance. Contact the IFPDA office at 212.674.6095.
Show Catalogue
The Catalogue contains a complete guide to all IFPDA Members and is included with admission to the Fair. Catalogues may also be obtained for $15 from the IFPDA office after the Fair.
Collectors’ Lounge and Café
The IFPDA has invited acclaimed artist and designer Madeline Weinrib to create a Collectors’ Lounge in the center court and design the Fair’s entrance which will feature her bespoke wall paper and fabrics. Weinrib is noted for her contemporary interpretations of classical designs and for creating a new appreciation for hand-printed and woven materials. The Collectors’ Lounge will feature furniture generously provided by Sebastian + Barquet, the international gallery specializing in 20th century design. The Fair’s Café is catered by Butterfield Market.
Opening Night Preview
Wednesday, November 4, 5:00 – 9:00 pm
The IFPDA and its exhibiting Members will host a lively reception to celebrate the opening of the 2009 Fair. Ticket holders will enjoy early access to the Fair and the first opportunity to acquire rare and important works. The evening’s festivities will also include a Treasure Hunt sponsored by the IFPDA’s newly launched paper/ink committee, PIC.
The Preview will feature white wine from Napa Valley’s Kelham Vineyards and “issimo” from illycaffé, this year’s in-kind sponsors. Gift bags for the Preview have been made by Amar Jyoti. Based in Mumbai, India, this organization provides education and health care to underprivileged and disabled children. The bags have been made using recycled Indian newspapers and are distributed by Handmade Expressions, a member of the Fair Trade Federation and Green America.
Preview tickets will be sent by Exhibitors to their clients. Tickets may be purchased online for $75 and at the door beginning at 5:00 pm on the day of the Preview. Preview tickets purchased online will include a run-of-show pass and are nonrefundable.
Andrew Sciaulino Photography
Special Events: Treasure Hunt
The IFPDA and its paper/ink committee, PIC, are pleased to present a Treasure Hunt as a fun and exciting new way to explore the Fair. No prior knowledge of prints is necessary – simply an enthusiasm and desire to learn more.
Treasure Hunt Winners & Solutions.
To join the Treasure Hunt, simply pick up a Clue card upon arrival at the Fair. Look for the pink elephant logo as you visit exhibitors throughout the Fair to find the prints which solve riddles or answer historical or humorous questions printed on the card. The Hunt will lead you through the Fair’s international roster of dealers as well as prints from every period. Players who correctly solve all ten clues will be entered into a drawing for prizes generously provided by the Treasure Hunt’s sponsors. Prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of the Fair and the winners notified by e-mail or mail.
Prizes donated by Artbook, Bark Frameworks, Blaue Gans and KG-NY Restaurant Group, Daniel Boulud & Bar Boulud, Equinox Fitness Clubs, Mauboussin, Elisa Monte Dance, The Morgan Library & Museum, Neue Galerie NY, New Museum, Nobu Fifty Seven, Parkett, SD26, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Tracy Stern and SALONTEA.
Prizes
- Fou de Toi Ring: 18K white gold, Rose de France (6cts) and diamonds (0.19cts) from Mauboussin
- Dinner for 2, four courses with wine pairings at Bar Boulud
- Dinner for 2 at Nobu Fifty Seven
- Dinner for 2 at Blaue Gans
- Lunch for 2 at The Chef’s Table at SD26
- New York City Cultural Tour: Entrance tickets to MoMA, The Morgan Library & Museum, The Whitney Museum, Neue Galerie, and New Museum
- Tickets for Elisa Monte Dance
- $500 gift certificate from Artbook
- Two $500 gift certificates from Bark Frameworks
- 3-month gift membership to Equinox Fitness Clubs
- Three issues + Catalogue Raisonné + Alex Katz tote bag from Parkett
- Afternoon Tea for two at Tracy Stern SALONTEA, including a gift-boxed porcelain teapot and tea party music CD
Programs
I Met My Prints at the Fair: Insights on Collecting
Saturday, November 7, 11:00 am
The Tiffany Room
Free and open to the public
John Dorfman, Editor in Chief of Art & Antiques magazine, will moderate this panel on collecting at the Fair featuring Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, Philadelphia Museum of Art along with private collectors Richard Gerrig and J. Christian Annalora. They will discuss how what they’ve bought over the years, what they’ve learned along the way, and the criteria that are important to them when they add to their collections. The similarities and differences between acquiring works for personal enjoyment vs. an institutional collection will also be explored. To reserve seating, please email or call 212.674.6095. Admission to Program is free.
Curator-led Tours: Conversations Across Time
Saturday, November 7, 12:30 pm
Sunday, November 8, 12:30 pm
Reservations required.
Free with admission to the Fair
Museums, art historians and print fairs alike depend upon the fiction of time as a form of measure. And yet, creativity occurs out of time, as does the viewer’s recapitulation of the creative act when they lose themselves to the sheer presence of a work of art. What does the etched self-portrait by Rembrandt have to say to its corollary by Lucian Freud? What ties them together? How does one refute the other?
Thomas E. Rassieur, John E. Andrus III Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Dr. Elizabeth Wyckoff, Assistant Director and Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College each lead an hour-long exploration of this theme at this year’s Fair.
This program is sponsored jointly by the IFPDA and IPCNY. Please email or call 212.674.6095 to reserve.
Andrew Sciaulino Photography
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