The Salon: Art + Design 2013

##What is The Salon: Art + Design?

The Salon: Art + Design brings together fifty three dealers from around the world exhibiting the finest of 20th century and contemporary art and design from 1890 to the present along with major works of ethnographic art and antiquities. New York’s leading fair for art and design is a continuing collaboration with the Syndicat National des Antiquaires. The SNA is the most illustrious association of European dealers and the organization behind the Paris Biennale des Antiquaires held at the Grand Palais and under way since 1962.

##Leading International Dealers

The cadre of international galleries exhibiting at the Salon brings a wealth of fine and decorative arts from Paris to Brussels and California to Stockholm. There will be works by historically significant masters like Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright alongside emerging young designers like the Campana and the Haas Brothers. On view will also be important 18th century French furniture juxtaposed with Deco masters like Andre Sornay, Jean Dunand and Jean Michel Franck. Fine artists include rarities like Edward Hopper to modern masters such as Gerhard Richter, Henry Moore and Egon Schiele. Add to the mix one of the world’s leading dealers in Chinese decorative art, three top Parisian ethnographic dealers, and a New York specialist in Greek and Roman antiquities.

##The Park Avenue Armory

For over twenty-five years, Sanford Smith shows have been held in the Park Avenue Armory. Sixty-sixth Street and Park Avenue is the crossroads of luxury boutiques, hotels, museums, and the heart of the country’s most prestigious zip code, 10065.

Built by New York State’s prestigious Seventh Regiment of the National Guard, it was known as the “Silk Stocking” Regiment. Members of the regiment hailed from New York’s most prominent Gilded Age families including the Vanderbilts, Van Rensselaers, and the Roosevelts. It was designed to be a military facility and a social club with the reception rooms created by the most prestigious designers, architects, and artists of the day; including Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, and the Herter Brothers – the Stark, Pei and Meier of yesterday. There is no more coveted venue for cultural events in New York City. The Armory remains a popular venue for New York society events, performance and installation art, and the most important art, antiques, and design shows in the city.

##Opening Preview Night

The Salon opens on Thursday, November 14 with a festive cocktail party hosted by Margaret Russell, editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest. It is open to the public from 6:30—9:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at $125 per person and a portion of the proceeds will be gifted to Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club. For tickets and additional information please visit http://thesalonny.com/visitors/.

##Hours & Admission

Thursday, November 14,
6:30-9:30pm (Vernissage)

Friday, November 15,
11:00-9:00pm

Saturday, November 16,
11:00-9:00pm

Sunday, November 17,
11:00-7:00pm

Monday, November 18,
11:00-5:00pm

##Transportation

By Subway: You can reach Park Avenue Armory on the 6 train at 68th Street/Hunter College or the F train at 63rd Street/Lexington Avenue.

By Bus: You can take the M101, M102, or M103 (limited and local) to 68th Street and Lexington Avenue; M66 to Park Avenue and 68th Street.

Parking: The following parking garages are in the vicinity:

Manhattan Parking Group: 165 East 66th Street

GGMC Parking: 166 East 67th Street

69 East LLC Kingdom Parking: 200 East 69th Street

Central Parking System: 250 East 67th Street (Saturday evenings)

67th Street & Second Avenue Garage: 254 East 67th Street

Kinney System, Inc.: 222 East 65th Street