New York City.- The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) print fair opens at the historic Park Avenue Armory located on Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets in the heart of Manhattan’s elegant Upper East Side. The fair opens on November 3rd and runs through November 6th. The largest international art fair focused exclusively on the artistic medium of printmaking, the IFPDA orint fair is noted for its historical depth, exhibiting works from the 16th through 21st centuries. 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.
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. For its entrance, the Fair is proud to introduce a new wallpaper created by painter and designer Madeline Weinrib and produced by Studio Printworks.
Exhibiting dealers are all leading members of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA). This year’s roster of ninety exhibitors includes dealers from Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Frankfurt, Zurich, and North America. The IFPDA is a non-profit organization of expert art dealers committed to the highest standards of quality, ethics, and connoisseurship, and to fostering a greater appreciation of fine prints among art collectors and the public. The Association’s thorough vetting assures collectors of each exhibitor’s expertise and professionalism, and of the authenticity and condition of artwork available for purchase. The IFPDA has sponsored the Print Fair since 1991.
The Fair presents nearly 500 years of printmaking from early woodcuts and traditional engravings to etchings, lithographs, and innovative contemporary projects. The wide historical spectrum of artists’ works on view includes old masters Rembrandt, Dürer, and Goltzius; Japanese ukiyo-e; 19th century American masters including Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, and Mary Cassatt; European Impressionists Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir; American and European Modernists such as George Bellows, Martin Lewis, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Max Beckmann; and postwar masterworks by Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Joan Mitchell, and Louise Bourgeois. New editions pwill also remiere at the Fair from leading contemporary artists such as Chuck Close, Kiki Smith, Richard Serra, and John Baldessari.
The Fair attracts over 6,000 new and seasoned collectors, curators from major museums worldwide, artists, art historians, and art enthusiasts. The fair is held at the end of New York’s Print Week. This lively schedule of lectures, exhibitions, demonstrations, gallery talks, and openings is focused on printmaking and its vitality as an artistic practice. Print Week enables collectors, artists, scholars, educators, and the public to connect with IFPDA member galleries, museums, and non-profit organizations to discover new projects, enrich their knowledge of fine prints, and expand or begin their own collections. Visit the fair’s website at … http://www.ifpda.org