New York Magazine: The Independent Art Fair’s Massive New Home on the Lower East Side
In New York Magazine’s Curbed section, architecture and design historian Natalia Torija takes stock of the innovative design features of this edition of Independent. Tying the show into the long legacy of artists’ interventions on New York City’s piers, as well as the artists and galleries who got their start on the Lower East Side, Torija notes the facade and entrance by Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu (SO-IL) and the “distinctive choices” made by Diogo Passarinho Studio on the interior. Observing the “moody, dystopian outlook” shared by the design and much of the art on view, Torija quips that “the discomfort is part of the experience.”
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The New York Times: Six Unforgettable Artists at the Biggest Independent Fair
Times art critic Will Heinrich gave this year’s Independent a glowing review, assessing it as “tightly curated and esthetically consistent.” From the show’s “broad vista” of strong work, he chose five presentations as standouts: Michael Bühler-Rose at Stems Gallery from Brussels; Carrie Schneider at New York’s David Peter Francis; Nina Hartmann at Silke Lindner, also from New York; Kim Stolz and Raphael Egil at YveYANG, New York; and John Brooks at Diane Rosenstein from Los Angeles. Heinrich calls the six artists “unforgettable.”
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