Design or Art? Both. At the ‘Salon’ Fair, 6 Ways to See Why.
The most thematically permissive fair in New York’s art schedule — where sofas compete with paintings and sculptures — brings up old questions about why we like objects.
Is good design timeless? The Salon Art + Design fair at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan would seem to say yes, with its many contemporary works that talk with age-old visual trends.
For a breath of sincerity, at Mia Karlova Galerie (C5), find Anna Volkova’s staggering photo-real sculptural take on Dutch floral still life, made of tissue-thin glazed and fired porcelain tulips, dahlias and other blossoms in a Delftware vase.
- by Walker Mimms
