Pulse New York Opening Day Highlights

Yesterday PULSE New York opened its 10th anniversary edition with strong attendance and a buzz of excitement from both exhibitors and guests. VIP guests braved the snow to for a first look at the artwork and to attend the signature Private Preview Brunch at Chelsea’s conveniently-located Metropolitan Pavilion on 18th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.

 
Now established as a can’t-miss event on New York’s cultural calendar, PULSE New York drew a range of visitors on its opening day, including curators from major corporate collections and museums, private collectors and a vibrant, capacity crowd of 1,500 young professionals at its Young Collectors Cocktails party last night presented by Perrier with special thanks to Chargaux who performed an acoustic set. “The art world in New York came to the fair,” remarked John Ferrère of Paris’ Galerie L’Inlassable who is exhibiting at PULSE for the first time.

 
“The amount of people coming to the fair regardless of the snow was wild, and the interest of the people came through … they were serious,” said Morton Poulsen of Copenhagen’s Gallery Poulsen, who reported the sale of a painting by Jean-Pierre Roy to Leonardo DiCaprio. “We found our fair.”    

Don't miss what's on this weekend at PULSE including PROJECTS, PLAY and PERSPECTIVES in addition to over 50 international exhibitors, and see what everyone is talking about.

What's On This Weekend

Friday, March 6th
6pm PERSPECTIVES — Miami's Art Programs: Fresh Approaches in a Unique City 
Public art and city specialists from Unscripted Bal Harbour and Miami-Dade Art in Public Places discuss two approaches to city public art programming that factor in the unique landscape of Miami as a "local" creative space and as an international art destination.

Brandi Reddick, Curator, Miami-Dade Art in Public Places
Carolyn Travis, Executive Director for Tourism, Bal Harbour Village
Claire Breukel (Moderator), Curator, MARTE Contemporary at MARTE Museum, El Salvador

Saturday, March 7th
12:30pm-1:30pm — Introduction to PLAY
Curator Billy Zhao and artist Tom Pnini will give a special introduction to the films being screened as part of this edition of PLAY, the fair's platform for video and new media. 

2pm PERSPECTIVES — 10 x 10: Curators Discuss the Future 
In this special curator-focused roundtable, ten curators will each have ten minutes to answer questions related to “The Future”, the overarching theme of this New York edition of the fair. 

Participants:

Rocio Aranda-Alvarado | Curator at El Museo del Barrio
Lindsay Howard | Digital scholar and independant curator
Matthew Israel | Artsy Curator at Large and Director Emeritus for the Art Genome Project
Rebecca Jampol | Director of Solo(s) House
Nicholas O’Brien | Independent net-based researcher and cultural producer
Julie Solovyeva | Soho House New York Programming Manager
Jasmine Wahi | Independent curator and activist
Dexter Wimberly | Curator and Co-Director of Strategic Planning, Independent Curators International
Ryan Wong | Program Director at Asian American Writers’ Workshop
Billy Zhao | Curator and Special Projects Associate at the Marina Abramovic Institute
Moderated by Tiana Webb Evans