Last Thursday evening in New York, Salon Art + Design opened its 11th edition with a celebratory evening and preview of the fair, which has its last day today, November 14, at the Park Avenue Armory. Made possible by Lead Partners APPARATUS, Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage Collection, and Financial Times How to Spend It, the opening night (co-hosted by Nathalie and Laura de Gunzburg) saw more than 2,500 attendees—like Amy Lau, Dan Rubinstein, Philippe Soussand, Wendy Goodman, Amanda Ross, and Liliana Cavendish—starting off the preview with a benefit hour for Dia Art Foundation. Afterward, attendees were given the opportunity to be the first to browse the best of design and a selection of 20th-century art, presented by 52 leading galleries from 10 different countries.
Salon Art + Design 2022 opening night, photo by BFA.com.
Presenting vintage, modern, and contemporary design, the 2022 edition of the fair saw many of its longtime exhibitors returning after a much smaller iteration in 2021 (due to COVID-19 travel restrictions), as well as first-time presenters like Galerie SCENE OUVERTE, Le Lab Atelier, Armel Soyer, and Boccara Gallery, GARDE. Offering interior environments that intermingle artworks alongside design pieces, the fair’s beautifully-curated booths saw opening-night sales of works like a ceramic wall installation by Molly Hatch, presented by Todd Merrill, rare pieces by Osvaldo Borsani on view with Paul Donzella, the ceramic work of Eric Roinestad in The Future Perfect’s booth, and mid-century and 1930s furniture that was presented by Nicolas and Sébastien Reese.
R & Company at Salon Art + Design 2022, photo by Peter Baker, courtesy of Salon Art + Design.
Spread across the Park Avenue Armory were pieces ranging from Japanese art to classical antiques and post-war international design to 20th-century design—including exhibitions from names like the France-based Galerie Marcilhac, Galerie Yves Gastou, Galerie Negropontes, and Galerie Vallois, Pheonix Ancient Art hailing from Switzerland, the Netherlands’s Morentz Gallery, Gallery All from China, Portuondo Gallery with spaces in Spain, the U.K., and the U.S., and Tambaran, Patrick Parrish Gallery, Hostler Burrows, Glass Past, Donzella, Converso, and Ariadne Galleries from the U.S.
The design-filled weekend also featured happenings like special installations and a program of discussions, which included talks on Mixing Styles with The Gallery at 200 Lex, Makers’ Mark: What’s New, Noteworthy, and Necessary in Collectible Design, presented by 1st Dibs and featuring panel members Simon Stewart, Prateek Jain, Jessica Schuster, and Thomas W. Newman, and a discussion on collection jewelry ahead of New York City Jewelry Week.
Charles Zana Mobilier at Salon Art + Design 2022, photo by Peter Baker, courtesy of Salon Art + Design.
Friedman Benda at Salon Art + Design 2022, photo by Peter Baker, courtesy of Salon Art + Design.
Gallery FUMI at Salon Art + Design 2022, photo by Peter Baker, courtesy of Salon Art + Design.
