The Amateur Art Collector

I stumbled upon a way to get free tickets (they’re usually $20/ticket) to this year’s International Fine Art Fair, being held at The Park Avenue Armory in New York from May 1st-9th.

Okay, so go to the NYTimes website.  Scroll down and click on the Arts section.  Click on any slideshow in that section (underneath the one sentence descriptions of the listed articles).  As you click through the images in the slideshow, you’ll see different advertisements in the lower right-hand corner…generally for broadway shows.  If you keep going, at least as of a couple hours ago, you’ll eventually see an ad for this Art Fair…click it and it will take you to a site that allows you to print out a complimentary ticket for two!

I’d like to think they’re just being generous, but it’s probably a sign that they’re worried about low attendance due to the economy. 

While not the hottest show that comes to the city each year, it’s still a good chance to see some great work all in one spot– like the Alexander Calder piece pictured above being presented by Vincent Vallarino Fine Art Ltd.