Hello, World! Meet two of this year’s Armory Show spinoffs: Volta NY, an invitational art fair that spotlights emerging artists in the heart of Soho and The Art Show presented by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) at the historic Park Avenue Armory.

For us, the best of both fairs was contemporary art that transcended the marketplace: Young DC artist Wilmer Wilson IV‘s durational paper bag performance drew a rapt audience to Conner Smith at Volta, while in ADAA’s posh setting, adoring followers fluttered around Ann Hamilton, the only ‘artist in residence’ we’ve ever seen at an art fair. Everyone waited patiently to participate in her experiment—all eager to be photographed through the milky membrane that Hamilton had suspended inside the Carl Solway Gallery booth.

VOLTA NY

VOLTA NY 2014

Mohau Modisakeng, Inzilo [Film Still], 2013

Wilmer Wilson IV, From My Paper Bag Colored Heart, 2014

Ultra Violet, Selfie, 2014

Jeffrey Gibson’s adorned boxing bags

John Cox, “everyday assemblage” works, VOLTA NY, 2014

Elisabeth Sonneck, rolled oil on paper installation, VOLTA NY, 2014

Nao Matsumoto installation, VOLTA NY, 2014

VOLTA NY 2014

Willie Cole, iron transfer prints, VOLTA NY, 2014

Daniele Buetti’s manipulated photography

ADAA ART SHOW

The Art Show, ADAA, Park Avenue Armory, 2014

Charles LeDray, Rainbow, 2012-14, ADAA2014

Ann Hamilton, ONEEVERYONE scrim, ADAA2014

Cathy Byrd behind the membrane, with Ann Hamilton, ADAA2014

Ann Hamilton, ONEEVERYONE, photoprints, ADAA2014

Petah Coyne, The Unconsoled, detail, ADAA2014

Petah Coyne, The Unconsoled, detail, 2014, ADAA2014

Laurie Simmons, The Walking Objects, ADAA2014