Stanley Agbontaen’s “Village Market” will be among the thousands of works at Artexpo this weekend
Pier 94 on the Hudson
Twelfth Ave. & 54th St.
March 26-27, $10-$15
www.artexponewyork.com
After two days open just to the trade, the thirty-second international Artexpo welcomes the public Saturday and Sunday, with more than three hundred exhibitors as well as educational events and special art-related programs. On Saturday morning at 10:00, Free Arts NYC will sponsor a children’s mural painting benefiting underprivileged youths; at noon, Ben Angotti, Marthalicia Matarrita, Andre Trenier, and Julie Freil will fight it out in a live art battle in the sculpture garden; and Michael Pacitti will lead the “In Living Color” seminar at 4:00. On Sunday at 11:00, Eric Smith will moderate a panel discussion on “The Future of the Art World” with Anthony Deljou, Nan Miller, and Robert Reeder, followed at 1:00 with Smith lecturing on “Marketing 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in Art School.”