A riverside lodge in the Berkshires highlands of western Massachusetts played host to a gathering of gallerists and art organisations this weekend for a fair designed to incite visitors to take in art in a more intimate setting.
Thirty-six exhibitors attended the inaugural Arrival Art Fair at the Tourists boutique hotel in North Adams from 12 to 15 June, where artworks were displayed within light-filled, blonde wood-clad guest rooms, alongside a programme of outdoor sculpture, museum talks, and studio visits.
Presented as an idyllic gateway, the invite-only fair hosted reputed American galleries including New York’s Jane Lombard, San Francisco’s Jessica Silverman, Cleveland’s Abattoir Gallery, and Atlanta’s Wolfgang Gallery.
Speaking of the mood on the ground, Jane Lombard senior director Lisa Carlson said the fair offered a ‘rare, focused, and collegial environment that we don’t often find at larger fairs’. ‘It feels like a community-driven exhibition, where the art and atmosphere truly connect.’