2023 Press
Select 2022 Press
Galerie
November 11, 2023
"Salon Art + Design is always a must-visit event for anyone who appreciates fine art and design. Held annually at the historic Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan, the fair showcases the finest works of modern and contemporary design from leading galleries around the world."
Artnet
November 10, 2023
"Long a highlight of New York City’s fall arts calendar, Salon Art + Design is back at the Park Avenue Armory for 2023."
Wallpaper*
November 10, 2023
"Anchoring New York’s fall cultural calendar is Salon Art + Design, the city’s premiere collectibles fair. Returning to the storied Park Avenue Armory from 9 to 13 November 2023, this year’s edition–its 12th–places emphasis on contemporary and vintage works in equal measure."
The World of Interiors
November 9, 2023
"Salon Art and Design’s 12th edition is soon to hit New York, promising an international exhibitor list and a vibrant range of design exhibitions within the historic rooms of Park Avenue Armory, as well as an extensive programme of conversations and panel discussions."
The New York Times Style Magazine
November 8, 2023
"This week, they’ll be exhibiting ten of the most ornate examples of the company’s work at the Salon Art + Design fair at the Park Avenue Armory, from a library trunk with quilted leather lining that’s embedded with speakers and lit with LED spotlights to a hand-painted red, white and navy blue Games Island Trunk that unfolds to become a tiny casino featuring amusements like Jenga, poker and chess."
Vogue
November 8, 2023
"This November, Chapman and his co-founder Nicolas Pickaerts ventured into a more tangible space at the Salon Art + Design in Manhattan, which also served as the launchpad for 60 entirely new products, produced by and for Abask and available online after the fair."
Cultured Magazine
November 6, 2023
“'The inclusion of jewelry is a conversation we’ve been having for a long time,' says Jill Bokor, Salon’s executive director. 'It’s a great way to refresh the fair without changing its core.'"
Only Natural Diamonds
November 6, 2023
"'The exhibitors were encouraged to create spaces that the attendees would feel really at home in and that’s pretty much what we have done,' shares Executive Director of Salon Art + Design Jill Bokor in an exclusive interview with Only Natural Diamonds. 'Every booth experience was like ‘I can imagine living this way.’'"
Galerie
November 3, 2023
"There’s always something intriguing about the masterful mix of art, design, antiquities, and jewelry on view at Salon Art + Design, the annual New York fair taking place at the storied Park Avenue Armory from November 9 to 13."
The New York Times
November 2, 2023
"For more of a design and antiques focus, visit this Armory next week for the Salon Art + Design fair."
Artnet News
November 2, 2023
"Today, the executive director of the Salon Art & Design, Bokor brings her characteristic acuity and eye for style to the highly anticipated annual art and design fair hosted at the Park Avenue Armory."
Forbes
November 1, 2023
"Contemporary jewelry artists and designers will play a more prominent role in the fair this year as, for the first time, organizers will integrate a group of special design and jewelry exhibitions on the exhibitor floor and within the historic rooms at the entrance to the fair..."
Art & Antiques
November/December 2023 Issue
"A highlight of the New York City Fall Arts calendar for over a decade, Salon presents the world's best design — vintage, modern and contemporary — including blue-chip 20th century art, with leading art and design galleries from all over the world, presenting the trends of collectible design."
AD India
November/December 2023 Issue
"'It’s going to be the most unique fair that we’ve ever had,' says Jill Bokor, executive director of Salon Art +Design. 'There’s an exciting mix of top international galleries returning, along with some young names who are pushing collectible design with new materials and forms.'”
Architectural Record
October 31, 2023
"The 12th edition of the leading collectible design and art fair produced by Sanford L. Smith + Associates will take place at the Park Avenue Armory. On display, from nearly 50 exhibitors from around the world, is furniture, studio glass, and ceramics across a variety of styles and genres, including vintage as well as modern and contemporary pieces. "
Galerie
Late Fall 2023 Issue
"The 12th edition offers a staggering breadth of wares from the world’s top dealers, including Achille Salvagni, who is presenting new cabinets and some striking onyx and bronze wall sconces in his Salon Art + Design debut, and Amsterdam-based Mia Karlova Galerie, which mounts an exclusive exhibit of works by designers such as Sho Ota and Vadim Kibardin."
WWD
October 9, 2023
"'One thing we’re looking to is making the show a little bit more, pun intended, sparkling,' said Jill Bokor, executive director of Salon Art + Design. 'And just a refresh to what we’ve done with furniture, ceramics, lighting and non-functional design. I think it's going to be a great refresh for the fair.'"
Select 2022 Press
The New York Times: Salon Art + Design Brings Home and Art Closer Together
November 10, 2022
Home is still the focus of this annual fair at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan: not just art and design objects displayed in isolation, but imagining how they live together, how they inhabit a room, and how you — or a daydreaming you — could cozy up with your furniture, tapestries, jewelry, and curios.
Whitewall: Salon Art + Design Returns in Full Swing for 2022
November 14, 2022
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 presented by Nicolas and Sébastien Reese.
Select 2021 Press
The New York Times
November 11, 2021
After a year off because of the pandemic, Salon Art + Design is back at the Park Avenue Armory with a display of fine art and designer furniture shown in themed booths alongside splashy decorative arts and ancient sculpture.
AN Interior
November 11, 2021
Whereas certain blue-chip platforms purely focus on the new or the old, this now well-established event makes the critical link between the past and present, helping connoisseurs, collectors, and general design enthusiasts draw important parallels, especially when it comes to making shrewd decisions on what to acquire.
Interior Design
November 10, 2021
Visiting a fair should unfold similar to turning the pages of a magazine, says Salon Art + Design executive director Jill Bokor. Coming from a nearly 25-year experience in publishing, Bokor pays attention to the instances of discovery across the fair booths, just like flipping through a glossy read. “Salon celebrates the continuum of design through centuries, so we create jumping points between objects from B.C. to the contemporary”
Interior Furniture Design Magazine
November 10, 2021
An exclusive destination that suggests the exquisite refinement and elegance of a bygone New York welcomes the event on collectible design each year, now at its tenth anniversary. Fifty galleries from around the world become a fascinating premium “cabinet de curiosités” with rare artifacts, emerging talents, historic and iconic pieces.
Cultured Magazine
November 9, 2021
“Each year we look for things that we haven’t had in the past,” says executive director Jill Bokor. This year, visitors can look forward to “a timeline of essentially the last 120 years with a nod to classical antiquities as well…you will see everything from furniture, ceramics, glass, lighting and fine art,” as well as some fresh ideas: important firsts that will set this edition apart.
Whitewall
November 8, 2021
Salon Art + Design returns to New York’s Park Avenue Armory for its decade anniversary, open to the public from November 11—15. The 10-year celebration will see an expansive selection of vintage, modern, and contemporary from around 50 international exhibitors, presented in carefully curated, immersive settings.
Introspective Magazine
November 7, 2021
“The market for design has been very strong during the pandemic,” says Jill Bokor, director of the Salon Art + Design fair. The reason, she believes, is that “people have had a lot of time to evaluate what works and doesn’t work about their homes.” But despite the collective embrace of online purchasing over the past year and a half, she adds, “people are feeling desperate for connection, for the chance to go out and see beautiful things.”
designboom
November 2, 2021
salon art + design returns to park avenue armory in new york city from november 11-15, 2021 in style and substance, as the global collectible fair celebrates its 10-year anniversary edition. it marks a high point of the city’s fall arts calendar, as live, in-person events restart, and creatives and collectors meet once more.
Barron's Penta
October 27, 2021
The fair, which is produced by Sanford L. Smith + Associates and runs from Nov. 11-15, features a range of material “from the beginning of the 20th century to yesterday,” says Jill Bokor, executive director. The goal of the fair’s exhibiting galleries is to create “immersive” booths that blend objects the dealers work with into inviting environments, rather than putting things on pedestals, she says.
Robb Report
September 10, 2021
When Salon Art + Design returns for its 10th anniversary at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City from Nov. 11-15, fine jewelry will, for the first time, have a major presence. The event is best known as a showcase for blue-chip 20th century art and the world’s best design — be it vintage, modern or contemporary.
Select 2020 Press
Antiques & The Arts Weekly
November 24, 2020
"Everyone who attends or is interested in Salon would be likely to enjoy the magazine. That includes collectors, designers and enthusiasts of collectible design who are on the cusp of entering the market. Interestingly, more people will actually see the publication than come to the fair itself."
The Art Newspaper
November 20, 2020
"Rather that setting up yet another platform of online viewing rooms when its physical fair in November was cancelled due to the coronavirus, New York’s Salon Art + Design took a different route: it has produced a luxury publication, filled with interviews, features and objects from its roster of exhibiting galleries. "
designboom
November 19, 2020
"... while we’ve referenced salon’s past in our timeline, the magazine does indeed take on changes in the marketplace. however, the true centerpiece of the magazine is at home with salon: the editorial portfolio of objects that would have been exhibited in this year’s fair."
Casa Vogue Brazil
October 20, 2020
"In the wake of the changes brought about by the new coronavirus pandemic in 2020, two traditional events in the international art market will take place virtually this year: first, Salon Art + Design, in New York, will take the form of a print and digital magazine that will be launched in November..."