NEW YORK \u2015 The gold-plated lobby of 4 Times Square, former home of the Cond\u00e9 Nast headquarters, exudes the frigid aura you\u2019d expect of a corporate colossus. Upon entering, newcomers to this year\u2019s Spring Break Art Show might think they\u2019ve arrived at the wrong location. But take the elevators to the high-rise\u2019s 22nd floor and indeed, the gutted former workspace is now the site of a sprawling art fair organized around a single concept: \u201cA Stranger Comes to Town.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a fitting theme, not only given the current political climate \u2015 in which American leaders fervently cast perceived \u201coutsiders\u201d as suspect \u2015 but also the role Spring Break has come to occupy in the New York art fair landscape. At seven years old, the scrappiest, most experimental of the fairs feels like the new guy in town, kicking down the saloon door, raising eyebrows and inciting excited whispers.<\/p>\n
Amid a sea of more established, buttoned-up fairs open to cultured New Yorkers with deep pockets this month \u2015 Armory Show, Volta NY, Independent, NADA \u2015 Spring Break is the rebellious cowboy still managing to shake up the status quo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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