Arts Week miniguide

VOLTA New York

What’s it all about? Conceived as a boutique platform for contemporary art, VOLTA is the “sister fair” to the Armory Show, and featuring solo booths dedicated to 78 emerging artists. This year’s theme is “Age of Anxiety”; appropriately, Brian Hugh Warner (Marilyn Manson) will be displaying.

What can I do besides stare at pictures? At 5pm on March 6 and 7, hit the tenth-floor lounge for two public art talks, “Re-Inventing Non-Profits in NYC” and “The Curated Art Fair: Trend or Necessity,” respectively. The Tribeca Grand Hotel (2 Sixth Ave between Walker and White Sts) is hosting a film screening and performance-piece program in tandem with VOLTA. Back at the fair, clothing brand and gallery Imperfect Articles offers its limited-edition screen-printed and hand-dyed T-shirts. And come hungry: Sweet Tooth of the Tiger, staffed by contemporary artist and pastry chef Tara Strickstein, presents Suck-it!, an edible project serving sweets to visitors, artists and dealers.

Hook me up! 7 W 34th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (ny.voltashow.com). Mar 5–8 1–9pm; $15, combination pass with Armory Show $40. See Armory Show for shuttle bus info.

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