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JERRY SALTZ AT THE ARMORY SHOW, NEW YORK, 2009
Jerry Saltz visited the 2009 Armory Show, which he calls a 'big market, a convention, a gigantic sleepover — it’s also a way for art dealers, hopefully, to sell art.' Watch the video to see work by Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, and Benjamin Edwards, plus what Saltz considers 'the ugliest piece of art that could possibly be made in 2009.'

JAMES KALM AT SCOPE NEW YORK 09
James Kalm, in his attempt to provide viewers with the most comprehensive art fair coverage available, ventures uptown to take in SCOPE New York. This fair features a broad cross section of young galleries with a Post-Modern tinge, many featuring conceptual objects in lieu of painting. A visit to the special project Cheap, Fast and Out of Control presents a version of Relational Aesthetics tuned for local hip slackers.

JAMES KALM AT PULSE NEW YORK 09
James Kalm continues his circuit of art fairs 2009 with this visit to PULSE. Featuring an international roster of established and emerging galleries the PULSE fair has an edgier sense than the Armory show yet maintains it high standards. Featuring glimpses of works by Kim Dorland, Robert Crumb, Marcus Linnenbrick, Allison Schulnik and many others.

JAMES KALM AT THE ARMORY SHOW, NEW YORK, PART 2
James Kalm returns to the Armory Show to peruse the newly added Modern pier. In this episode viewers can glimpse works by Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Philip Guston, George Grosz as well as many contemporary examples, like Anselm Keifer and Cecily Brown. The epilogue presents Kalm's observation as the most tiresome cliché of this fair season, so far, neon text pieces.

JAMES KALM AT THE ARMORY SHOW, NEW YORK, PART 1
James Kalm strides up the West Side Highway to Pier 94 for this years edition of the Armory Show. Despite tremors of the recession and fear of a collapsing financial market, revelers, dealers and collectors are out in force to take in the latest offerings from the art market. This is the first of an anticipated series of reports to document the Armory Show and its ancillary fairs and goings on.

ART BASEL MIAMI 2008
Saatchi Online TV tours the satellite fairs at Art Basel Miami 2008. The film features Scope, Art Miami, Gen Art Vanguard, Fashion Photo, Art Positions, plus interviews with artist Russell Young and Scope art fair director Alexis Hubshman. Produced and presented by Chris Sullivan.

SAATCHI ONLINE TV AT THE FREE ART FAIR, LONDON 2008
During this year's Frieze Week in London over 50 artists participated in a new fair where the work was not for sale but given away at the end of the fair on a first come first served basis. At the Free Art Fair, people were given the chance to own works by well-known and emerging artists who have exhibited at some of the world’s best known galleries such as the Tate, White Cube and Haunch of Venison. More than a hundred people queued on the last day of the fair, many overnight. A painting by Matthew Collings was the first piece to go. The Free Art Fair was live on BBC News throughout the ... read more and play video...

SAATCHI ONLINE TV AT FRIEZE ART FAIR, LONDON 2008
Take a tour around this year's Frieze art fair with Saatchi Online TV's Sebastian Sharples. 150 of the world's top galleries are exhibiting at the fair, which closes on Sunday 19 October at 6pm. www.friezeartfair.com

JAMES KALM AT THE SCOPE ART FAIR IN NEW YORK
Take a wonder around the Scope art fair in New York with guide James Kalm.

JAMES KALM GOES TO THE PULSE FAIR, NEW YORK
James Kalm reports on this year's Pulse art fair in New York.

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