NEW YORK, NY.- International art and design fair, Spring Masters New York, announces gallery participants for its third edition, taking place at the historic Park Avenue Armory from Friday, May 6 through Monday, May 9, 2016. The fair will feature leading dealers of fine art, design, furniture and jewelry within a unique hexagonal exhibition layout, fostering a dialogue between the diverse periods, styles and mediums on view.

Spring Masters New York has established itself as an important destination on the art world calendar, filling the need for a high-end, secondary market fair during the peak of the spring art season in New York. This year, Spring Masters will continue its focus on connoisseurship, with expertly curated and thoroughly vetted presentations by exhibitors from the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

The fair’s signature Rafael Viñoly-designed hexagonal booth layout creates endless juxtapositions, highlighting the vibrant eclecticism of the range of periods and styles on view, from an ancient mummy mask presented by Cahn International to masterworks by Matisse and Picasso displayed by Hammer Galleries to Andy Warhol’s The Scream (After Munch) exhibited by Waterhouse & Dodd. Vojtech Blau will feature antique and modern tapestries, Tomasso Brothers Fine Art will present 17th and 18th century white marble busts, and Didier Aaron will showcase French and European masterpieces. Further adding to the diversity of the objects on offer, Spring Masters is welcoming several new exhibitors, including Yufuku Gallery, Sladmore, and Sundaram Tagore.

Galleries will emphasize their unique areas of expertise: Yufuku Gallery will display a number of ceramic, glass, and metal works by acclaimed Japanese artists, Jerome Zodo Gallery will present Italian Post War artists such as Lucio Fontana and Umberto Mariani, and Simon Teakle will curate a selection of jewelry by Bulgari and Oscar Heyman. Osborne Samuel will present an abstract bronze composition by sculptor Lynn Chadwick, while Galerie Lefebvre’s booth will highlight works by Jean Dunand, Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Jean Pascaud, and others. Among the fair’s solo exhibitions, Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts’ booth will be dedicated to lifetime casts by Gaston Lachaise and Sladmore Contemporary will focus exclusively on Nic Fiddian Green’s monumental equine sculptures. Additional highlights include Armand Bartos’ 20th Century masterpieces, ranging from a mixed media work by Frank Stella to a steel cut-out by Tom Wesselmann, and Schillay Fine Art’s display of 19th Century works by Guy Carleton Wiggins and Berthe Morisot, among others.

Following this year’s edition of Spring Masters, co-Directors Michael Plummer and Jeff Rabin are using their extensive experience with collectors, galleries and museums to transition from Spring Masters and present a new joint venture with TEFAF in New York City at the Park Avenue Armory. They will present two new fairs annually: TEFAF | New York | Fall will premiere in October and TEFAF | New York | Spring will premiere in May 2017 on the dates previously held by Spring Masters. Exhibitors in the 2016 edition of Spring Masters plan to mount their best exhibitions in anticipation of possible participation in the future TEFAF | New York fairs.

Spring Masters New York was founded as The Spring Show NYC in 2011. Inspired to bring innovation, museum-like quality and an international presence to the fair experience, Artvest Partners acquired The Spring Show NYC in late 2013. Artvest re-conceptualized and rebranded it to foster a dialogue on collecting emphasizing connoisseurship, curation, and the visitor experience. Spring Masters New York provides audiences with an opportunity to engage with exceptional works of art and design across cultures and geographic regions, including important 20th century objects. The third edition of Spring Masters New York will take place in May 2016, after which the fair’s existing dates and location will be used for TEFAF | New York | Spring in May 2017.