1. The Armory Show
#1 Art, Design & Architecture Event
Now the centerpiece on an entire Armory Arts Week featuring several smaller fairs, New York's largest art show welcomed 60,000 visitors this year. Next: March 4-9, 2014
Now the centerpiece on an entire Armory Arts Week featuring several smaller fairs, New York's largest art show welcomed 60,000 visitors this year. Next: March 4-9, 2014
Photo: Elk Studios LLC
2. Architectural Digest Home Design Show
#2 Art, Design & Architecture Event
With exhibits from more than 350 brands, the city's biggest home design show grew to more than 43,000 attendees this year. The table installations for Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS' Dining by Design continues to be one of the year's highlights for the design community. Next: March 2014
With exhibits from more than 350 brands, the city's biggest home design show grew to more than 43,000 attendees this year. The table installations for Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS' Dining by Design continues to be one of the year's highlights for the design community. Next: March 2014
Photo: Jude Domski
3. International Contemporary Furniture Fair
#3 Art, Design & Architecture Event
Marking its 25th anniversary in 2013, the 165,000-square-foot, four-day show brings in 26,000 design professionals and consumers. Next: May 18-22, 2013
Marking its 25th anniversary in 2013, the 165,000-square-foot, four-day show brings in 26,000 design professionals and consumers. Next: May 18-22, 2013
4. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards
#4 Art, Design & Architecture Event
Held at Pier Sixty on the Hudson River last fall, the design awards honor contributions to aesthetics and functionality across industries. Next: October 2013
Held at Pier Sixty on the Hudson River last fall, the design awards honor contributions to aesthetics and functionality across industries. Next: October 2013
Photo: Anna Sekula/BizBash
5. Dumbo Arts Festival
#5 Art, Design & Architecture Event (up from #6)
The city's largest consumer art event is across the river in Brooklyn with attendance topping 200,000 people annually. Next: September 27-29, 2013
The city's largest consumer art event is across the river in Brooklyn with attendance topping 200,000 people annually. Next: September 27-29, 2013
Photo: Jane Kratochvil/Courtesy of DUMBO Arts Festival
6. Open House New York
#6 Art, Design & Architecture Event (new to the list)
Founded as part of Architecture Week in 2003, the annual peek inside New York's least visited structural wonders now brings out 200,000 eager viewers. Next: October 12-13, 2013
Founded as part of Architecture Week in 2003, the annual peek inside New York's least visited structural wonders now brings out 200,000 eager viewers. Next: October 12-13, 2013
Photo: Nicolas Lemery Nantel
7. The Art Show
#7 Art, Design & Architecture Event
While the Art Dealers Association of America's big show doesn't attract as large a crowd as the concurrent Armory Show, it remains one of the city's most talked-about destinations for fine art fans. Next: March 2014
While the Art Dealers Association of America's big show doesn't attract as large a crowd as the concurrent Armory Show, it remains one of the city's most talked-about destinations for fine art fans. Next: March 2014
Photo: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com
8. The Affordable Art Fair
#8 Art, Design & Architecture Event (new to the list)
The average consumer's alternative to the high-end art show, the upstart event grew to 16,000 attendees in 2012 with more than $4 million worth of art sold. Next: October 3-6, 2013
The average consumer's alternative to the high-end art show, the upstart event grew to 16,000 attendees in 2012 with more than $4 million worth of art sold. Next: October 3-6, 2013
Photo: Courtesy of the Affordable Art Fair
