THE ARMORY SHOW

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MoMA

The Museum of Modern Art is hosting a party for The Armory Show 2009. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to dance at one of the world's best museums to a DJ set by Justin Miller of DFA Records and to watch a live concert by Manhattan experimental rock phenomenon Gang Gang Dance.

The New York Times recently raved that "Gang Gang Dance Goes from Cult Figures to a Band of the Moment," and the group is well known in art circles, having participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Justin Miller is a key figure in DFA Records, seminal purveyors of the Williamsburg Disco Punk sound.

Tickets begin at $100 and the party benefits the exhibition programming for MoMA and PS1. The party will be held at the museum on March 4, 2009, from 8:30 - 11:30 pm. A shuttle will be available from The Armory Show to MoMA from 6:00 to 8:30 pm.

The relationship between The Armory Show and MoMA stems back to 2001, the year in which the fair dedicated its opening day to the museum and in which the Pat Hearn Acquisition Fund at The Museum of Modern Art was founded.

Please visit MoMA.org for more information and to purchase tickets, or contact MoMA's Department of Special Programming and Events at 212.708.9680 or e-mail specialevents@moma.org

 

The Armory Show - International Fair of New Art

PIER 94
MARCH 5-8, 2009

The Armory Show – The International Fair of New Art, has been the world's leading art fair devoted exclusively to contemporary art since its introduction in 1999. The fair is the successor to the highly acclaimed Gramercy International Art Fairs that attracted thousands to their New York, Los Angeles and Miami shows between 1994 and 1998.

The Armory Show was first presented in February 1999 at the 69th Regiment Armory, the site of the now-legendary Armory Show of 1913 that introduced Modern art to America. The fair became part of the Merchandise Mart family in 2007. .

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