Katy Diamond Hamer shares her Top Picks for The Armory Show Pier 94 for 2017. Under the direction of Benjamin Genocchio, the Armory Show has a total of 210 exhibitors between Pier 92 (Modern) and Pier 94 (Contemporary) and with several interactive booths and many galleries participating for the first time -including Galerie Joseph Tang from Paris and Galeria Moises Perez De Albeniz from Madrid. It is as always the highlight of New York Art Week. Open to the public until Sunday March 5th, 2017 until 6pm, below are our Top Ten picks, giving visitors the opportunity to span the globe through the conglomerate of an art fair, without having to leave the island of Manhattan.

Glenn Kaino at Kavi Gupta, Chicago

Glenn Kaino, “Rebris” 2016, Installation view at Kavi Gupta, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Caweizell for ETTD, 2017

Glenn Kaino, “Rebris” (Detail) 2016, Installation view at Kavi Gupta, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Caweizell for ETTD, 2017

Kehinde Wiley, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris/Brussels

Kehinde Wiley, Left to Right: Duchess of Alba/Mary, Countess Howe/Mr. Walter Strickland, All oil on canvas, 2016-2017, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris/Brussels, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Cawiezell for ETTD, 2017

Project by Fiete Stolte, Presented by Albertz Benda, New York

This project allowed the sitter to photograph their own eye in a photo booth. The result was an option to acquire a small black and white photograph, self-portrait for $100 and by March 3rd, over 300 had been sold.

“Transit” In-situ photo Project by Fiete Stolte, Presented by Albertz Benda, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Cawiezell for ETTD, 2017 (Katy Diamond Hamer, activating eye the self-portrait)

Talia Chetrit, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf

Talia Chetrit, Plastic Nude, Inkjet print, 2016, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Cawiezell for ETTD, 2017

Cerith Wyn Evans, White Cube, London

Cerith Wyn Evans, “…later on they are in a garden…” 2007, Edition of 3, Neon, White Cube, London, Photograph by Ben Cawiezell for ETTD, 2017

Shannon Bool, Benedikt Hipp, Inge Mahn at Kadel Willborn, Dusseldorf

Shannon Bool (Photographs, 2016, background left), Benedikt Hipp (Painting, 2016, background right), Inge Mahn, (The Swing, 1974) Kadel Willborn, Dusseldorf, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Caziewell for ETTD, 2017

Doug & Mike Starn, Wetterlin Gallery, Stockholm

Doug and Mike Starn Record installation (with sound, light, painting) at Wetterlin Gallery, Stockholm, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Cawiezell for ETTD, 2017

DRIFT, Presented by Artsy

“Concrete Storm” Mixed Reality Environment by DRIFT, Presented by Artsy, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Cawiezell for ETTD, 2017

Michael Williams, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

Michael Williams, 4, Inkjet on canvas, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Cawiezell for ETTD, 2017

Michelangelo Pistoletto & Paolo Canevari, Galleria Cardi, Milano

Michelangelo Pistoletto (background, left) and Paolo Canevari (framed wall pieces and pedestals), Installation view at Cardi Gallery, Milano, The Armory Show, Photograph by Ben Cawiezell for ETTD, 2017

Katy Diamond Hamer is the Founding Editor in Chief of Eyes Towards the Dove. She has been writing on contemporary art and culture since 2007. For more, follow her on Instagram @katyhamer

This is photographer/videographer Ben Cawiezell’s first time shooting for Eyes Towards the Dove. For more of his work visit this link.