Now in its second year, AD 20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries is proud to announce that it will now also include the 10th Annual Boston Print Fair. AD 20/21 producers Tony Fusco and Robert Four will supplement AD 20/21’s already spectacular selection of 20th and 21st Century dealers in fine art, furniture, jewelry, and decorative arts with a lineup of select print dealers offering Old Master to Contemporary works on paper. For show and exhibitor information, please call 617-363-0405 or visit www.AD2021.com.
The show takes place at The Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts. This historical exhibition hall is location in the heart of Boston's South End in a complex that includes the Boston Ballet School, four theatres, artists' studios, restaurants, a jazz club, and more. The Cyclorama has become a mecca in Boston for the arts, and is also the location for Fusco & Four's annual Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS), which has been running for 12 yeas.
The show opens Thursday, March 26, with a Gala Preview from 5:30- 9:30pm, with all proceeds benefiting Boston Architectural College (BAC), New England's largest independent, accredited college of spatial design. Last year's Gala was attended by more than 550 people and raised over $150,000 for the BAC. The show continues Friday, March 27 from 1-9pm, Saturday, March 28 from 11am-8pm, and Sunday, March 29, from 11am-6pm. Weekend admission is $15 for adults, under 12 free and includes admission to all of the special programs, lectures and panel discussions at the fair.
“We are excited about this new concept for our show,” comments AD 20/21 co-producer Tony Fusco. “Following the success of the IFPDA print fair's incorporation into the Los Angeles Art Fair, we’re looking forward to a synergistic relationship with the Boston Print Fair, one we hope will blossom even further in years to come.”
Select print exhibitors and galleries will offer a wide array of works on paper. Attendees will enjoy a wide selection including American, European and Japanese prints, drawings, watercolors, pastels, and other works on paper spanning all genres and styles.
Print Fair exhibitors include Center Street Studios (MA), Egenolf Gallery (CA), A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts (ME), Gargoyle Gallery Fine Prints & Books (MA), Muskat Studios (MA), Piscataqua Fine Arts & Printmaking Studio (NH), R.E. Lewis and Daughter (CA), Riverhouse Editions (CO), Scriptum, Inc. (CA), Thomas G. Boss Fine Books (MA)
Launched in 2008, AD 20/21 captured imaginations and drew close to 3,000 people in its first year on the Boston show scene. With exhibitors from across the United States and Europe, the show features 20th-21st century works in all disciplines, representing major movements such as Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, Art Deco, and Mid-Century Modern. Notably, the show also includes outstanding 21st century studio furniture, glass, ceramics, decorative arts, jewelry, and more.
"We think it is important to show the continuum of design and fine art from earlier periods to the present," notes Fusco. "Collectors are introduced
