"Old Masters, Impressionists, Renaissance, ancient art, it will all be there," says Victoria Siddall, director of the new Frieze Masters, in an interview with Natalia Rachlin for The International Herald Tribune in a preview of the fair.
Through Sunday: "Mira Nair Retrospective," a look at the Indian-born filmaker's work, including a preview of "Vanity Fair" with Reese Witherspoon on Sunday at 5 p.m.; Ms. Nair and the chief curator David Schwartz will be present.
WEDNESDAY -- A preview of the art fair "Modernism: A Century of Art and Design" will raise money for the educational and exhibition programs of the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Previewing Fine Prints WEDNESDAY -- A preview of the print fair at the Seventh Regiment Armory will raise money for acquisitions and publications of the prints and illustrated books department at the Museum of Modern Art.
Toasting the Outsiders THURSDAY -- A preview of the Outsider Art Fair at the Puck Building, where works of self-taught contemporary artists will be displayed, will raise money for exhibitions at the Museum of American Folk Art and for its educational programs for New York City schoolchildren.
Asian Art Fair THURSDAY -- The Asia Society will benefit from a preview of the International Asian Art Fair, at the Seventh Regiment Armory, on Park Avenue (67th Street).
Book Fair Preview FRIDAY -- A preview of the 14th annual New York Book Fair will feature drinks, a buffet and silent auction.
Quality of City Life WEDNESDAY -- A preview of the 20th-century art fair at the Seventh Regiment Armory will raise money for the Citizens Committee, which works with neighborhood and civic organizations to reduce crime, preserve the environment and improve the quality of life in New York.
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Mercedes will offer a preview of the concept this week in Los Angeles, at a multimedia art fair curated by Mike D of the Beastie Boys and organized by Jeffrey Deitch, the director of the city's Museum of Contemporary Art.
And yet, in a culture that has become increasingly obsessed with the admissions process, especially to premier colleges, it seems fair to ask whether giving middle-schoolers a preview of the PSAT and SAT also gives them a preview of the agita that awaits them.
