NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--From October 28 to November 1, the best art dealers from around the world will come together for the biggest art event in New York. This year marks the second annual showing of the world renowned TEFAF NEW YORK art fair (Fall edition) in New York at the historical Park Avenue Armory. The inaugural fair last year was a grand success with Phoenix Ancient Art building a miniature Roman Pantheon as their stand design, featuring cornices, niches, vitrines, and of course the glowing oculus from the center of the dome, all reminiscent of the interior of the famous Roman temple. This year Hicham Aboutaam is bringing that stand back to life with a new flavor all covered by glass. Think Apple store (AAPL) meets the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with a color scheme derived from the colors of different ancient stones such as porphyry, pink marble, giallo antico, breccia, alabaster, and white and red granite. The Dutch master stand-builder, Stabilo, has chartered new territory with this concept.
Absorbed by the colorful display will be treasures, big and small, from the ancient world of Greece and Rome, Egypt and the Balkan peninsula. One of the highlights is a masterful Roman Splashed glass bottle with two handles, formerly in the Benzian collection of Lucerne, Switzerland. The technique of splashed glass with sprinkled seeds of beautiful color was celebrated in the early Imperial times, especially during the Julian-Claudian period of the 1st century A.D. Certainly intended for the wealthy classes of society, such vessels would have been inspired by the famous "millefiori" molded vases, which were also luxury items: for a rather similar aesthetic and equally unique result, the creation of splashed vessels was simplified and accelerated thanks to the use of the blowing cane.
Hicham Aboutaam is thrilled to bring the colors of the splashed glass to the colorful TEFAF Pantheon and he adds, “It’s fascinating to discover our intact and stunning splashed glass bottle with is dazzling colors when we know of fragments found in sites in the Alpine regions of Northern Italy, and the Swiss areas of Ticino and Vindonissa, where different Roman legions were stationed during the reign of emperors Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius.”
TEFAF NY will be open at the Park Avenue Armory, New York from 12pm–8pm on October 28, 30 & 31 and from 12pm-6pm on October 29 and November 1, Stand 73.
The Opening Night on Friday October 27 is to benefit The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering and offers the members, New York’s most notable collectors, philanthropists and leaders in fashion and design an exclusive and private evening preview of the fair’s sensational pieces before it opens to the public the following day. Proceeds from The Opening Night will benefit The Society’s patient care, research and education programs at MSK. The evening is also sponsored by Natura Bissé.
ABOUT PHOENIX ANCIENT ART
With galleries in New York City (Electrum) and Geneva, Switzerland, Phoenix Ancient Art is one of the world's leading dealers in rare and exquisite antiquities with a focus on Greek and Roman, Near Eastern and Egyptian art. Its works of art have been acquired by world-class museums around the world, as well as by private collectors. Phoenix Ancient Art is a second-generation family business that was founded by Sleiman Aboutaam in 1968 and continues today under the leadership of his sons, Hicham and Ali Aboutaam.
For more information contact info@phoenixancientart.com or visit www.phoenixancientart.com.