There is a rich tradition of art fairs taking place in hotels. The Armory Show debuted at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York some three decades ago. More recently, New York has seen the Dependent and the Fridge, whose names riffed on Independent and Frieze, respectively. There’s also the Felix Art Fair in Los Angeles and the Hotel Warszawa Art Fair in Poland’s capital.
Now one is being planned at a hotel that is about three hours by car from New York and Boston.
The by-invitation Arrival Art Fair, in North Adams, Massachusetts, will stage its first edition from June 13 to 15, 2025, with about 30 exhibitors. If you have heard of this tiny burg (population 13,000) in the scenic Berkshire Mountains, it’s probably in the context of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), the sprawling arts complex that calls it home. But you also may have heard of the area’s great natural beauty and its wealth of cultural institutions, two major draws that could help make the fair a success...
