Our most-talked-about stories in Visual Art, March 4-8, 2013:
— ARTINFO spent most of the week at the Armory Show: Rachel Corbett and Julia Halperin noted the dominance of young artists at the marquee fair of New York’s Armory Week; we selected our favorite booths; Benjamin Genocchio picked out the best of the best; Matthew Drutt sought out the fair’s hidden gems; Judd Tully surveyed offerings on the Modern art side at Pier 92; Chloe Wyma picked out the best-dressed attendees; and Janelle Zara spotted Jay-Z and Beyoncé at MoMA’s Armory party.
— Meanwhile, uptown, Shane Ferro noted a nice mix of classic and contemporary offerings at the Art Show in the Park Avenue Armory, while Kristen Boatright offered a video tour of the ADAA’s fair.
— Sara Roffino found a surprisingly refined and subtle showcase on view at the satellite fair Scope, from which we picked our favorite booths and works.
— Elsewhere around Armory Week, Julia Halperin found a pleasant mix of heady and adventurous works at the Independent, and Benjamin Sutton perused the terrific presentation at the SPRING/BREAK Art Show’s sophomore outing.
— Rachel Wolff visited the studio of fast-rising Romanian painter Adrian Ghenie.
— LaToya Ruby Frazier discussed her upcoming solo show at the Brooklyn Museum.
— In the final section of our Innovators series, we looked at Fred Benenson’s project to translate Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” into emojis.
— Janelle Zara attended the Storefront for Art and Architecture’s opulent 30th anniversary gala.
— Céline Piettre took a closer look at Jesús Rafael Soto’s just-opened solo show at the Centre Pompidou.
— Architectural photographer Iwan Baan offered some insights into his process, and described what it’s like to shoot for Rem Koolhaas.