> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.urgentmatter.press/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Salon Art + Design turns 15 as Collectible New York moves in 20 blocks north - URL: https://www.urgentmatter.press/salon-art-design-turns-15-as-collectible-new-york-moves-in-20-blocks-north/ - Published: 2026-11-08T22:35:30.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-08T22:35:30.000Z - Description: At LES Collection, the back wall of the booth held photographs, sketches, paper cutouts, and color studies by Gianfranco Briceño. - Author: Adam Schrader - Tags: Market and Money, #public-access Salon Art + Design opened its 15th edition at the Park Avenue Armory on Wednesday with first-time exhibitors from Milan and Paris, the same week a second design fair, Collectible New York, set up about 20 blocks north. At least one chair drew a familiar complaint. It appeared built from two thick boxes, with a flat seat and a back tilted against it. The chair was covered on every side in heavy, graffiti-like smears of paint. "My granddaughter could make a chair like that," a fairgoer said at Salon Art + Design. A woman visiting the fair with her son and granddaughter on Saturday morning made the remark within earshot of Urgent Matter and repeated it when asked. She requested anonymity. [Tariffs keep longtime galleries out of Salon Art + DesignAt least 13 exhibitors with bases outside the United States that showed at the collectible design fair in 2025 are not on this year's list.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3c/26/3c26cf7a-2384-4a8d-82e1-f44702177698/content/images/icon/urgent-matter-icon-a2f14d8a-08e3-4896-8eef-9ade14b9f6e3.jpg)Urgent MatterAdam Schrader![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3c/26/3c26cf7a-2384-4a8d-82e1-f44702177698/content/images/thumbnail/salon-preiew-1-4662b3be-ca5a-4e18-9a11-62c281bfee92.jpg)](https://www.urgentmatter.press/tariffs-keep-longtime-galleries-away-from-salon-art-design-director-says/) Her son said he came to the collectible design fair at the Park Avenue Armory because it is close by. He called the event “lovely” but hadn't found anything to take home yet. Salon's 15th edition, which ended Sunday, featured 44 galleries and 12 special design exhibitions. Collectible New York, a fair for 21st-century design that also holds an edition in Brussels, [moved its third New York edition](https://www.urgentmatter.press/polish-government-covers-most-of-warsaw-gallerys-collectible-new-york-budget/) to the same week. Asked what returning visitors would notice this year, Nicky Dessources, Salon's executive director, said in written answers to Urgent Matter that the fair aimed to bring in new galleries. [Add Urgent Matter on Google](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=urgentmatter.press&ref=urgentmatter.press) "I don't want visitors to feel they're seeing the same fair year after year," she said. "I want them to discover something new, whether it's an artist, a gallery, or an entirely different collecting category they may not have considered before." The Milan gallery [Sofia Zevi](https://www.sofiazevi.com/?ref=urgentmatter.press), one of the newcomers, paired 20th-century Italian design with new work. Its price list includes a pair of P22 chairs Luigi Caccia Dominioni designed for Azucena in 1965, at $15,000, and a table lamp Tito Agnoli designed for Oluce in 1962, also $15,000. A 1956 suspension lamp by Massimo Vignelli for Venini is $10,000\. Blown-glass pieces by Akira Hara run $12,000 to $14,000. ## Sign up for Urgent Matter This article is provided free with the support of paying subscribers. Not ready for a paid subscription? Sign up for a free account today. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. The booth also showed lights by The Back Studio, a design duo Haas, who staffed the booth, said is based in Turin, Italy, with one member from Mumbai. The lights combine hardware and industrial parts with glass tubes. One, *Assemblage No. 47*, uses a yellow Murano glass tube filled with argon, the gallery's catalog shows. "They don't work with drawings or sketches, but they just build," Haas said. Charles Oudin, a Paris watch and jewelry house founded in 1797, is also showing at Salon for the first time. "It made a lot of sense to bring a heritage brand from Paris," said Jasmine Bapic of Charles Oudin. The fair, Bapic said later, is "a really good place to showcase our craft." [Mark de la Vega brings quill chairs to Salon after fireThe Brooklyn designer got his booth when another exhibitor dropped out.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3c/26/3c26cf7a-2384-4a8d-82e1-f44702177698/content/images/icon/urgent-matter-icon-e6a5f97a-119a-435e-ade3-fcaccdb8a2c2.jpg)Urgent MatterAdam Schrader![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3c/26/3c26cf7a-2384-4a8d-82e1-f44702177698/content/images/thumbnail/de-la-vega-preview-281006e4-ccd7-48a0-b851-93131f50e319.jpg)](https://www.urgentmatter.press/mark-de-la-vega-brings-porcupine-quill-chair-eggshell-chessboard-to-salon-after-studio-fire/) She said the house also showed this year at the Palm Beach show in February and at the San Francisco Fall Show. Charles Oudin's website says [it has exhibited](https://www.charlesoudin.com/?ref=urgentmatter.press) at the Doha Jewelry and Watches Exhibition every year since 2004. "We're also present in the Middle East, so we have to split our time and travel is a lot of work," Bapic said. The fair's jewelers range from [Mellerio](https://www.mellerio.fr/?ref=urgentmatter.press), a Paris house founded in 1613, to DYNE and VRAM, both listed as U.S. exhibitors. "I'm particularly drawn to jewelers whose work goes beyond traditional adornment and can be appreciated as art in its own right," Dessources said. At LES Collection, a New York gallery representing about 40 artists, the back wall of the booth held photographs, sketches, paper cutouts, and color studies by Gianfranco Briceño. Briceño is a [Peruvian ceramicist and photographer](https://lescollection.com/blogs/journal/in-the-studio-with-gianfranco-briceno?ref=urgentmatter.press) who works in São Paulo, the gallery's website says. "He started his career as a photographer, so he'll often work from his photographs and move to sketch and then to the cutouts, which he uses to create the appliques on the ceramic pieces," said Lauren Sands, the gallery's founder. Sands said Briceño models his studio on the work of the German art historian Aby Warburg, whom she called "sort of like the father of what you think of as the mood board." She said he also draws on Greek mythology, classicism and Jean Cocteau. "A lot of people have commented that it feels really different from the rest of the booths here," Sands said. "A lot more loose and playful." The tables in the booth were by Richard Baronio, a sculptor in Kingston, New York, who Sands said made fine art for five decades, including monumental outdoor sculpture, before he began making functional pieces for LES Collection three years ago. The gallery's website says he [welds stainless steel rods](https://lescollection.com/blogs/journal/behind-the-scenes-with-richard-baronio?ref=urgentmatter.press) into his sculptural objects. "And it's really an extension of his fine art practice," Sands said. Asked which booth best showed the fair's mix of art, design, fashion and craft, Dessources did not name one. "When Salon first launched, fine art had a stronger presence than design," Dessources said. "Over time, that balance shifted as collectible design became a more defining part of the fair's identity." Dessources suggested a first-time collector start with small items. "For someone beginning a collection, I would encourage looking at smaller objects, ceramics, or books as possible starting points," she said. The British bookseller Potterton Books was among this year's exhibitors. Exhibitors also included the antiquities dealer Phoenix Ancient Art and James Stephenson African Art. Dessources said a committee of independent specialists checks each work's authenticity, attribution, condition and ownership history. "Exhibitors are expected to provide supporting documentation, and when questions arise, our specialists can request additional information before a work is approved," she said. "Of course, establishing the complete history of an object isn't always straightforward, particularly with works that have passed through different collections over many decades." *Urgent Matter is reader-supported. Please* [*consider subscribing*](https://www.urgentmatter.press/mta-first-amendment-museum-of-sex-bus-ads/#/portal) *to support independent arts journalism.*