Seth Becker, Nude and Pheasant, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Venus Over Manhattan, New York.
Seth Becker, Hummingbird Moth, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Venus Over Manhattan, New York.
With solo booths such a prominent part of the fair, there are plenty of new perspectives and discoveries to be found, presented in depth by exhibiting galleries.
One such discovery is Venus Over Manhattan’s solo booth of works by Seth Becker. These textured, small-scale oil paintings—each paired with a postcard from the New York–based artist’s collection—capture mundane yet somewhat surrealistic scenes, such as Nude and Pheasant (2024), depicting a naked figure with a pheasant holding an envelope walking across the bed. All works are available for $20,000 each.
“I do love this fair; I love the diversity of it,” said the gallery’s founder Adam Lindemann. “I like fairs that are a little unpasteurized and unhomogenized. I like some of the art to just feel a little more from a source or a surprise. And a good thing about this fair is you walk around, and it’s full of surprises.”
