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The Winter Show is an annual art, antiques, and design fair organized by East Side House Settlement and held at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. [1] All net proceeds from the fair benefit East Side House Settlement, which provides education, technology training, and college opportunities to residents of the Bronx and Northern Manhattan.

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The Winter Show is a ten-day event held each year at the Park Avenue Armory. In 2024, The Show celebrated its Platinum Jubilee (70th Anniversary) to become America's longest running art, antiques, and design fair. Each year, over seventy exhibitors from North America and Europe are featured. The New York Times describes the show as a “galaxy of colliding worlds,” with works ranging from Egyptian antiquities to postwar Italian art glass. [2]

All works are vetted by a committee of 150 experts for authenticity, date, and condition. [1]

History

The fair was first established in 1954 when two young antiques dealers, John Bihler and Henry Coger, suggested the creation of an antique show-fundraiser for East Side House Settlement to the charity's co-director Grace Lindquist. [3] Their proposal came days after socialite Norris Harkness enlisted Lindquist's help to sell five Louis Vuitton trunks at the National Antiques Show, during which time Bihler and Coger witnessed Lindquist's acumen for antiques. [4] On Monday, January 24, 1955, the fair opened at the Seventh Regiment Armory with one hundred dealers from the East Coast. [5] By the end of the decade, The Winter Show was seen as the leading event of its kind in the United States. [3]

In 1970, the Show's first catalogue was produced, and the fair hosted a loan show of 19th-century American paintings and objects from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, reflecting a focus on American art at the fair. [3]

The fair's annual loan exhibitions promote the collections of American museums and have included loan shows from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New-York Historical Society, and Peabody Essex Museum.

In 1993, the vetting process that is still in use today was introduced.

In 1995, Arie L. Kopelman was named co-chair of The Winter Show.

In 2015, Lucinda C. Ballard and Michael R. Lynch joined Kopelman as co-chairs of The Winter Show.

In 2017, Arie L. Kopelman was named Chairman Emeritus of The Winter Show. Lucinda C. Ballard and Michael R. Lynch continue to serve as the Show's Co-Chairs. [6]

In 2018, Helen Allen was appointed The Winter Show's Executive Director. [7] Michael Diaz-Griffith is the Show's Associate Executive Director. [1]

In 2025, The Winter Show will return to the Park Avenue Armory to celebrate its 71st year.

Loan exhibitions

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