I went over to Pulse New York tonight with a co-worker and spent about 90 minutes looking at art.  According to the marketing materials -

“…PULSE, is a biannual invitational contemporary art fair, that will coincide with The Armory Show February 22-25, 2007. The Fair has been created to bridge the gap between established and alternative art fairs and will feature a range of international galleries that have strong and consistent exhibition programs and aesthetics. PULSE requests that participating galleries articulate their program in a curatorial manner.”

Of the 7 shows/fairs I could attend today I passed on Red Dot because it was too expensive (75 dollars tonight) while Pulse New York costs 15 dollars.

I looked at the sponsers for many of the shows (4 out of 7) and would probably have picked Fountain NY if I had to do over again.

I’m just wondering if the shows leach away potential customers?