Governors Island
Quadrangle Rd
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Governors Island from the air
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Opens Saturday Sep 5, 2009 (3–6pm)
Sep 5, 2009 – Sep 27, 2009
Saturdays–Sundays (11am–6pm)
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The Second Annual Governors Island Art Fair, curated by the 4heads Collective, launches September 5, presenting a selection of work by more than 150 artists to the public for free. The site of a former military compound, Governors Island is a five-minute ferry ride (also free) from lower Manhattan, and comprises 22 acres of 18th-century fortifications, pre-Civil War arsenal buildings, Victorian and Romanesque Revival housing, early 20th-century neo-classical architecture, and a killer viewpoint of Lady Liberty. An abandoned army barracks houses the art fair's paintings, photographs, sculpture, video, and sound and object installation pieces, all of which paint a varied picture of the New York contemporary art scene.
