The ADAA Fair Is Back, and Sometimes Smaller Really Is Better

Art fairs should do two things: let visitors see art, ideally stuff they haven’t seen before, and help dealers sell that art to people who want to buy it. Simple enough. And yet, somewhere along the way, fairs became so enormous that seeing everything on offer began to feel like an endurance sport.That’s one reason the newly rechristened Art Dealers Association of America Fair, which opened Thursday night at the Park Avenue Armory, was such a pleasure. With just 63 exhibitors, it’s small e