Diego Romero
Golfer, 2004
earthenware
10.25 x 9.75 x 5"
collection SM’s- Stedelijk Museum’s- Hertogenbosch/ NL
Represented by CLARK+DELVECCHIO
Santa Fe, NM

Lino Tagliapietra
Nubia, 2010
glass
Represented by Holsten Galleries
Santa Fe, NM

John Tinker
Kumquat, 2008
Oil and encaustic on wood, epoxy resin
15.5 x 37 x 8"
Represented by Linda Durham Contemporary Art
Santa Fe, NM

Dealers and galleries at the second annual SOFA WEST: Santa Fe 2010 held July 8-11 at the Santa Fe Convention Center reported steady sales, most to new clients from all over the United States. Overall fair attendance climbed to 12,000 from 10,000 persons last year. An estimated 1800 persons attended Opening Night on July 7, which was a special member preview for the prestigious Museum of New Mexico Foundation and SOFA VIPs.

CHICAGO, May 17, 2010:  Long heralded as the nation’s premier fairs for outstanding contemporary decorative arts and design in New York and Chicago, SOFA’s 2nd annual Western edition, SOFA WEST: Santa Fe will run from Thursday, July 8 - Sunday, July 11, 2010 at the Santa Fe Convention Center. Opening Night, Wednesday, July 7, is an invitation-only Special Member Preview for the Museum of New Mexico Foundation and SOFA VIP Cardholders. Mark Lyman, Founder/Director of SOFA and President, The Art Fair Company says, “We are delighted to partner on Opening Night with the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, which will invite its upper-level donors to an early Special Member Preview, offering them first opportunity to purchase.”  Over 2,000 guests attended SOFA WEST’s inaugural Opening Night last year, with an estimated 10,000 visitors attending the fair during its four day run, exceeding Lyman’s projections by over 50%.  Plans are well underway for the SOFA WEST 2010 Lecture Series on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, free with paid admission to the fair, and the popular VIP Program for high-level clients of SOFA WEST participating galleries and SOFA WEST VIP Cardholders.

Chicago. Mark Lyman, President, The Art Fair Company, announced an expansion of The Museum of New Mexico Foundation's participation in the Opening Night Preview of the second annual Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair: SOFA WEST 2010 in Santa Fe, NM, Lyman says, "After the tremendous turnout of over 2000 persons at our first SOFA WEST preview gala last year, the Foundation plans an intimate, private Opening Night preview for its highest level supporters, inviting its Circles membership and Business Council to an exclusive, early viewing of the fair. These individuals and companies are the movers and shakers of Santa Fe and New Mexico's vibrant arts and culture. We are pleased to offer the Foundation a first-class art event for its most stalwart supporters and give them first opportunity to purchase.”

CHICAGO. Mark Lyman, Founder/Director of SOFA and President of The Art Fair Company, producer of the SOFA Fairs in Chicago, New York and Santa Fe, announced that the second annual SOFA WEST will move from its former June dates to July 8-11, 2010 at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. Lyman says, “These new dates will better position SOFA WEST in the international art fair calendar. And we are very excited to be joining Santa’s Fe high summer season of art.”

SOFA, so good

Local gallerists on the Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair
Can Santa Fe shoulder yet another high-end art event? According to some, the answer is a resounding "yes" as SOFA — the international exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art — makes its appearance at the Santa Fe Convention Center from Thursday, June 11, to Sunday, June 14 (with an opening-night preview on Wednesday, June 10). The annual art and design exposition originated in Chicago in 1994 and has been a yearly affair in New York City since 1998.
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Santa Fe, which celebrates its 400th anniversary next year, is one of the oldest cities in America. It also has one of the largest art markets in the country—either the third largest or the second largest, depending on whom you ask. Steeped in Native American, Spanish and Old West traditions, Santa Fe has long been known as the place for collectors to go for blue-chip art and objects in those fields. In recent years, though, the city’s art market has been transcending the regional, expanding to embrace the contemporary and the international. It’s now a world-class destination for collectors in a multitude of fields, and the best time to discover this richness is the summer season, with its cornucopia of cultural events, fairs and gallery shows.
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SOFA Sees City As Perfect Move West

When SOFA founder Mark Lyman began looking west to expand his prestigious show bridging fine art, decorative art and design, he found Santa Fe. 
    
Midwife to the Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair in both Chicago and New York, Lyman checked out Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. But none possessed the access and feeling of community he sought. Then an art gallery owner and collector steered him to New Mexico. 
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