Friday, Jul 11, 2025 at 11:00am
Schedule of Events:
Session 1: VIP Collectors Day Opening
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
de Kooning & Pollock Pavilions
An opportunity to view and select artworks prior to public opening on Saturday. Featuring live music, tastings and receive an Official HFAF handsome cotton tote bag (while supplies last). Benefit from off-peak traffic time. Enjoy outdoor lunch from our 3 food sources.
Docent Gene Seidman 45-minute guided tour with headsets
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
VIP Lounge
45-minute expert-led tour with docent Gene Seidman, with headset and music. One tour is offered for every time slot. Fee $20pp, limited to 20 per tour. All tours start 30 minutes after the beginning of each time slot. (For example, if your time slot begins at 11am, tour begins 11:30 am from the VIP Lounge).
Interview with artist Yigal Ozeri
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Corridor Contemporary booth 348
Rick Friedman interviews the legendary Israeli photorealism artist, Yigal Ozeri, 68, known for his young women amidst natural settings, such as rain forests and deserts. His amazingly detailed works have a subtle tone of fantasy and allegory. His work is almost indistinguishable from a photograph.
Session 2: VIP Collectors Day Opening
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
de Kooning & Pollock Pavilions
Last chance to view and select artworks prior to the public opening on Saturday. Featuring live music, tastings and receive an Official HFAF handsome cotton tote bag (while supplies last). Opportunity to enjoy dinner from our 3 food sources.
Meet Hunt Slonem - With book signing
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Grenning Gallery booth 148
Rick Friedman interviews the renowned artist Hunt Slonem. He is immediately recognized for his distinctive neo-expressionist style, focusing on exotic birds, rabbits, and butterflies. All with a lightness of being. His repetitive figures, in brilliant colors, fill the composition. His work is in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including The Guggenheim, The Whitney and MoMA.
Young Collectors Night Party
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
VIP Lounge
Hosted by Leo Braudy, Netflix Reality star
A high-powered mixer with members of Young Collector committees from several prestigious NYC area museums, individual collectors under 40, are invited. Enjoy spirits tastings at this convivial celebration of connoisseurship.
(You must have a VIP ticket to attend this event)
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