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This year's The Armory Show opened yesterday to media and VIP, revealing the booths of galleries from around the world on Piers 92 and 94. While Pier 92 focuses on Modern art, Pier 94 has Contemporary art and a section at the entrance for Focus: China. While many pieces caught our eye, we narrowed it all down to 50 Must-See Pieces at the Armory Show 2014.
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Cory Arcangel, Wedding Crashers/Lakes (2014)
Gallery: Lisson Gallery (601)
Jon Rafman, New Age Demanded (Pocketed Magnetite Black) (2014)
Gallery: Zach Feuer Gallery (821)
Theaster Gates, Bitch, I Made this Pot (2013)
Gallery: Whitechapel Gallery (833)
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Gallery: Baró Galeria
Kyunghwan Kwon, Occidental Explosion (2014)
Gallery: One and J. Gallery (854)
David Renggli, "You, can you recommend your psychiatrist?" (2012)
Gallery: Valentin (857)
Laurent Grasso, "Studies into the past" (2012)
Gallery: Valentin (857)
Dwyer Kilcollin, Backpack, Lorrain (2014)
Gallery: M + B (788)
Harold Ancart
Gallery: C L E A R I N G (775)
Jose Dávila and Ignacio Uriarte
Gallery: Figge von Rosen Galerie
Hayal Pozanti
Gallery: Jessica Silverman Gallery (761)
Rafael Rozendaal
Gallery: Postmasters Gallery (760)
Unknown
Gallery: Gavlak Gallery (855)
John O'Connor, Love Letters (Diptych) (2013)
Gallery: Pierogi (752)
Andrew Ohanesian, Dollar Bill Acceptor (2014)
Gallery: Pierogi (752)
Atsushi Kaga
Gallery: mother's tankstation (740)
Leila Pazooki, Democracy (2014)
Gallery: Leila Heller Gallery (729)
Duncan Wylie, Chesterfield (2013)
Gallery: JGM Galerie
RETNA, Sensations Of A Distance Mark The Diameter Reached Through The Rotation of Matter of Fact (2013)
Gallery: Michael John Gallery (717)
Charles Avery
Gallery: Pilar Corrias (811)
Julian Opie, Verity walking in dress. 2. (2011)
Gallery: Kukje Gallery (704)
Cajsa von Zeipel, HOLES IN THE WALL (2014)
Gallery: Andréhn-Schiptjenko (707)
Aiko Hachisuka
Gallery: Eleven Rivington (813)
Paul Ramírez Jonas, Ventriloquist V (2013)
Gallery: Koenig & Clinton (523)
Kay Rosen, Murder Scene (2013)
Gallery: Sikkema Jenkins & Co. (517)
Vik Muniz, Portrait of the Artist Surrounded by Masks, after James Ensor (Pictures of Magazines 2) (2013)
Gallery: Sikkema Jenkins & Co. (517)
Unknown
Gallery: Galerie nachst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwalder (801)
Lynn Chadwick, Sitting Couple (1990)
Gallery: Blain | Southern (504)
Urs Fischer, Untitled (1997)
Gallery: Galerie Eva Presenhuber
Jonathan Meese, DR. FLASHDINGTHINGMING (ANTARKTIS DER KUNST: STRAMMSTEHEN) and DR. MINGTHINGFLASHDING (ARKTIS DER KUNST: GEHORCHE) (2013)
Gallery: Sies + Höke (804)
Marcel DuChamp, L.H.O.O.Q. (1919/1964)
Gallery: Sean Kelly (501)
Leandro Erlich, The Cloud - Rabbit (2013)
Gallery: Sean Kelly (501)
Lawrence Weiner, & Given & Replaced (2009)
Gallery: Lisson Gallery (601)
John Giorno, WE GAVE A PARTY FOR THE GODS AND THE GODS ALL CAME (2012)
Gallery: Max Wingram Gallery (605)
Serge Alain Nitegeka
Gallery: Marianne Boesky Gallery (604)
Tavares Strachan, Uriah McPhee (2013)
Gallery: Kavi Gupta
Yoan Capote, Analysis of Beauty (2010)
Gallery: Jack Shainman Gallery (921)
Olafur Eliasson, The Hut series (2012)
Gallery: i8 Gallery (609)
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
Gallery: Christopher Grimes Gallery (816)
Ahmed Mater, Ground Zero I (2012)
Gallery: Athr Gallery (782)
Brigitte Waldach, Disconnect (2014)
Gallery: Galleri Bo Bjerggaard (613)
Los Carpinteros, Mohawk rojo y amarillo (2013)
Gallery: Galerie Peter Kilchmann
Olivo Barbieri, Alps - Geographies and People #2 (2013)
Gallery: Yancey Richardson Gallery
Kati Heck, Deal! (2014)
Gallery: Tim Van Laere Gallery
Abigail Deville, Invisible Women (2012)
Gallery: Michel Rein (626)
Ai Weiwei, Swatter (2007)
Gallery: Parkett Editions (628)
Xu Qu, The Center of Faith (2013)
Gallery: Tang Contemporary Art (631)
He Xiangyu, 200g Gold, 62g Protein (2012)
Gallery: White Space (556)
Nadim Abbas, Zone (1) (2014)
Gallery: Gallery EXIT (546)
Chen Haiyan, I Won (2009)
Gallery: Ink Studio (542)