Welcome back to the Week in Review! What's that, you ask? Every Friday we look back on the highlights of the week, point out some great things we saw on the internet and drop hints about what the future holds.

ART FAIR SURVIVAL KITS FOR EVERYONE!
Look at all those smiling faces above! Yesterday team 20x200 hit the fairs to give away our Art Fair Survival Kits where—we're pleased to report—they practically flew out of our hands and into yours.

Today you'll find us at:
+ The BAM Booth (P-7) at PULSE
+ The Blind Spot Booth at The Armory, Pier 92 (12th Avenue & 55th Street), near the entrance
+ SCOPE: look for us around the fair handing out totes!

There will also be totes for all at tonight's Hey, Hot Shot! opening at JBG (more on that below). Check out our Jen Bekman Projects Tumblr for all the photos of AFSKs spotted in the wild.

A HUGE thanks to all the awesome companies + peoples who have contributed to the survival kit: Popcorn Indiana, Coca Cola, Kevin Murphy, Elemis, Daily Candy, 'wichcraft, and Robert Verdi!

Another HUUUGE thank you to everyone who has tweeted, blogged, and twitpic'd our Art Fair Survival Kits so far! You guys rule.

TONIGHT: Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 Second Edition Exhibition
Opening Reception: Friday, March 5th 6pm - 8pm
March 6 – March 20th, 2010
Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring St. (btwn. Elizabeth and Bowery)

We hope that you'll tear yourself away from the fairs for an hour or two this evening to stop by the opening of our Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 Second Edition Exhibition tonight at 6 p.m. at Jen Bekman Gallery.

TOMORROW: The Upside to the Downside Armory Panel with Jen
On Saturday, the 6th, Jen will participate in a panel with Joshua Adler of Adler Development, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz of Coplan Hurowitz Art Advisory and Thomas Solomon of his eponymous LA-gallery on the topic of "The Upside to the Downside: Young Collectors in the Global Market." The panel will be moderated by Lindsay Pollock of Art Market Views and address the myriad opportunities available to collectors in the art market today.

The Upside to the Downside: Young Collectors in the Global Market
Time: Saturday, March 6; 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: The Armory Show, Open Forum Lounge, Pier 92 (12th Avenue & W. 55th Street)

SUNDAY: Jen speaking at SMart CAMP
On Sunday, March 7th, from 2:30 - 3:15 p.m., Jen will speak on The Value of Building Community alongside Yancey Stricker of Kickstarter, Charlie Festa of Threadless/skinnyCorp and Anda Corrie of Etsy about each of the models these companies have undertaken to create their own circle of support.

Our previous post has more details on how to register for that.

New Editions

This week we had the pleasure of bringing you two hilarious editions. On Tuesday, just in time for the art fairs, came William Powhida's satirical Why You Should Buy Art (otherwise known as buying art for all the wrong reasons) making a splash among collectors, bloggers, and twitterers. It quickly sold out in all but one size so run, don't walk, and pick one up! On Wednesday, we released a Landon Nordeman edition titled Nice Pants—yes, really. Even though I knew the edition was coming, when I saw the announcement in my inbox I still laughed out loud. "Who doesn't love a man in zany pants?" says our very own Philae Knight in the newsletter.

Why You Should Buy Art by William Powhida	Nice Pants by Landon Nordeman

20x200 News

• This week's New Yorker cover was illustrated by Mark Ulriksen, inside is a feature mentioning Nina Berman, and Curtis Mann is included in an online slideshow. It's a 20x200 triple threat!


• “Wait, if all your 20x200 prints are gone, does it finally make you a sellout?” wrote Hrag Vartanian. “I’ve been waiting to call you that.” — Katya Kazakina reports for Bloomberg on this week's William Powhida edition.


• Our friends at Artlog have partnered with Flavorpill, NY Art Beat and us to open up voting for the People's Choice Award to all the fairs across Armory Arts Week so you can select your favorite exhibition. Vote for your Armory favorites at vote.artlog.com!


• Ky Anderson, Jason Jagel, and over 100 other amazing artists were asked to create new work on an 8.5 x 11 sized piece of paper for PAPER!AWESOME! at Baer-Ridgway Exhibitions.


• I got the chance to check out Paula McCartney's show Birdwatching at Klompching Gallery last night, and I can't recommend it highly enough. If you can't make it out to DUMBO, be sure to check out our writeup of the show.


• Don Hamerman's photographs of found baseballs were featured this week on Hall Ready, a blog about how to display art. We're lucky to have six of these awesome photos from this series available as 20x200 editions!


• Interior design blog 2 By Design pairs a William Powhida print with a selection of colorful decorations and a color-coded library.


• Brain Pickings, a website which curates "eclectic interestingness" has given 20x200 the top spot in their guide to buying "sticker-shockless" art online. "Wonderfully user-friendly and meticulously curated, 20x200 is an absolute treat.

That's it for this week, collectors—we're off to the fairs to hand out some more Art Fair Survival Kits!