Collectible is moving to the Upper East Side for its third edition in New York, nestling the contemporary design fair snugly among the fabled institutions of Museum Mile. From Nov. 6–8, collectors, interior designers, and architects will convene at 210 East 86th Street in a former movie theater whose soaring ceilings lend the works on view a fitting sense of occasion.
Liv Vaisberg and Clélie Debehault founded Collectible in Brussels in 2018 as an alternative to the traditional fair format, offering an open, integrated space where galleries, design studios, institutions, and foundations could commingle. Debehault, an art and design consultant, came to the fair by way of the gallery world as director at esteemed names like Galerie Vedovi in Brussels and associate director at Galerie Templon in Paris. Vaisberg, a curator and artistic director, is a co-founder of Design Biennale Rotterdam and previously founded Huidenclub, another Rotterdam-based art and design space. The duo’s first two years in New York saw Collectible hosted at the buzzy WSA building in Manhattan, but for the founders, moving Uptown feels like growing up.
“The Upper East Side has always been one of New York’s great centers of art and culture, with an extraordinary concentration of museums, galleries, and collectors,” they shared in a statement. “Bringing Collectible here feels like a natural next step, placing contemporary design in dialogue with that legacy and reinforcing the neighborhood’s role at the center of the city’s cultural life.”
This year, two new curators have been brought on to help shape the next phase of the program. Alex Tieghi-Walker, a British-Italian curator, writer, and gallerist and the founder of Tiwa Select, heads the Curated Section with “Human Resources,” an exhibition exploring the late 20th-century appeal of the office space.
Harper’s Bazaar Executive Digital Director Lynette Nylander, who has held editorial roles at Dazed, i-D, and Teen Vogue, curates the Fashion Section, added to the lineup last year to examine the relationship between the world-building of runway and retail. Elsewhere, the Main section gathers galleries for perusal, New Garde highlights non-profit organizations and collectives working in unorthodox formats, and Bespoke showcases independent studios working in commissioned and made-to-order design. For those attending this year’s edition, arrive early—you won’t want to miss a single booth.
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