"After Mirage," a multimedia installation by Joan Jonas at Independent Projects. CreditEmon Hassan for The New York Times

The art fair has become a primary vehicle for viewing and selling art, but this doesn’t mean it’s a static form. Independent Projects, a hybrid art fair and exhibition installed in the former Dia Art Foundation space on West 22nd Street in Chelsea, is a welcome mutation. With 40 solo shows, it’s a fair this weekend, but on Monday, the gallerists’ tables will disappear, and docents (just as in museums) will arrive. Best of all for artists and students, the Independent is free.

Among the strong historical exhibitions on view is a project conceived by Yves Klein in the 1950s but unrealized until now. I won’t divulge the contents of his white box on a pedestal at the Dominique Lévy space, installed next to a small, signature IKB (International Klein Blue) painting of his. But the question heard most often around the fair is “Did you stick your hand inside the Yves Klein?”....Continue Reading

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