1 Saturday, 18 Galleries: The New Yorker Hosts Passport to the Arts

What with the sluggish economy and soaring airfares, our passport hasn’t seen the light of day for some time and is now threatening to sell its Smythson case on eBay. Our heady days of 4 a.m. gift shopping sprees at Keflavik International Airport may be a thing of the past, but The New Yorker is helping us feel better about the passport atrophy. This Saturday, November 12, is the magazine’s seventh annual Passport to the Arts, a gallery crawl, evening cocktail reception, and silent auction to benefit the CUE Art Foundation. A ticket ($45 here) gets you a “limited-edition passport” that each of the 18—and counting—SoHo and Chelsea galleries on the self-guided tour will stamp with a replica of a featured work of art. And with a list of participating galleries that includes David Zwirner (make the breathtaking Michaël Borremans exhibition your first stop), Jack Shainman, and Zach Feuer, this year’s Passport to the Arts promises to be quite a trip.

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