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On Mar. 27, the Armory Show kicks off its tenth presentation on Manhattan's West Side. This year, 160 galleries will set up on Pier 94 [through Mar. 30], the same venue that brought the fair together under a single roof last year. To celebrate its decade mark, the Armory has commissioned John Waters and Mary Heilmann to create limited edition commemorative prints. Waters and Heilmann were once represented by, respectively, Colin de Land and Pat Hearn, the Armory's late co-founders, and the sale of these prints will benefit the cancer foundation and the MoMA acquisition fund established in the dealers' names.

As usual, a number of satellite events will also take place, with three new fairs joining the roster. Partnering with the Armory, the Swiss-based invitational fair Volta [Mar. 27-30] makes its New York debut, after three years at Art Basel, at 7 W. 34th Street, opposite the Empire State Building. Unlike previous editions, Volta in New York will be organized as a curated exhibition by the directorial team of Amanda Coulson and Christian Viveros-Faune, with each of its estimated 50 exhibitors featuring a single artist. The Chicago-based Bridge Art Fair [Mar. 27-30], having previously appeared in Miami and London, will occupy the Tunnel, a converted railroad tunnel and former nightclub on West 27th Street in Chelsea. Art Fair Now [Mar. 27-30], which premiered in Miami last December, will be at Hotel 30/30 on 30th Street between Madison and Park.

Returning fairs include DiVA [Mar. 22-30], this year dispersed throughout Chelsea in shipping containers [for info go to divafair.com/ny_08/]; an invitation-only edition of Scope [Mar. 26-30] hosted again in a glass pavilion in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park; Pulse [Mar. 27-30] in a new location on Pier 40 on the Hudson; Red Dot [Mar. 27-30] at the Park South Hotel on East 28th Street between Park and Lexington; and Fountain [Mar. 27-31] just south of the Armory at 660 12th Ave. (L.A. Art in NY will not return this year.)

Taking advantage of the influx of visitors (and, more important, collectors), galleries in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn hope to lure fairgoers over the bridge on Saturday, Mar. 29, when they will stay open until 11 P.M. (For info see the RAW gallery guide published by the Williamsburg Gallery Association, available at Armory, Scope, Pulse and Fountain.) Additionally, and in conjunction with the final weekend of "Unmonumental," the New Museum's inaugural exhibition, over a dozen Lower East Side galleries will be open Sunday, Mar. 30, from noon to 6 P.M. Maps are available at the New Museum and participating galleries.

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