\u201cYou can focus on the negative, or you can look toward the positive,\u201d Kamiar Maleki, the art fair\u2019s new director, told\u00a0ARTnews<\/em>. \u201cWe are trying to recapture our momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n In October, Ramsay Fairs acquired Volta for an undisclosed sum, adding it to a portfolio that includes brands like Affordable Art Fair and Pulse Contemporary, both of which tend not to feature blue-chip works that can be seen at fairs like Art Basel and Frieze. The purchase came at the end of a fraught year for Volta, which last February canceled its 12th edition after construction issues forced the Armory Show to relocate a portion of its programming to the fair\u2019s venue. (Both fairs were previously run by Merchandise Mart Properties.) Outraged by the displacement, exhibitors worked with collector Peter Hort and dealers Quang Bao and David Zwirner to mount an\u00a0alternative exhibition<\/a>, Plan B, that took place at two of the latter gallerist\u2019s Chelsea spaces.<\/p>\n \u201cIt truly is an exhilarating time,\u201d said Maleki, a collector known for directing Contemporary Istanbul from 2016 to 2018. \u201cWe have focused the exhibitor list on a strong and diverse 50-plus galleries and have loosened up the solo-project mandate to offer participants greater liberty to stage their presentations as they would do so at their home galleries.\u201d<\/p>\n Volta 2020 will take place at Metropolitan West, which is located only a few blocks south of the piers where the Armory Show takes place. According to Maleki, the exhibition will look toward the fair\u2019s \u201cextended family\u201d and see the return of a handful of galleries after several years of absence. Among those coming back to the fair are Jonathan Ferrara Gallery (New Orleans), Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery (Santo Domingo), L\u00e9na & Roselli Gallery (Budapest), and Galerie Wenger (Zurich).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read the full article on ARTnews<\/a><\/p>\n View installation photos at susaneleyfineart.com<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.susaneleyfineart.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/DW2_9503-1024x683.jpg\")