NEW YORK.- Artfairs, Inc. has announced that Photo New York 2006, the Third Annual International New York Photographic Art Exposition, will be held at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street , October 5th-8th. The exhibition will feature examples of the finest contemporary photography and photo-based art including video and digital art. The New York showing is one of a number of highly anticipated exhibitions produced by Artfairs, Inc. including: photo Los Angeles ; photo San Francisco ; photo Miami and art Los Angeles.

To open Photo New York 2006, a preview reception will be held the evening of Thursday, October 5th, from 6:00-9:00pm, with the proceeds to benefit the Rubin Museum of Art, the first museum in the Western world dedicated to Himalayan art. Benefit tickets are $60 per person and include a one-time visit to the Rubin Museum of Art as well as a one-day pass to Photo New York 2006.

“As the producer of Photo New York, I am pleased that we will have a large number of newer galleries with exciting work from up-and-coming artists,” says Stephen Cohen, president of Artfairs, Inc. “Photo New York 2006 promises to be a visual feast for collectors, curators and critics alike.”

More than 40 exciting galleries and private dealers, representing international photographers and artists from the United States , will exhibit at Photo New York 2006. Confirmed exhibitors to date include The International Center for Photography (ICP) and New York galleries Magnum Photo, ClampArt, Cohen Amador Gallery, Metaphor Contemporary Art Gallery, Daneyal Mahmood, and Peer Gallery; Los Angeles gallery Stephen Cohen Gallery; and several galleries from abroad including Galerie Caprice Horn of Berlin, Galleria PaciArte Contemporary of Italy, and 640 480, a video collective based in Canada. Works by Carrie Mae Weems, David Levinthal, Pieter Hugo, Hank Willis Thomas, Ken Ohara, Rachell Mozman, Jessica Todd Harper and Taiji Matsue promise to be among the artistic highlights of the art fair.