Two Off-Kilter Satellite Fairs Offer a Welcome Detour from Frieze Week Frenzy

It’s easy this New York Art Week to get swept up in the Frieze and TEFAF of it all, with their blue-chip artists, mega-gallery exhibitors, and seven-figure sales. But away from the well-trodden hotbeds of the Shed and the Park Avenue Armory, two smaller fairs, Esther II and Conductor, offer a refreshing tonic for the overwhelmed art lover.In Murray Hill, Esther II, which runs through Saturday, is back for its second edition. The scrappy art fair returns to the almost-too-charming Esto