Home ARTnews Reviews Artist Debuts and Inspired Duos Define the Can’t-Miss Booths at Independent Gretchen Bender, 'TV Text & Image (PEOPLE WITH AIDS)' (1986) Courtesy of Sprüth Magers. © Gretchen Bender Estate. Far from the hubbub of Frieze’s monster midtown affair sits Independent, newly relocated to Pier 36, a 70,000-square-foot venue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. It remains the most refined offering in New York Art Week’s buffet of fairs, though the term “boutique” may soon feel strained: the new location is more than double the size of the fair’s former home at Spring Studios, accommodating an expanded roster of exhibitors and ambitions. (The venue’s architect, SO–IL, also designed Brooklyn’s Amant Foundation, and that same sleek sensibility translates well here.) Elizabeth Dee, the fair’s founder, told ARTnews that its eyes are on greater attendance and institutional influence; last year’s edition reported a 25 percent uptick in foot traffic.…