Global art fairs calendar: what’s coming through 2026
New markets are opening as the art-fair economy adjusts to higher costs and slower top-end sales.
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From Doha’s first-ever Art Basel Qatar in early 2026 to a growing number of mid-tier and regional fairs across Africa, Asia and Latin America, the global art-fair circuit is expanding but recalibrating.
Major fairs are under pressure as galleries confront higher costs and a cooling high-end market. The 2025 Art Basel Miami Beach fair already recorded at least eight gallery withdrawals from its main sector, raising concerns about the caliber of its lineup by the time it opens in December, according to ARTnews.
One of the galleries to withdraw, San Francisco’s Altman Siegel, announced it would close its doors in November, citing a slowing market. The decision underscored how even established dealers are reassessing the return on large-scale fair participation.
While the Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report 2025 found that global art-market sales fell 12% in 2024 to about $57.5 billion, driven largely by weakness at the top end, the same data shows that fairs remain central to collector behavior. High-net-worth collectors attended an average of six art fairs in 2024, unchanged from 2023 and slightly higher than in 2019, and 58% made purchases linked to fairs, up from 39% the previous year.
Overall attendance is stable, but participation appears to be shifting rather than shrinking. The share of collectors attending local fairs fell from 58% in 2019 to 50% in 2024–25, while enthusiasm for international travel and events in markets such as Brazil and the Persian Gulf rose. Nearly half of collectors, 48%, plan to attend more art events in 2026 than in 2025, according to the survey.
Dealer Miguel Abreu told ARTnews that skipping Miami this year was simply a trade-off after showing at Frieze Masters and Art Basel Paris. “Three fairs in the fall would be too much,” he said. “We have to be able to focus on the shows, and frankly, last year in Miami for us was less than stellar.”
U.S. trade policy under President Donald Trump is adding cost pressure. While most fine art remains excluded from the administration’s new import tariffs, shipping companies and galleries report higher expenses for design objects, mixed-media works and large-scale art-fair logistics.
These trends collectively point to a selective reshaping of the fair economy: blue-chip events are consolidating amid higher costs, regional fairs are engaging broader audiences, and collector participation through fairs remains resilient.
Below is an updated list of confirmed art fairs through December 2026, including both flagship and independent events. Dates are subject to change as organizers finalize 2026 calendars.
November 2025
ART X Lagos
Dates: November 6-9, 2025
Location: Federal Palace Grounds, Lagos, Nigeria
Website: https://www.artxlagos.com/
Summary: Established in 2016 by Tokini Peterside Schwebig, ART X Lagos is West Africa’s premier international art fair. The event works with leading galleries from Africa and the diaspora to showcase emerging artists and highlight contemporary social and cultural issues across the continent. The 2025 edition opens in Lagos just days after President Donald Trump threatened possible U.S. military strikes on Nigeria, lending unexpected geopolitical tension to this year’s fair week.
Art Cologne
Dates: November 7-9, 2025
Location: Koelnmesse Exhibition Center, Cologne, Germany
Website: https://www.artcologne.com/
Summary: Founded in 1967, Art Cologne is the world’s oldest fair devoted to modern and contemporary art. The 2025 edition will feature roughly 170 galleries from 24 countries presenting painting, sculpture, photography and digital media. Newcomers to this year’s fair include: London-based dealer Alex Flick and his gallery Gathering; Berlin’s Super Super Markt Gallery, founded in May 2023, and Galerie Molitor; Lucas Hirsch from Düsseldorf; Lehmann + Silva from Porto, Portugal; Will Aballe Art Projects from Canada; Silke Lindner from New York, and F2 from Madrid.
ART021 Shanghai
Dates: November 13-16, 2025
Location: Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China
Website: https://www.art021.org/
Summary: Founded in 2013, ART021 Shanghai is one of China’s oldest art fairs and brings together 139 participating galleries and projects from 50 cities across 22 countries and regions. This year’s edition brings in 33 newcomers, both prominent and emerging galleries. They include Grimm, Latitude Gallery x Long Story Short, Lisson Gallery, Nanzuka, Reflexion, ROH and Petitree. Organizers highlighted this year’s inclusion of Lisson Gallery as a show of the event’s “ascending global profile.” The event opens amid ongoing tariff and trade-policy uncertainty that has raised shipping costs for many international exhibitors, and its overlap with West Bund Art & Design once again turns Shanghai into a two-fair week drawing global collectors.
West Bund Art & Design
Dates: November 13-16, 2025
Location: West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, China
Website: http://www.westbundshanghai.com/
Summary: This year’s West Bund Art & Design will occupy five venues across Shanghai’s riverfront West Bund district, covering roughly 280,000 square feet. Nearly 200 galleries from 48 cities in 22 countries will participate, including 30 first-time international exhibitors such as Ark Kollekt, Studio Victor Miklos and Haus of Hu. More than 6,000 works by artists including Louise Bourgeois, Olafur Eliasson and Nicolas Party will be shown alongside large-scale installations, live performances and talks linking art, design and commerce.
December 2025
NADA Miami
Dates: December 2–6, 2025
Location: Ice Palace Studios, Miami, Florida, U.S.
Website: https://www.newartdealers.org
Summary: The 23rd edition of NADA Miami will bring together about 140 galleries and nonprofit spaces from more than 30 countries worldwide. Organized by the nonprofit New Art Dealers Alliance, the fair focuses on emerging and independent galleries and artist-run spaces. This year features 47 first-time exhibitors, including Brigitte Mulholland, Foundry Seoul, Post Times, McLennon Pen Co., Castle, Akiinoue and Chilli. The fair will also feature the return of a special section called Curated Spotlight, a selection of galleries organized by a renowned curator.
Art Basel Miami Beach
Dates: December 5–8, 2025
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida
Website: https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach
Summary: The 23rd edition of Art Basel Miami Beach remains the largest art fair in the Americas, featuring more than 270 galleries from 35 countries. This year’s main sector saw several high-profile withdrawals amid a slower market, though major international dealers including Gagosian, David Zwirner and White Cube will return. The fair anchors Miami Art Week with its survey of modern and contemporary works spanning painting, sculpture, photography and digital media.
Untitled Art, Miami Beach
Dates: December 3–7, 2025
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Website: https://www.untitledartfairs.com
Summary: Untitled Art will return to its beachfront tent for its 14th edition, hosting roughly 160 exhibitors from 29 countries and territories. This year, it announced it will debut a new sector, Artist Spotlight, dedicated to solo presentations and curated by interdisciplinary artist Petra Cortright, and expands the Nest section for emerging and people-of-color-run galleries.
Design Miami
Dates: December 3–7, 2025
Location: Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Website: https://www.designmiami.com
Summary: Marking its 20th anniversary year, Design Miami returns for its 21st edition under the curatorship of design historian Glenn Adamson. The 2025 fair will explore the theme "Make. Believe." and will survey avant-garde design from the past, present and future. The edition concludes a year-long global program that included satellite events in Aspen, Seoul and Paris.
January 2026
L.A. Art Show
Dates: January 7-11, 2026
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center
Website: https://www.laartshow.com/
Summary: The L.A. Art Show returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center for the fair’s 31st edition. Billed as Los Angeles’ largest and longest-running art fair, the event will feature more than 90 exhibitors under the direction of producer and director Kassandra Voyagis. The international gallery roster includes a notable presence from the United Kingdom, with four London-based galleries, and South Korea, with more than 10 participating galleries.
New for 2026, the fair introduces a Latin American Pavilion, curated by Marisa Caichiolo, aimed at expanding the fair’s global scope by spotlighting emerging artists from across Latin America. The pavilion centers on themes of memory, migration, and identity, positioning Latin American artistic production within a broader international market context.
The fair’s non-commercial platform, DIVERSEartLA, also curated by Caichiolo, returns with a program examining the influence of global biennials and art institutions on contemporary practice. The 2026 edition will feature five large-scale installations alongside a video presentation highlighting six international biennials, including those in Gwangju, South Korea, and Cuenca, Ecuador.
ART SG
Dates: January 23-25, 2026
Location: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Website: https://artsg.com/
Summary: The fair, which launched in 2023, coincides with Singapore Art Week and will welcome leading international and regional galleries from Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Americas. In a key development, the fair will host a major Southeast Asian art event called S.E.A. Focus, signalling a deeper commitment to the region’s art ecosystem.
London Art Fair
Dates: January 21-25, 2026
Location: Business Design Centre, London
Website: https://www.londonartfair.co.uk/
Summary: London Art Fair, now in its 38th year, will feature modern and contemporary galleries from the U.K. and around the world. Notably, the National Trust is the fair's museum partner this year and will bring surrealist and post-war abstract works and design from historic modernist homes 2 Willow Road and The Homewood, including pieces that have never left those sites.
BRAFA Art Fair
Dates: January 25 - February 1, 2026
Location: Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium
Website: https://www.brafa.art/en
Summary: The 71st edition of the BRAFA Art Fair, which is positioned early in the annual art market calendar, will feature nearly 150 galleries from 18 countries. Exhibited disciplines are diverse and include painting, sculpture, design, non-European arts, jewelry, manuscripts and tapestries, among other practices. A fundamental pillar of the event is its vetting process, which employs nearly 90 international experts to examine all displayed works. The experts review pieces for authenticity and provenance, which is intended to ensure a rigorous purchasing environment. The King Baudouin Foundation will serve as the guest of honor, presenting works from its collections on a larger stand. The foundation will also host a KBF Forum with daily concerts, conferences, and round table discussions.
February 2026
Zona Maco
Dates: February 4-8, 2026
Location: Centro Banamex in Mexico City, Mexico
Website: https://zsonamaco.com/en/inicio-english/
Summary: Latin America’s largest and most influential commercial art fair is expected to return to Mexico City in early February 2026, continuing its role as the region’s primary market anchor. The fair traditionally takes place at Centro Citibanamex and brings together a large international roster of galleries alongside strong representation from across Latin America.
As of now, full details for the 2026 edition—including exhibitor lists, curated sections and programming—have not yet been publicly announced. Based on previous editions, the fair is expected to again combine its contemporary art core with parallel sections dedicated to design, photography and antiques.
Art Basel Qatar
Dates: February 5–7, 2026
Location: M7 and Doha Design District, Msheireb Downtown, Doha, Qatar
Website: https://www.artbasel.com/qatar
Summary: Art Basel Qatar will debut in Doha in February 2026, marking the first Middle East edition of the Art Basel fair franchise. It will take place across two venues in Msheireb Downtown Doha, the M7 creative hub and the Doha Design District.
Organizers said in a news release that the fair will feature 87 galleries from 31 countries and territories, presenting 84 artist projects. Sixteen of the participating galleries will be exhibiting at an Art Basel fair for the first time.
The 2026 edition will be organized around the central theme “Becoming,” and will depart from a traditional booth-based format in favor of an open exhibition layout distributed across the two sites.
Art Basel said the fair will include a "Galleries" sector alongside "Special Projects" and public commissions installed throughout Msheireb Downtown Doha. Large-scale and site-specific works are planned, with programming designed to encourage engagement between artists, galleries and the public.
The fair is organized by Art Basel in partnership with Qatar Sports Investments and QC+, and is positioned by organizers as a platform connecting galleries and artists from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia with Art Basel’s international network.
Material Art Fair (Feria Material)
Dates: February 5–8, 2026
Location: Maravilla Studios, Mexico City, Mexico
Website: https://material-fair.com/
Summary: Material Art Fair returns to Mexico City in February 2026 for its 12th edition, running concurrently with the city’s Art Week programming. Founded as a platform for emerging and mid-career galleries, the fair has positioned itself as a counterpoint to larger commercial events, emphasizing experimental practices, younger galleries and artist-driven presentations.
But the 2026 edition will take place at Maravilla Studios in the Atlampa neighborhood, marking a venue change from previous years, as cofounder and director Brett W. Schultz stressed the challenges facing mid-size fairs in an interview with ARTnews.
The relocation follows a last-minute scheduling conflict at Expo Reforma, which is hosting "Stranger Things: The Experience," an immersive activation based on the Netflix series. That immersive experience is running through the end of February, conflicting with Material Art Fair.
Schultz told ARTnews that the fair was informed of the conflict roughly two months in advance and attempted to preserve the original venue until negotiations collapsed weeks before the move.
"We exhausted all the possible strategies that we could think of to be able to keep material at Expo Reforma, but none panned out in the end," he said.
Schultz said the episode reflects broader pressures facing midsize fairs, noting that venue availability in Mexico City has tightened as immersive experiences and brand activations drive up rental prices.
While many alternative venues quoted double or triple Expo Reforma’s fee for significantly less space, Maravilla Studios was able to offer comparable terms. Schultz described the new venue as supportive of independent cultural events and said organizers are optimistic about the shift.
India Art Fair
Dates: February 5-8, 2026
Location: NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi, India
Website: https://indiaartfair.in/
Summary: The India Art Fair will return to the NSIC Exhibition Grounds for its 17th edition, the largest yet. The leading platform for modern and contemporary South Asian art has announced a record 123 exhibitors, including 87 galleries and 24 art institutions. The fair will showcase a diverse array of works, including painting, sculpture, new media, and an expanded design section, with dedicated solo artist presentations in its popular "Focus" segment.
1-54 Marrakech
Dates: February 5-8, 2026
Location: La Mamounia, Marrakech, Morocco
Website: https://www.1-54.com/marrakech/
Summary: The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will hold its Marrakech edition in Morocco from February 5-8, 2026. The fair is dedicated to showcasing contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, and has sister shows in London and New York. The 2026 edition will be hosted at the La Mamounia hotel and the multidisciplinary art space DaDa Marrakech. Past Marrakech editions have typically featured approximately 30 exhibitors from about a dozen countries, including Moroccan galleries.
Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Dates: February 20-22, 2026
Location: Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa
Website: https://www.investeccapetownartfair.co.za/
Summary: The Investec Cape Town Art Fair returns to Cape Town in February 2026, continuing its position as Sub-Saharan Africa’s most significant commercial art fair. Held annually at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the fair brings together leading galleries from across Africa alongside international exhibitors, with a focus on contemporary art from the continent and its diaspora.
Structured around a core gallery fair, the event combines sales-driven booths with curated sections, talks and citywide programming. Since its founding in 2013, the fair has established itself as a key market gateway for African contemporary art.
Frieze Los Angeles
Dates: February 26 – March 1, 2026
Location: Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Website: https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-los-angeles
Summary: The seventh edition of the contemporary art fair is scheduled to take place in a custom-built structure at the former airfield, where it has been held for multiple years.
Organizers said the 2026 edition will bring together more than 95 galleries from 22 countries, with participants representing Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, North America and Africa.
Exhibitors announced so far include major international galleries such as Gagosian, Gladstone Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Lisson Gallery, Pace Gallery, Perrotin, Almine Rech, Thaddaeus Ropac, White Cube and David Zwirner.
Participants also include significant Los Angeles–based galleries such as Matthew Brown, Château Shatto, Commonwealth and Council, Anat Ebgi, David Kordansky Gallery, The Pit and Roberts Projects.
The fair will again include Focus, a curated section dedicated to solo presentations by emerging galleries that have operated in the United States since 2014 or later. Essence Harden will return to oversee the section, which Fair organizers said will include around 15 U.S. galleries.
Citywide programming connected with Frieze Los Angeles will extend beyond the fair site, with nonprofit collaborations and public installations planned across the Santa Monica Airport campus during Frieze Week.
March 2026
ARCOmadrid
Dates: March 4–8, 2026
Location: IFEMA Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Website: https://www.ifema.es/en/arco/madrid
Summary: The 45th edition of Spain’s international contemporary art fair will center on the theme “ARCO2045: The future, for now,” with galleries presented through the General Programme and curated sections, including "Opening. New Galleries" and "Profiles | Latin American Art."
According to figures published by the fair, recent editions of ARCOmadrid have brought together more than 200 galleries from 36 countries, presenting work by more than 1,300 artists and drawing more than 95,000 visitors, including more than 800 collectors and art professionals.
Participating galleries for the 2026 edition span Spain’s robust domestic scene and include established international dealers, reflecting the fair’s continued global reach.
Río & Meñaka and Memoria are among the galleries making their first appearance in the General Programme. Blue Velvet and Fermay are moving into the main section after previously exhibiting in ARCOmadrid’s "Opening. New Galleries" section.
TEFAF Maastricht
Dates: March 15-19, 2026
Location: MECC Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre, The Netherlands
Website: https://www.tefaf.com/fairs/tefaf-maastricht
Summary: TEFAF Maastricht, widely regarded as one of the world’s premier fairs, will bring together 276 dealers and galleries from 24 countries, spanning 7,000 years of art history across eight collecting categories, including Old Master paintings, classical antiquities, modern and contemporary art, jewelry and design.
Several sections—Paintings, Works on Paper, Modern & Contemporary, and Design—have been expanded in response to exhibitor demand. The fair will also feature TEFAF Focus, highlighting underexamined artists and historical narratives, and the Showcase program supporting nine emerging dealers. Alongside the commercial fair, the third annual TEFAF Summit will take place on March 16, in partnership with the Netherlands Commission for UNESCO, addressing the theme “Beyond Economic Impact – Rethinking Culture in Public Policy.”
Affordable Art Fair New York-Spring
Dates: March 18-22, 2026
Location: Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York, New York
Website: https://affordableartfair.com/fairs/new-york-spring/
Summary: The Affordable Art Fair New York Spring edition returns to the Starrett-Lehigh Building in New York City from March 18–22, 2026. The fair will present thousands of original contemporary artworks from local, national and international galleries, continuing its focus on accessibility within a commercial fair format.
All works are offered within the fair’s established price cap of $100 to $12,000, positioning the event toward emerging collectors and first-time buyers.
Programming includes a First Look preview on March 18, a free-admission evening with an art-supply donation on March 19, and Family Hours on March 22. Additional initiatives include a Fellowship Program and the Fair Director’s Picks, highlighting selected galleries and artists.
Ch.ACO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Chile
Dates: March 26–29, 2026
Location: Metropolitan Santiago Convention & Event Center, Santiago, Chile
Website: https://chaco.cl
Summary: Ch.ACO, Chile’s international contemporary art fair, will bring together 50 exhibitors from 10 countries for its 16th edition. Founded in 2009, the fair was created to strengthen Chile’s contemporary art market and connect local artists with international galleries and collectors.
Art Basel Hong Kong
Dates: March 27-29, 2026
Location: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Website: https://www.artbasel.com/hong-kong?lang=en
Summary: For its 13th edition, Art Basel Hong Kong will bring together 240 galleries from 41 countries and territories, reinforcing its role as a global commercial platform with a strong base in the Asia-Pacific region. More than half of the participating galleries operate spaces in the region, including 29 galleries based in Hong Kong, and the lineup includes 32 first-time exhibitors from across Asia, Europe and the Americas.
The 2026 edition introduces a new sector, Echoes, focused on tightly scoped presentations of work produced within the past five years. The fair’s large-scale installation sector, Encounters, will be curated for the first time by a collective of four Asia-based curators, including Mami Kataoka, director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.
Art Basel Hong Kong’s Public Program will expand with several notable collaborations. The Film Program will be curated by Hong Kong media artist Ellen Pau, marking the first time an artist has curated the sector, while the Conversations series will include a day guest-curated by Venus Lau, director of Museum MACAN in Jakarta.
For the fifth consecutive year, Art Basel and M+ will co-commission a monumental public artwork for the M+ Facade, presented by UBS. Shahzia Sikander’s animation 3 to 12 Nautical Miles will transform the museum’s exterior beginning March 23, 2026.
April 2026
SP-Arte
Dates: April 8-12, 2026
Location: Bienal Pavilion in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, Brazil
Website: https://www.sp-arte.com/
Summary: SP-Arte, Brazil’s leading commercial art fair, is expected to continue its role as a major market platform for modern and contemporary art in Latin America.
Art Paris
Dates: April 9-12, 2026
Location: Grand Palais, Paris, France
Website: https://www.artparis.com/en/edition
Summary: Art Paris, one of Europe’s leading spring fairs for modern and contemporary art, will hold its 28th edition in the renovated nave and on the balconies of the Grand Palais in Paris. The fair is set to host approximately 170 French and international galleries.
For the 2026 edition, Art Paris will center on two major curated themes. The first, “Babel – Art and Language in France,” curated by Loïc Le Gall, examines systems of signs and language structures within contemporary French art. The second theme, “Reparation,” curated by Alexia Fabre, explores contemporary art through the lenses of restoration, resilience and repair, and is expected to feature around 20 international artists.
Additional sections include Promises, dedicated to galleries established less than 10 years ago; the French Design Art Edition, focused on contemporary design and decorative arts; and the fair’s Solo Show initiative, which encourages monographic presentations.
The fair will also award two major prizes: the BNP Paribas Banque Privée Prize “A Focus on the French Scene,” a roughly $47,000 award for an artist in the Babel focus, and the Her Art Prize, a roughly $35,000 international reference prize for women artists, awarded in partnership with Marie Claire and Boucheron.
Art Paris also describes itself as the first art fair to develop a sustainability strategy based on life cycle assessment, integrating environmental considerations into the organization of the event.
Expo Chicago
Dates: April 9-12, 2026
Location: Navy Pier, Chicago
Website: https://www.expochicago.com/
Summary: The fair is under new leadership for the 2026 edition, with Kate Sierzputowski serving as director and Essence Harden as curator. Organizers have described this year’s fair as "more focused" and "intentionally scaled," with a refined floor plan and around 130 galleries participating.
Sierzputowski, who previously served as artistic director, has signaled an increased emphasis on curation rather than broad, expansive booth counts.
The fair announced an expanded partnership with the forthcoming Obama Presidential Center, which introduces a section titled Embodiment, curated by the center's museum director Louise Bernard, alongside an exhibition titled Evolution that includes archival materials drawn from the center’s art commissions.
Dallas Art Fair
Dates: April 16-19, 2026
Location: Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Website: https://www.dallasartfair.com/
Summary: The Dallas Art Fair is scheduled to return to Dallas in April 2026, continuing its role as one of the most established commercial art fairs in the southern United States. Known for its emphasis on modern and contemporary art, the fair typically brings together a mix of U.S. and international galleries, with strong participation from regional collectors and institutions.
As of now, full details for the 2026 edition—including exact dates, exhibitor lists, and programming—have not yet been publicly announced.
Art Dubai
Dates: April 17–19, 2026
Location: Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Website: https://www.artdubai.ae
Summary: Art Dubai will mark its 20th anniversary edition in April 2026 at Madinat Jumeirah. The fair will present more than 100 modern, contemporary and digital presentations from over 35 countries under the curatorial framework “Future, Past, Present.” The 2026 edition is the first under the leadership of new Fair Director Dunja Gottweis.
The fair’s revamped structure includes five sections: Galleries, Bawwaba, Zamaniyyat, Art Dubai Digital, and the newly introduced Bawwaba Extended.
Zamaniyyat, curated by Sarah A. Rifky, will focus on modernist practices from the 1950s to the 1990s across uneven global histories. Bawwaba, curated by Amal Khalaf, will present newly produced work by emerging and mid-career artists, while Art Dubai Digital, curated by Ulrich Schrauth and Nadine Khalil, will return for its fifth edition under the theme “Myth of the Digital.”
Bawwaba Extended, curated by Khalaf and Alexie Glass-Kantor, will introduce large-scale installations across the Madinat Jumeirah campus
Organizers said the 2026 edition will include 36 first-time exhibitors, with participation from Africa more than doubling and increased representation from Latin America, including galleries from Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.
More than half of participating exhibitors are based in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, including 25 galleries with physical spaces in Dubai.
The AIPAD Photography Show
Dates: April 22-26, 2026
Location: Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York
Website: https://www.aipad.com/show
Summary: The Photography Show, presented by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, returns to the Park Avenue Armory in April 2026 with a newly announced exhibitor roster and the debut of Focal Point, a solo-presentation sector dedicated to lens-based practices.
The Focal Point section is architecturally designed by Oficina.la, the Mexico City– and Los Angeles–based firm, and will feature focused presentations by galleries including Thomas Erben Gallery, Obscura Gallery, Duncan Miller Gallery and others.
After several years of contraction and recalibration, The Photography Show enters 2026 at what organizers describe as its “optimal size.”
The exhibitor list includes AIPAD members alongside returning and first-time galleries from Europe, the Americas and Asia. According to AIPAD, more than a third of participating galleries are women-led or founded, while Latin American photography features prominently across member programs.
Programming includes four days of AIPAD Talks, walkthroughs, and educational events, along with the presentation of the annual AIPAD Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award during a new Opening Night Party.
The 2026 edition will also mark the first time the Aperture Portfolio Prize is awarded at the fair, with finalists included in a group exhibition organized by Aperture.
Art Brussels
Dates: April 23–26, 2026
Location: Brussels Expo, Brussels, Belgium
Website: https://www.artbrussels.com
Summary: Art Brussels organizers said the 42nd edition of the fair will present 138 galleries from 27 countries, down from 165 exhibitors in 2025—a roughly 16% reduction—as the event adopts what it describes as a more focused, curatorially driven format.
The 2026 edition will also introduce Horizons, a new curated section organized by Devrim Bayar of Kanal–Centre Pompidou in Brussels, featuring large-scale installations and projects presented in a dedicated exhibition space.
Additional initiatives include a site-specific entrance installation by Belgian artist Natasja Mabesoone and a project titled “Not Everything is for Sale,” in which established Belgian galleries will present works from their collections that they said they would not normally place on the market.
Art Brussels is one of Europe’s longest-running contemporary art fairs and typically takes place each spring in the Belgian capital.
World Art Dubai
Dates: April 23–26, 2026
Location: Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Website: https://www.worldartdubai.com
Summary: World Art Dubai brings together galleries, independent artists and creative studios for one of the region’s largest accessible contemporary art fairs. Organizers expect the event to attract more than 15,000 visitors from across the Gulf Cooperation Council region.
The 2026 edition introduces several new initiatives and expanded programming. Organizers announced PhotoWAD, a new pavilion dedicated entirely to photography curated by Kuwaiti creative strategist and curator Ahmad Al Rashid.
Other additions include a Gallery Zone created specifically for participating galleries and a Curators’ Lounge, a new space intended to facilitate discussions and professional exchange among artists, curators and collectors.
The fair will also host the second edition of the Textile Hub, highlighting contemporary textile practices and craftsmanship.
World Art Dubai operates with a broader submission model than many international art fairs, combining presentations by galleries with projects by independent artists and creative studios.
The 2026 edition coincides with significant regional volatility following late-February escalations that have led to intermittent airspace closures and widespread flight disruptions across the Gulf.
Major carriers including Emirates and Qatar Airways have suspended or rerouted flights after Iranian missile attacks targeted U.S. military installations in the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere in the region in retaliation for U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran.
May 2026
Art Jakarta Gardens
Dates: May 5–10, 2026
Location: Hutan Kota by Plataran, Jakarta, Indonesia
Website: https://artjakarta.com
Summary: Art Jakarta Gardens, organized by the team behind the Art Jakarta fair, presents an outdoor format that places sculpture and installation works in landscaped park grounds rather than a conventional convention-hall layout.
Recent editions have included roughly two dozen Indonesian galleries presenting works inside temporary pavilions alongside large-scale installations placed throughout the site. Full details for the 2026 edition—including the participating galleries and program—have not yet been announced.
Clio Art Fair
Dates: May 7–10 and May 14–17, 2026
Location: 511 West 25th Street, New York, New York
Website: https://www.clioartfair.com
Summary: Clio Art Fair will return to New York in May 2026 with two consecutive editions held around the city’s spring art week. Founded in 2014, the fair focuses on artists without exclusive gallery representation in New York City, positioning itself as a platform for independent artists working outside the traditional commercial gallery system. Clio is also unique in accepting cryptocurrency payments—including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin—a policy the firm says it introduced in 2017. The fair was founded by Alessandro Berni.
Future Fair
Dates: May 13–16, 2026
Location: Chelsea Industrial, New York, New York
Website: https://www.futurefairs.com
Summary: Future Fair is scheduled to return to Chelsea Industrial in Manhattan in May 2026 during New York’s spring art week. Founded in 2021, the fair focuses on emerging galleries and artists and typically presents smaller gallery rosters than larger international fairs.
Organizers have announced the curatorial committee for the 2026 edition, which will help shape programming and contextual framing for the fair. The committee includes Elisa Carollo, Patton Hindle, Lisa Young and Steven Abraham. The exhibitor list for the 2026 edition has not yet been announced.
Frieze New York
Dates: May 13–17, 2026
Location: The Shed, New York
Website: https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-new-york
Summary: Frieze New York returns to The Shed for its 2026 edition, bringing together galleries from the United States and abroad for one of the city’s major spring art fairs. The fair will again feature its main Galleries section alongside Focus, a section advised by curator Lumi Tan that highlights younger galleries founded in or after 2014 through solo presentations of emerging artists.
Several galleries–including Daniel Faria Gallery, P420, Almine Rech, Galerie Eva Presenhuber and Marc Selwyn Fine Art–are returning to the fair after a "brief hiatus," according to organizers. And three galleries–G Gallery, Mitre Galeria and Yeo Workshop–have moved from the Focus section to the main section.
Founded in 2012, Frieze New York moved to The Shed in 2021 after earlier editions took place on Randall’s Island. The fair is part of a broader week of art fairs and auctions that take place across New York each May.
NADA New York
Dates: May 13–17, 2026
Location: Starrett-Lehigh Building, 601 West 26th Street, New York, New York
Website: https://www.newartdealers.org
Summary: NADA New York–organized by the nonprofit New Art Dealers Alliance–will bring together more than 110 galleries, art spaces and nonprofit organizations from 15 countries and 46 cities for its 12th edition.
Participants include returning galleries as well as 53 first-time exhibitors, with presentations from cities ranging from Tokyo and Tbilisi to Mexico City and Philadelphia.
The fair will again feature the TD Bank Curated Spotlight, organized for 2026 by Anthony Elms of the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, alongside NADA Presents, a series of talks, performances and public programs scheduled throughout the week.
Independent
Dates: May 14–17, 2026
Location: Pier 36, 299 South Street, New York, New York
Website: https://www.independenthq.com
Summary: The 2026 edition will be shaped by recurring themes of dystopia, political and social upheaval, environmental stress, technological anxiety and the instability of images in a so-called post-truth culture.
The 2026 edition, which marks a venue change for the fair, will open with a dystopian entrance installation by Nikolas Ventourakis, based on a photograph of a large trash pile in Athens. It will also include large-scale sculptural activations by Francis Upritchard, Yoshikazu Tanaka and Kuniko Kinoto and Gretchen Bender.
Independent will feature 76 participants presenting more than 100 artists, with nearly half of exhibitors appearing for the first time and more than 70% of presentations devoted to individual exhibitions.
More than a third of the presentations – 26 – will feature artists making their first New York solo exhibition through the fair’s Independent Debuts initiative. And 42% of participating galleries are based outside the United States, with exhibitors coming from places including Colombia, Iceland, South Africa, Greece and Japan.
Photo London
Dates: May 14–17, 2026
Location: The National Hall at Olympia, London, United Kingdom
Website: https://photolondon.org/photolondon-2026
Summary: Photo London, the U.K.’s leading international fair for photography and image-based art, is relocating from its longtime home at Somerset House to The National Hall at Olympia in Kensington, a venue currently undergoing redevelopment that organizers said will offer expanded space for gallery presentations and public programs.
Photo London’s move to Olympia for its 11th edition marks what organizers described as a new chapter for the fair as it enters its second decade. The larger venue is expected to provide increased capacity for gallery presentations, talks and screenings, as well as include dedicated areas for collectors and partners.
TEFAF New York
Dates: May 15–19, 2026
Location: Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York
Website: https://www.tefaf.com
Summary: TEFAF New York will return to the Park Avenue Armory with 88 exhibitors from 14 countries across four continents, presenting modern and contemporary art alongside design, jewelry and antiquities.
The roster includes 78 returning dealers, nine first-time exhibitors, and four galleries returning after an absence, reflecting a mix of established participants and newcomers.
Major international dealers scheduled to participate include Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Pace, White Cube, David Zwirner, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, Thaddaeus Ropac, Skarstedt and Tina Kim Gallery.
Beijing Dangdai Art Fair
Dates: May 21–24, 2026
Location: Hall 11, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
Website: https://beijingdangdaiartfair.com
Summary: Beijing Dangdai Art Fair will return with the theme “Land Trace.” Organizers said the theme examines cultural and historical connections across Eurasia and Africa, drawing on political geographer Halford Mackinder’s concept of the “World Island.” Through its exhibitions and programming, the fair will explore how geography, geopolitics and trade routes have shaped cultural exchange and artistic production across the region.
The 2025 edition brought together 132 exhibitors from 32 cities in 12 countries, according to organizers. The 2026 fair is again expected to take place during Beijing’s broader spring art season.
June 2026
VOLTA Basel
Dates: June 17–21, 2026
Location: Hall 4.U, Congress Center Basel, Messeplatz 21, Basel, Switzerland
Website: https://www.voltaartfairs.com
Summary: The 2026 edition will be directed by Artistic Director Lee Cavaliere, continuing the fair’s emphasis on galleries presenting emerging and mid-career artists through focused presentations.
Organizers also announced Frische!, a new initiative introducing fixed-price works intended to create clearer entry points for collectors while supporting galleries presenting emerging artists.
A VOLTA Pavilion will return in 2026 with a new curatorial theme to be announced. The pavilion will feature artists from a particular region whose work reflects connections to the landscapes where they live and work.
Last year, the VOLTA Pavilion in Basel focused on the Middle East and North Africa with a presentation curated by Randa Sadaka.
The event marks the 21st edition of the contemporary art fair.
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Last updated: March 13, 2026
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