Global art fairs calendar: what’s coming through 2026
The international art-fair landscape is shifting as new markets emerge, major fairs lose exhibitors and trade policies reshape logistics.
Fairs and Exhibitions
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.
Taken together, these trends 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. Organized 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
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 majpr Southeast Asian art event called S.E.A. Focus, signalling a deeper commitment to the region’s art ecosystem.
MORE 2026 DATES TO COME
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Last updated: November 5, 2025
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