As a bittersweet reminder that our scalding summer time is coming to a detailed, the autumn artwork truthful season is popping the nook shortly in New York City, with a gentle lineup of 12 exhibits from Labor Day via November 2. With extra time than ever to plan your trajectory, we’ve made it even simpler for you to coordinate your schedule with a handy-dandy information that includes the Armory Show, the Spring Break Art Show, the Brooklyn Art Book Fair, the debut of Latinx Project NYU’s La Feria, and lots of extra. Don’t neglect to take a look at the map on the finish of the checklist so you possibly can determine the place you’re supposed to be!
Armory Week
The Armory Show
September 6–8 | thearmoryshow.com
Javits Center, 429 Eleventh Avenue, Midtown West, Manhattan
The Armory Show has all of the bells and whistles you possibly can ask for, packaged neatly in white-walled cubicles lining the gargantuan Javits Center. Growing at a gentle fee yr after yr, the Armory is celebrating its 30th anniversary with over 235 taking part galleries representing 35 completely different international locations. Site-specific works by Sanford Biggers, Dominique Fung, Nicholas Galanin, and Joyce J. Scott convene on the heart of the truthful via the Platforms program, whereas queer and postcolonial narratives dominate the Focus part.
Salon Zürcher
September 2–8 | galeriezurcher.com
Gallery Zürcher, 33 Bleecker Street, Noho, Manhattan
With its signature electric-green branding, it’s doable that Salon Zürcher might have preceded Charli XCX’s “brat summer” in its continued mission to highlight underrepresented ladies artists. In 100 Women of Spirit +, the title of its 31st version, the satellite tv for pc truthful presents a extra intimate artwork viewing expertise that includes the work of Mary Tooley Parker, Brigid Kennedy, Tracy Morgan, and eight different artists who will probably be onsite and in dialog with guests.
Spring Break Art Show
September 4–9 | springbreakartshow.com
625 Madison Avenue, Floors 10 and 11, Midtown East, Manhattan
Commemorating the fortunate 13th version in NYC, Spring Break returns to the checkered flooring and deserted workplace fixtures of the previous Ralph Lauren headquarters to current INT./EXT. (inside/exterior) — a name for artists to externalize what lives inside them, discover how parallels grow to be intersections, and rework boundaries into grey areas, particularly acknowledging the “perpetual and unconscionable wartime in our country.” As it’s with Spring Break, kitsch, quirk, humor, arbitrary colour, and intimacy will take heart stage throughout this time of processing and reflection.
Volta Art Fair
Chelsea Industrial, 535–551 West 28th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan
September 4–8 | voltaartfairs.com
Volta returns to Manhattan for its 16th iteration, going down this yr in a brand new venue at Chelsea Industrial positioned between Chelsea and Hudson Yards. The four-day truthful will function over 45 exhibitors from 5 continents, with an emphasis on voices from Ukraine, the place artists have been unable to showcase their work of their residence nation due to Russia’s ongoing assault. Alongside a city sq. house for rising galleries, there may also be a particular highlight on the US nonprofit Creative Growth Art Center, which promotes the work of artists with disabilities.
Independent 20th Century
September 5–8 | independenthq.com
Battery Maritime Building at Cipriani South Street, 10 South Street, Financial District, Manhattan
Bridging the gaps between famend and less-explored narratives and identities from the 20th-century artwork canon, the third version of Independent’s centered present highlights 32 exhibitors — 15 of that are first-timers on the truthful — again in Cipriani South Street. Sarah Schumann, Lenore Tawney, Sol LeWitt, and Raoul Dufy could have solo shows on view via their respective galleries, and the truthful additionally has devoted sections to ladies artists, Black and Indigenous voices, and picks from the 1990s, amongst different classes.
Art on Paper
September 5–8 | ny.thepaperfair.com
Pier 36, 299 South Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan
The East River breeze carries Art on Paper again to Pier 36 for its 10th yr with over 65 native, home, and worldwide contributors. As its identify would counsel, the truthful engages primarily with paper-based artwork, from prints and drawings to cutouts and pictures, with a couple of large-scale dimensional installations commanding consideration between cubicles. You’re almost definitely going to discover mature, accessible, and palatable paintings to accent your dwelling areas, however be looking out for the zany outliers devoted to pushing the boundaries of paper as a medium. This yr, Art on Paper has additionally partnered with the Center for Book Arts to current the Booksmart Fair, a meta-event devoted to thrilling, uncommon, and thought-provoking artist books.
Clio Art Fair
September 5–8 | clioartfair.com
456 West Broadway, Soho, Manhattan,
For its 10-year anniversary, Clio Art Fair will debut a brand new setting in Soho at 456 West Broadway. Positioning itself “in opposition to the infinite isles of blue-chip fairs,” Clio presents work primarily by unbiased artists with out unique gallery illustration. In addition to some 180 items by 30 artists, the self-described anti-fair additionally boasts a efficiency program slated for the night of September 6.
Late September and Beyond
Brooklyn Art Book Fair
September 20–22 | bkabf.info
Recess Art, 46 Washington Ave and 6 Waverly Ave, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
In its eighth yr, the Brooklyn Art Book Fair stays dedicated to its mission of being an accessible and inexpensive occasion for uplifting underrepresented and rising artists and writers. A whopping 63 exhibitors are included this yr, amongst them the Palestinian Youth Movement, South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG), and Youth Against Displacement. Reminder: Don’t neglect your PPE, as this can be a totally masked, indoor occasion.
La Feria: Print Media Fair
September 21 | latinxproject.nyu.edu
20 Cooper Square, third Floor, Noho, Manhattan
The Latinx Project at New York University premieres its daylong truthful lined up with zines, printed works, editioned prints, and different works on paper by US Latinx artists chosen by way of an open name. In addition to the artistic choices, La Feria may also host an instructional ebook showcase in addition to a launch get together for the third quantity of its on-line publication Intervenxions, centering new textual content, criticism, and interviews exploring the modern artwork and tradition of a various and rising demographic.
Affordable Art Fair
September 25–29 | affordableartfair.com
Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan
Billing itself because the extra budget-friendly choice of NYC’s artwork week, the Affordable Art Fair will return to the Metropolitan Pavilion with a lineup of 77 exhibitors, a number of of whom will probably be operating all-women cubicles, providing a plethora of work, sculptures, pictures, and prints starting from $100 to $12,000. This yr’s fall truthful will highlight the New York City-based Harsh Collective and three rising painters — Uzo Njoku, Johanna Kestilä, and Gabriela Kramer.
The Other Art Fair
October 17–20 | theotherartfair.com
ZeroSpace, 337-345 Butler Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn
Like Clio, the Other Art Fair prizes originality, affordability, and unbiased creators for its Brooklyn-based occasion. With a DJ, efficiency programming, and an interactive, note-driven apothecary referred to as “The Karmacy,” the Other Art Fair goals to create an intimate and social expertise past arts commerce.
The Art Show (ADAA)
October 30–November 2 | theartshow.org
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan
Returning to its residence on the Park Avenue Armory in Lenox Hill, the Art Dealers Association of America’s (ADAA) long-running Art Show marks its 36th annual version by welcoming 75 galleries, greater than half of which can current solo exhibitions. With all admission proceeds going towards the Henry Street Settlement, a nonprofit that helps Lower East Side residents and different New Yorkers in want, the truthful may also debut its “Spotlight On…” program highlighting the geographic range of ADAA’s membership. Focusing on the Houston arts neighborhood, this system will embody a panel dialogue with collectors and cultural establishment leaders and a video interview collection with 5 artwork sellers from the town who’re taking part within the occasion.
