Your Information to Navigating New York Metropolis’s Fall Artwork Festivals


As a bittersweet reminder that our scalding summer time is coming to a detailed, the autumn artwork honest season is popping the nook shortly in New York Metropolis, with a gradual lineup of 12 exhibits from Labor Day by November 2. With extra time than ever to plan your trajectory, we’ve made it even simpler so that you can coordinate your schedule with a handy-dandy information that includes the Armory Present, the Spring Break Artwork Present, the Brooklyn Artwork Guide Truthful, the debut of Latinx Venture NYU’s La Feria, and lots of extra. Don’t neglect to take a look at the map on the finish of the listing so you may determine the place you’re presupposed to be!


Armory Week


The Armory Present

September 6–8 | thearmoryshow.com
Javits Heart, 429 Eleventh Avenue, Midtown West, Manhattan

Sohrab Hura, “Untitled” (2024), pastel on paper (picture courtesy the artist and Experimenter, Kolkata)

The Armory Present has all of the bells and whistles you can ask for, packaged neatly in white-walled cubicles lining the gargantuan Javits Heart. Rising at a gradual price yr after yr, the Armory is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary with over 235 collaborating galleries representing 35 totally different nations. Web site-specific works by Sanford Biggers, Dominique Fung, Nicholas Galanin, and Joyce J. Scott convene on the middle of the honest by the Platforms program, whereas queer and postcolonial narratives dominate the Focus part.


Salon Zürcher

September 2–8 | galeriezurcher.com
Gallery Zürcher, 33 Bleecker Road, Noho, Manhattan

Set up view of 100 Ladies of Spirit (June 25–July 18) at Zürcher Gallery, New York (picture by Adam Reich, courtesy Zürcher Gallery, New York/Paris)

With its signature electric-green branding, it’s doable that Salon Zürcher might have preceded Charli XCX’s “brat summer time” in its continued mission to highlight underrepresented ladies artists. In 100 Ladies of Spirit +, the title of its thirty first version, the satellite tv for pc honest gives a extra intimate artwork viewing expertise that includes the work of Mary Tooley Parker, Brigid Kennedy, Tracy Morgan, and eight different artists who shall be onsite and in dialog with guests.


Spring Break Artwork Present

September 4–9 | springbreakartshow.com
625 Madison Avenue, Flooring 10 and 11, Midtown East, Manhattan

Curated by Ross Brown, “Maelstrom” (2023) by Matthew Couper, is an paintings epitomizing this Spring Break’s exhibition theme INT./EXT. (picture courtesy Spring Break Artwork Present)

Commemorating the fortunate thirteenth 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 develop into intersections, and remodel boundaries into grey areas, particularly acknowledging the “perpetual and unconscionable wartime in our nation.” As it’s with Spring Break, kitsch, quirk, humor, arbitrary shade, and intimacy will take middle stage throughout this time of processing and reflection.


Volta Artwork Truthful

Chelsea Industrial, 535–551 West twenty eighth Road, Chelsea, Manhattan
September 4–8 | voltaartfairs.com

Emma Hapner, “Woman’s Greatest Good friend” (2023), oil on canvas, 70 x 80 inches (~178 x 203 cm) (picture courtesy Village Artwork One)

Volta returns to Manhattan for its sixteenth iteration, happening this yr in a brand new venue at Chelsea Industrial situated between Chelsea and Hudson Yards. The four-day honest 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 attributable to Russia’s ongoing assault. Alongside a city sq. house for rising galleries, there will even be a particular highlight on the US nonprofit Artistic Development Artwork Heart, which promotes the work of artists with disabilities.


Unbiased Twentieth Century

September 5–8 | independenthq.com
Battery Maritime Constructing at Cipriani South Road, 10 South Road, Monetary District, Manhattan

Squeak Carnwath, “Issues I’ve Heard Or Seen In Particular person” (1998), oil and alkyd on canvas, 77 x 77 inches (~196 x 196 cm) (picture courtesy the artist and Jane Lombard Gallery)

Bridging the gaps between famend and less-explored narratives and identities from the Twentieth-century artwork canon, the third version of Unbiased’s targeted present highlights 32 exhibitors — 15 of that are first-timers on the honest — again in Cipriani South Road. Sarah Schumann, Lenore Tawney, Sol LeWitt, and Raoul Dufy could have solo displays on view by their respective galleries, and the honest additionally has devoted sections to ladies artists, Black and Indigenous voices, and alternatives from the Nineteen Nineties, amongst different classes.


Artwork on Paper

September 5–8 | ny.thepaperfair.com
Pier 36, 299 South Road, Decrease East Aspect, Manhattan

Moses Ros, “Colourful Angel #3” (2023), printed sculpture, 8 x 11 x 14 inches (~20 x 28 x 36 cm) (picture courtesy ArteLatAm)

The East River breeze carries Artwork on Paper again to Pier 36 for its tenth yr with over 65 native, home, and worldwide contributors. As its title would counsel, the honest engages primarily with paper-based artwork, from prints and drawings to cutouts and images, with a couple of large-scale dimensional installations commanding consideration between cubicles. You’re most probably going to seek out mature, accessible, and palatable paintings to accent your residing areas, however be looking out for the zany outliers dedicated to pushing the boundaries of paper as a medium. This yr, Artwork on Paper has additionally partnered with the Heart for Guide Arts to current the Booksmart Truthful, a meta-event devoted to thrilling, uncommon, and thought-provoking artist books.


Clio Artwork Truthful

September 5–8 | clioartfair.com
456 West Broadway, Soho, Manhattan,

Marcus Glitteris at Clio Artwork Truthful in Spring 2024 (picture courtesy Clio Artwork Truthful)

For its 10-year anniversary, Clio Artwork Truthful will debut a brand new setting in Soho at 456 West Broadway. Positioning itself “in opposition to the infinite isles of blue-chip festivals,” Clio presents work primarily by impartial artists with out unique gallery illustration. Along with 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 Past

Brooklyn Artwork Guide Truthful

September 20–22 | bkabf.data
Recess Artwork, 46 Washington Ave and 6 Waverly Ave, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

JahJah Press and Zilan Zhao at Brooklyn Artwork Guide Truthful 2023 (picture by Daniel Wang, courtesy BKABF)

In its eighth yr, the Brooklyn Artwork Guide Truthful stays dedicated to its mission of being an accessible and reasonably priced occasion for uplifting underrepresented and rising artists and writers. A whopping 63 exhibitors are included this yr, amongst them the Palestinian Youth Motion, South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG), and Youth Towards Displacement. Reminder: Don’t neglect your PPE, as this can be a totally masked, indoor occasion.


La Feria: Print Media Truthful

September 21 | latinxproject.nyu.edu
20 Cooper Sq., third Flooring, Noho, Manhattan

Precog is an impartial journal exploring artwork, cyber-culture, and feminism edited, revealed, and designed by Florencia Escudero, Kellie Konapelsky, and Gaby Collins-Fernandez. (picture courtesy Precog)

The Latinx Venture at New York College premieres its daylong honest lined up with zines, revealed works, editioned prints, and different works on paper by US Latinx artists chosen through an open name. Along with the inventive choices, La Feria will even host a tutorial ebook showcase in addition to a launch occasion 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.


Inexpensive Artwork Truthful

September 25–29 | affordableartfair.com
Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Road, Chelsea, Manhattan

Gabriela Kramer, “When Stars Make Candy Love” (2024), acrylic, spray paint, oil stick, oil pastel, ink, graphite, and crayon on canvas, 48 x 48 inches (~122 x 122 cm) (picture courtesy Etta Harshaw/Harsh Collective)

Billing itself because the extra budget-friendly choice of NYC’s artwork week, the Inexpensive Artwork Truthful will return to the Metropolitan Pavilion with a lineup of 77 exhibitors, a number of of whom shall be operating all-women cubicles, providing a plethora of work, sculptures, images, and prints starting from $100 to $12,000. This yr’s fall honest will highlight the New York Metropolis-based Harsh Collective and three rising painters — Uzo Njoku, Johanna Kestilä, and Gabriela Kramer.


The Different Artwork Truthful

October 17–20 | theotherartfair.com
ZeroSpace, 337-345 Butler Road, Gowanus, Brooklyn

A customer on the Different Artwork Truthful’s spring occasion scans a QR code to hitch the queue for an onsite pet portrait. (picture courtesy the Different Artwork Truthful)

Like Clio, the Different Artwork Truthful prizes originality, affordability, and impartial creators for its Brooklyn-based occasion. With a DJ, efficiency programming, and an interactive, note-driven apothecary known as “The Karmacy,” the Different Artwork Truthful goals to create an intimate and social expertise past arts commerce. 


The Artwork Present (ADAA)

October 30–November 2 | theartshow.org
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, Higher East Aspect, Manhattan

Chase Corridor, “The Autodidact” (2024), jigsaw reduction with espresso grounds and ink on cotton paper, 72 x 60 inches (~183 x 152 cm) (picture courtesy the artist and Tempo Prints)

Returning to its residence on the Park Avenue Armory in Lenox Hill, the Artwork Sellers Affiliation of America’s (ADAA) long-running Artwork Present marks its thirty sixth annual version by welcoming 75 galleries, greater than half of which is able to current solo exhibitions. With all admission proceeds going towards the Henry Road Settlement, a nonprofit that helps Decrease East Aspect residents and different New Yorkers in want, the honest will even debut its “Highlight On…” program highlighting the geographic variety of ADAA’s membership. Specializing in the Houston arts neighborhood, this system will embrace a panel dialogue with collectors and cultural establishment leaders and a video interview collection with 5 artwork sellers from town who’re collaborating within the occasion.


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