A Changing Landscape for NYC Fall Art Season
The city’s fall art season is more than a month away, but a pair of developments promise to make the Javits Center the epicenter of the global art world this September.
Joining the lineup for the first time this year is PHOTOFAIRS New York, a new contemporary art fair dedicated to photo-based and digital artworks. Organized by Creo, PHOTOFAIRS New York says the show will add “a new and distinct dimension to the global fair landscape.”
Not to be outdone, Frieze, which puts on NYC’s globally important art show and the spring art season’s raison d'etre, announced this month that it was acquiring The Armory Show, the city’s leading fall art event, along with EXPO CHICAGO.
Both PHOTOFAIRS New York and The Armory Show open with VIP receptions on Sept. 7 and run through Sept. 10 at the Javits Center. See below for more info on exhibitors for both shows.
In unveiling the new show, PHOTOFAIRS said its mission would include “exploring the diverse and rapidly evolving practices of image-making and photography from modern examples to contemporary intersections with digital art to the medium’s next frontiers.”
“PHOTOFAIRS New York brings together a global network of galleries and interdisciplinary spaces that have championed photography for decades, and also support artists breaking boundaries in the field of image-making today,” said Helen Toomer, the director of PHOTOFAIRS New York.
The fair’s debut edition will feature 58 exhibitors representing more than 20 cities including Seoul, Lisbon, Paris, London, Milan, and Buenos Aires. The fair introduces several galleries to New York audiences for the first time, including ART IS BOND. (Houston), 193 Gallery (Paris), Gaotai Gallery (Xinjiang), Les filles du calvaire (Paris), McBride Contemporain (Montreal), Shun Art Gallery (Tokyo), and Troconi-Letayf & Campbell (Mexico City).
PHOTOFAIRS also will feature a range of special projects, innovative large-scale installations, and publishing projects by programming partners including Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, Fotografiska, Gagosian Quarterly, and Jamaica Art Society. Additional programming partners include 21c Museum Hotels; Aperture; Center for Photography at Woodstock; The Cultivist; Dear Dave, Magazine; India Art Fair, and International Center of Photography. A complete schedule of talks and participants will be announced in the coming weeks.
“Our commitment to integrating exhibitors across distinct mediums for the inaugural edition enables our audience to discover new technologies and rediscover photography’s rich history. We’re looking forward to unveiling more details of our program in the coming weeks and opening the doors of PHOTOFAIRS New York in September,” Toomer said.
Meanwhile, the acquisition of The Armory Show and EXPO CHICAGO, two of the longest-running art fairs in the U.S. signaled Frieze’s confidence in the strength of the U.S. art market, the world’s largest.
“These acquisitions mark a transformational moment in Frieze’s growth and allow us to extend the depth and breadth of our presence in the U.S.,.” said Simon Fox, CEO of Frieze.
“The Armory Show and EXPO CHICAGO each have a history that is foundational to the U.S. art market…Both fairs share Frieze’s commitment to supporting the creative life of their host cities by working with institutions, non-profits and cultural partners, and together we can make a greater collective impact,” added Kristell Chadé, executive director of Frieze Fairs.
At least for this year, the existing Armory team will remain in place.
“We are excited for our organization to join the Frieze family. As New York’s largest art fair, this acquisition marks an important milestone for the storied Armory Show as it approaches its third decade in the world’s largest art market,” said Nicole Berry, The Armory Show’s executive director.
More than 140 exhibitors from the previous edition are returning to The Armory Show in 2023, including 303 Gallery (New York), Ben Brown Fine Arts (London, Hong Kong, Palm Beach), James Cohan (New York), lnstituto de Vision (Bogota, New York), Kasmin (New York), Sean Kelly (New York, Los Angeles), Simon Lee Gallery (London, Hong Kong), Josh Lilley (London), Victoria Miro (London, Venice), Almine Rech (New York, Paris, Brussels, London, Shanghai), Larkin Erdmann (Zurich), Nara Roesler (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, New York), Timothy Taylor (London, New York), Templon (Paris, Brussels, New York), and Zeno X Gallery (Antwerp).
Among the over 30 galleries returning to the fair after a hiatus are Galeria Raquel Arnaud (Sao Paulo), CLEARING (New York, Brussels, Los Angeles), Pilar Corrias (London), Carl Freedman Gallery (Margate), Jenkins Johnson Gallery (San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles), Galerie Lelong & Co. (New York, Paris), Lehmann Maupin (New York, Seoul, London, Palm Beach, Hong Kong), Pace Prints (New York), and Galeria Plan B (Berlin, Cluj).
There will be more than 40 exhibitors participating in The Armory Show for the first time, including 56 Henry (New York), acb Gallery (Budapest), Alexander Berggruen (New York), Dreamsong (Minneapolis), Galerie Christophe Gaillard (Paris, Brussels), Galerie Haas (Zurich), Nina Johnson (Miami), Ochi (Los Angeles, Sun Valley), and Galeria Marilia Razuk (Sao Paulo).
Exhibitors at the Inaugural Edition of PHOTOFAIRS New York
193 Gallery, Paris
Artwrld, Global
Art Bond NY, New Yok
Artemis Gallery, Lisbon
Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York
Atlas Gallery, London
Bildhalle, Zurich/Amsterdam
bitforms, New York
Bryce Wolkowitz NFT, Global
Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston
Chela Mitchell Gallery, Washington, D.C.
CLAMP, New York
Elijah Wheat, Newburgh
Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
Fisheye Gallery, Paris/Arles
THE FRIDGE, New York
Galerie XII, Paris/Los Angeles/Shanghai
Gaotai Gallery, Xinjiang
HackelBury Fine Art, London
HESSE FLATOW, New York
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York Huxley-Parlour, London
The Hullet Collection, Tulsa
IN THE GALLERY, Palma de Mallorca/Copenhagen inside-out, Brussels
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
JHB Gallery, New York
Les filles du calvaire, Paris
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles Management, New York
Marshall Gallery, Los Angeles
McBride Contemporain, Montreal
Momentum, Miami
Montrasio Arte, Monza/Milan/Piacenza
The Music Photo Gallery, New York
Nil Gallery, Paris
OSMOS, New York/Stamford
PIBI Gallery, Seoul
Postmasters Gallery, New York/Rome
Praise Shadows, Brookline
Printed Matter, Inc., New York
Rick Wester Fine Art, New York
Robert Mann Gallery, New York
Rolf Art, Buenos Aires
Ruttkowski;68, Cologne/Düsseldorf/Paris/New York Sasha Wolf Projects, New York
Shun Art Gallery, Tokyo/Shanghai
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York
Spinello Projects, Miami
Staley-Wise Gallery, New York
TERN Gallery, Nassau
TRANSFER, Miami
Throckmorton Fine Art, New York
Troconi-Letayf & Campbell, Mexico City
UNIX Gallery, New York
Von Lintel Gallery, Santa Monica
Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle/New York
Yiwei Gallery, Venice, CA
