The Armory Show 2026 Puts Caribbean Art at Its Center, With Around 230 Galleries at the Javits Center
Scheduled for September 24-27, the 2026 Armory Show at New York's Javits Center will showcase a revised floorplan that emphasizes the Caribbean. Approximately 230 galleries from over 30 nations will be involved, with a 20% increase in both emerging-gallery and solo sections. The south entrance will spotlight Caribbean galleries, including a group exhibition by El Apartamento and individual showcases from Kathia St. Hilaire, Shara Mays, and Antonio Luiz Morais de Andrade. Meanwhile, the north entrance will feature US dealers such as Sean Kelly alongside international participants. Curated sections, including Platform by Jovanna Venegas and Focus by María Elena Ortiz, will also be part of the event, which takes place amid intensified US immigration enforcement following a June Supreme Court decision impacting nearly one million Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants.
Key facts
- The Armory Show runs 24-27 September at the Javits Center in New York
- Around 230 galleries from more than 30 countries participate
- The Presents and Solo sections each expanded by roughly 20% from last year
- Solo comprises around 25 exhibitors and Presents around 55 galleries
- The south entrance leads into the Caribbean focus; the north entrance highlights US and New York galleries
- Platform is curated by Jovanna Venegas of SculptureCenter; Focus is curated by María Elena Ortiz of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
- A June US Supreme Court ruling cleared the way to end temporary protected status for immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti, affecting nearly one million people
- International tourism to the US fell 5.5% last year, around four million fewer visitors, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office
Entities
Artists
- Kathia St. Hilaire
- Shara Mays
- Antonio Luiz Morais de Andrade
- Bony Ramírez
- Lucia Hierro
- Rafael Domenech
- Zenobia Lee
- Margarita Cabrera
- María Magdalena Campos-Pons
- Hew Locke
- Alba Triana
- Ana Fernández Mosseri
- Mercedes Elena González
- Ernesto Rivera
- Ricardo Cabret
- Gio Swaby
- Kachelle Knowles
- Sofía Del Mar Collins
- Renée Cox
- Simon Benjamin
- Lizania Cruz
- Yanira Collado
- Elliot Jiménez
- Erick Jiménez
- Kyla McMillan
- Jovanna Venegas
- María Elena Ortiz
- Donald Trump
- Margot Samel
- Alex Hernandez Dueñas
- Ariel Cabrera
- José Bechara
- Ayako Rokkaku
- Leroy Johnson
- Sasha Brodsky
- Bony Ramirez
- Dabin Ahn
- Selva Aparicio
- Remedios Varo
- Marcel Jean
- Yaxkin Fuentes-Barrientos
- Antonio Girardi
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
- Bernard Childs
- Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju
- Betsabeé Romero
- Lulu Varona
Institutions
- The Armory Show
- Javits Center
- El Apartamento
- Perrotin
- Ronchini
- Galeria Raquel Arnaud
- Sean Kelly
- Norr Cohan
- Miles McEnery Gallery
- Hollis Taggart
- Marc Straus Gallery
- Dimin
- Templon
- Mennour
- Victoria Miro
- Ben Brown Fine Arts
- Nara Roesler
- Adegbola Gallery
- Amanita
- Management
- Catinca Tabacaru
- Rajiv Menon Contemporary
- Gramercy International Prize
- SculptureCenter
- Regularnormal
- 193 Gallery
- Sea View
- Jane Lombard Gallery
- Galerie Barbara Thumm
- Cristea Roberts Gallery
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
- Casa Hoffmann
- Henrique Faria Fine Art
- Galería SN
- Mimo
- Hidrante
- Tern Gallery
- Chozick Family Art Gallery
- Ethan Cohen Gallery
- Patron
- Proxyco
- Mindy Solomon Gallery
- Spinello Projects
- US Supreme Court
- National Travel and Tourism Office
- Frieze Seoul
- Anat Ebgi
- James Cohan
- Vielmetter Los Angeles
- Albuquerque Contemporânea
- Baró Galeria
- Rajiv Menon
- 56 Henry
- Martha's
- Megan Mulrooney
- Margot Samel
- White Cube
- Skarstedt
- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
- Andrew Kreps Gallery
- Armory Show
- Frieze
- Alison Jacques
- Yossi Milo
- Victoria Miu
- 303 Gallery
- El Museo del Barrio
- Unione Sindacale di Base (USB)
- National Archaeological Museums of Venice and the Lagoon
- Veneto Regional Directorate of National Museums
- Gallery Wendi Norris
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House
- Goodwill Ontario Great Lakes
- Western University
- Fanshawe College
- Villa Treville
- Garth Greenan Gallery
- Nature Morte
- Johyun Gallery
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Javits Center
- Caribbean
- Havana
- Cuba
- Haiti
- Colombia
- Brazil
- São Paulo
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- Bucharest
- Romania
- Harare
- Zimbabwe
- Los Angeles
- Queens
- Bogotá
- Venezuela
- Puerto Rico
- Bahamas
- Brooklyn
- Tribeca
- Chelsea
- Chicago
- Lower East Side
- Miami
- Central America
- South America
- North America
- Austin
- Seoul
- South Korea
- New York City
- Americas
- Venice
- Italy
- San Francisco
- Buffalo
- Positano