NYC Art Week 2026: Twelve Fairs Collide in a Chaotic Schedule
Liam Otero covers NYC Art Week 2026, which will take place in Manhattan from May 13–15, featuring twelve simultaneous art fairs, including Frieze, NADA, and TEFAF. At Future Fair, Otero focused on female-led booths such as Gillian Jason Gallery and BolsterArts, noting standout presentations from The Empty Circle and LOLA Gallery. On Friday, he commended Hauser & Wirth for showcasing Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi at TEFAF, alongside highlights from Landau Fine Art and Pace Gallery. Additionally, Otero attended a press preview at Pace Gallery for solo exhibitions by David Hockney and others, criticizing the event's organization as a 'trainwreck' due to its sprawling locations and overlapping schedules.
Key facts
- NYC Art Week 2026 ran May 13–15 with at least twelve art fairs in Manhattan.
- Fairs included Frieze, NADA, Independent, NYCxDesign, TEFAF, Esther, 1-54, Future Fair, Fridge Art Fair, American Art Fair, Clio Art Fair, and Salon Zürcher.
- Future Fair was held at Chelsea Industrial Building; TEFAF at Park Avenue Armory.
- Otero attended a Less Than Half tour at Future Fair led by Hall W. Rockefeller.
- Hauser & Wirth's TEFAF booth featured a solo presentation of Vilhelm Hammershøi.
- Pace Gallery hosted press previews for David Hockney, Emily Kam Kngwarray, Julian Schnabel, and Paul Thek exhibitions.
- Otero visited over a dozen Chelsea galleries including Karma, Morgan Presents, Olney Gleason, Hollis Taggart, SEIZAN, Fergus McCaffrey, Berry Campbell, Greene Naftali, Tanya Bonakdar, Paula Cooper, and Martos Gallery.
- The schedule was criticized for geographic sprawl between Upper East Side and Chelsea.
Entities
Artists
- Liam Otero
- Hall W. Rockefeller
- Colette LaVette
- Ali Sutton
- Chris Cortez
- Rania Abdalla Kadafour
- Kayla Dantz
- Marina Christy
- Alex Z. Wang
- Daniel Kukla
- Noriko Shinohara
- Ushio Shinohara
- Exonemo
- Bryce Delplanque
- Vivien Ebright Chung
- Nancy Pantirer
- Alison Kruvant
- Farangiz Yusupova
- Francine Tint
- Aliza Stone Howard
- Adi Oren
- Charlotte Hailstone Wu
- Mia Dunn
- Hale Jones
- Vilhelm Hammershøi
- Lyonel Feininger
- Jean Dubuffet
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Alex Katz
- Sylvia Plimack Mangold
- Richard Estes
- Robert Motherwell
- Jean Prouvé
- Hiroshi Sugimoto
- Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
- Faye Toogood
- nendo
- Bridget Riley
- Theo Van Rysselberghe
- Edgar Degas
- Henri Le Sidaner
- Man Ray
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Willem de Kooning
- Wayne Thiebaud
- Richard Smith
- David Hockney
- Emily Kam Kngwarray
- Julian Schnabel
- Paul Thek
- Jeremy Frey
- Hughie Lee-Smith
- Tony Lewis
- Daniel Gordon
- Asa Hiramatsu
- Birgit Jurgenssen
- Sally Silberberg
- Louisa Chase
- Sophie von Hellermann
- Mark Manders
- Meg Webster
- Mark di Suvero
- Keith Haring
- Leemour Pelli
- Erwin Wurm
- Giulio Noccesi
- Steven Cuffie
- Sam Penn
- Felice Reich
- Elizabeth Alster
Institutions
- Frieze
- NADA (New Art Dealers Association)
- Independent
- NYCxDesign
- TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair)
- Esther
- 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
- Future Fair
- Fridge Art Fair
- American Art Fair
- Clio Art Fair
- Salon Zürcher
- Less Than Half
- Gillian Jason Gallery
- BolsterArts
- Harsh Collective
- Collective Z
- The Empty Circle
- GoCA (Gallery of Contemporary Art)
- NowHere
- Opa Projects
- LOLA Gallery
- 81 Leonard Gallery
- Loft Projects
- Stump Gallery
- Hauser & Wirth
- Landau Fine Art
- Pace Gallery
- Yares Art
- Galerie Patrick Seguin
- Galleria Continua
- Galerie Friedman Benda
- Richard Green Gallery
- Larkin Erdmann
- Berggruen Gallery
- Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert Gallery
- Karma Gallery
- Morgan Presents
- Olney Gleason
- Hollis Taggart Gallery
- SEIZAN
- Fergus McCaffrey Gallery
- Berry Campbell Gallery
- Greene Naftali Gallery
- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
- Paula Cooper Gallery
- Martos Gallery
- Lehmann Maupin Gallery
- New York Life Gallery
- Leonovich Gallery
- Whitehot Magazine
- Paste Magazine
- Art & Ponder
- Park Avenue Armory
- Starrett-Lehigh Building
- Chelsea Industrial Building
Locations
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Chelsea
- Upper East Side
- Chinatown
- Brooklyn
- Queens
- London
- United Kingdom
- Montreal
- Canada
- Paris
- France
- San Gimignano
- Italy
- Les Moulins
- Los Angeles
- California
- San Francisco
- Santa Fe
- New Mexico
- Miami
- Florida
- Zürich
- Switzerland
- Maastricht
- Netherlands
- South Korea
- New Zealand