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Attention, Art Collectors: Here Is the Definitive Calendar of International Art Fairs for 2018
Mark your calendars, it's going to be a busy year.
Mark your calendars, it's going to be a busy year.
Caroline Goldstein ShareShare This Article
With the explosion of art fairs around the world, there’s only one way for the most enterprising collectors to navigate the year: strategize, strategize, strategize. To help, we’ve compiled a list of the most significant art fairs around the world, from New York to New Delhi.
In March, all eyes will be on the marquee Armory Show, now under new director Nicole Berry. This year the main events of Armory Week take place over the course of two weeks—the Armory Show having opted to buck tradition and open the first full week of March.
Another scheduling snafu led to tensions between Art Cologne and Art Brussels, which will vie for collectors come April. Meanwhile, TEFAF Maastricht added a full day for their VVIPs, following complaints from well-heeled guests last year.
All this illustrates how slippery the art fair calendar is. Since many fairs still have details that are coming together, we’ll update this calendar here as the year goes on.
The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Business Design Centre, London
Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC
Park Avenue Armory, NYC
The Barker Hangar, California
Vernissage: January 25; Marina Bay Sands, Expo & Convention Center
Vernissage: January 26; Tour & Taxis, Brussels
Palexpo Convention Center, Geneva
PAD Genève Art + Design, February 1–4, Palexpo Convention Center
VIP Preview Day (by invitation only): February 1; Via della Costituzion, Bologna
Art City Bologna, February 2–4, Bologna Exhibition Center
SetUp Contemporary Art Fair, February 1–4, Palazzo Pallavicini
Chesa Planta, St. Moritz
VIP Preview Day (by invitation only): February 7; Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam
Qade Solo Project, February 7–11, Cruise Terminal on the Wilhelmina Pier
Centro Citibanamex, Mexico City
Material Art Fair, February 8–11, Expo Reforma
NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla Industrial Estate
Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town
IFEMA Convention Center, Madrid
JUSTMAD, February 20–25, Carlos Maria de Castro Palace, Madrid
Art Madrid, February 20–25, Galería de Cristal de CentroCentro Cibeles, Madrid
Messe Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Sotheby’s Auction House NYC
La Mamounia, Avenue Prince Moulay Rachid, Marrakech
Gala Preview, February 27; Park Avenue Armory.
Vanderborght Building, Brussels
Pier 90, NYC
VIP Preview Day (by Invitation only): March 7; Piers 92 & 94 in New York City
VIP Preview Day (by Invitation only): March 8; Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
Spring Studios, NYC
Skylight Clarkson Square, NYC
VIP Preview Day: March 8; Skylight Clarkson North, New York
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Tokyo International Forum, Chiyoda, Tokyo
VIP Preview Days (by invitation only): March 7 & 8; Maastricht’s Exhibition & Congress Centre, The Netherlands
Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
VIP Preview Days (by invitation only): March 27 & 28; Vernissage: March 28, 5-9 p.m.;Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Art Central Hong Kong, March 27–31, 9 Lung Wo Road Central
Pier 94 NYC
VIP Preview Day (by invitation only): April 11; Oscar Niemeyer Bienal Pavilion, São Paulo
Market Art Fair, April 12-15, Sweden
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
Vernissage: April 18, 4–8 p.m.; Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1, Cologne
VIP Preview Day (by invitation only): April 19, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Vernissage, April 19, 5 p.m.–10 p.m.; Avenue du Port Tour and Taxis Building, Brussels
VIP Preview Day (by invitation only): April 19, Vanderborght Building, Brussels
Agricultural Exhibition Centre of China, Beijing
La Vigie, Monaco
Garimaldi Forum, Monaco
VIP Preview Days (by invitation only): May 2-3, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Randall’s Island Park, New York
Art New York, May 3–6, Pier 94, NYC
CONTEXT, May 3–6, Pier 94, NY
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, May 4–6, New York
Pioneer Works, Brooklyn
VIP Preview Days (by invitation only): May 3, 12–8 p.m.; May 4–8 VIP hours, 11 a.m.–12 p.m.; Park Avenue Armory
Fábrica Nacional de Cordoaria
VIP Preview Day (by invitation only): May 16; Somerset House, London
La Rural in Buenos Aires
Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO, Vilnius
VIP Preview Days (by invitation only): June 12 & 13, Vernissage: June 13, 4 p.m.–8 p.m.; Messe Basel, Messeplatz, Switzerland
Volta14, June 11–16, Viaduktstrasse 10, Markthalle
Liste, June 11–17, Burgweg 15
Design Miami/Basel, June 12–17, Viaduktstrasse 10, Markthalle
photo basel, June 12–17, Rebgasse 12-14, Volkshaus Basel
SCOPE Basel, June 12–17, Webergasse 34
VIP Preview Day (by invitation only): June 27; South Grounds at the Royal Hospital Chelsea
Santa Fe Convention Center
CenturyLink Field Event Center
Centro Citibanamex, Mexico City
Center Blvd. 5, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Kunsthal Charlottenborg
The J1, Joliette’s docks, Marseille
Gostiny Dvor, Moscow
Arena Berlin, Berlin
VIP Preview Day: September 19, Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center
Istanbul Congress Center (ICC) and Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC)
Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Tempelhof, Berlin
VIP Preview Day (by invitation only): September 26; Marina da Gloria, Rio de Janeiro
Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois
Marx Halle, Vienna
South Regent’s Park, London
Regents Park, London
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, October 4–7, Somerset House, London
PAD London Art + Design, October 1–7, Berkeley Square, London
COEX Convention Center, Seoul, South Korea
Grand Palais, Petit Palais & Hors les Murs, Paris
Paris Internationale, October 18-22, 11, Rue Beranger, Paris
Outsider Art Fair, October 19-22, Hôtel du Duc, Paris
Gran Salón of Corferias, Bogotá
Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto
Park Avenue Armory
Grand Palais, Paris
West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, Xuhui District
VIP Preview Day (by invitation only): November 8; Shanghai Exhibition Center
Areal Böhler
VIP Preview Days (by invitation only): December 5; Vernissage: December 6; Miami Beach Convention Center
CONTEXT Art Miami, December 4–9, VIP Preview Day (by invitation only), December 4; Former Miami Herald Site, Biscayne Bay
UNTITLED, December 5–9, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
PULSE, December 6–9, Indian Beach Park, Miami Beach