The eighth annual Dallas Art Fair will return this year from April 14–17 with an abundance of good art, glamorous parties, and major spending. Everything’s bigger in Texas, after all.
This year’s roster includes 97 galleries from 17 different countries and boasts 39 new participants, including Gallery Diet, Leila Heller Gallery, De Buck Gallery, Brand New Gallery, Taymour Grahne, Honor Fraser, David Kordansky Gallery, and Francois Ghebaly.
Galleries that will not be returning to the fair this year include Ameringer McEnery Yohe, Alden Projects, Nathalie Karg Gallery, Mixed Greens, James Fuentes Gallery, and 10 Chancery Lane.
“We chose to participate in the Dallas Art Fair this year due to the vibrancy of the art scene there,” said David De Buck, director of De Buck Gallery, in an email to artnet News. “After participating in the 2015 TWO x TWO auction, I became familiar with a number of collectors and personalities in the Dallas area.”
Nina Johnson-Milewski, who runs Miami’s Gallery Diet, agrees: “As a gallery that operates predominantly out of a “peripheral” city (aka not New York haha), we are very discerning when it comes to deciding what fairs to participate in. We’re excited to be part of the Dallas Art Fair as we feel it’s a great opportunity to introduce our artists to new audiences,” she said in an email.
Indeed, it is thanks to Dallas’s abundance of innovative and wealthy collectors (think: Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, Kenny Goss, the late Vernon Faulconer), that the event has morphed from a single fair into a week of programming that includes exhibitions, fundraisers, and more.
“We are excited to once again be partnering to raise funds for the Dallas Museum of Art, the Dallas Contemporary, and the Nasher Sculpture Center,” said fair co-founder John Sughrue in a statement. “The mayor has again officially decreed this Dallas Arts Week, bringing light to some of the city’s principal art organizations with a sharp series of exhibition openings and arts-related events.”
The Dallas Museum of Art will open a major solo exhibition of photography by Irving Penn, while Dallas Contemporary will fete Dan Colen, Paola Pivi, and fashion designer-turned-visual artist Helmut Lang.
Full Dallas Art Fair exhibitor list:
10 Hanover, London
Aicon Gallery, New York
Ana Mas Projects, Puerto Rico
AND NOW, Dallas
Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
Beatriz Esguerra Art, Bogota
bitforms gallery, New York
Bortolami, New York
Brand New Gallery, Milan
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore
CANADA, New York
Carbon 12, Dubai
Carl Freedman Gallery, London
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
Carroll/Fletcher, London
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gable
Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto
Conduit Gallery, Dallas
Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe
DC Moore Gallery, New York
De Buck Gallery, New York
Drexel Galería, Monterrey
Edel Assanti, London
Emily Summers, Dallas
Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas
Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles
Galería Javier López & Fer Francés, Madrid
Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid
Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris
Galeria Pilar, São Paulo
Galerie Perrotin, Paris, New York
Van der Mieden Gallery, Antwerp
Galleri Urbane Marfa + Dallas, Dallas
Gallery Diet, Miami
Gallery Henoch, New York
Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
GEARY Contemporary, New York
Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco
Hales Gallery, London
Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton
Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels
Hester, New York
HONOR FRASER, Los Angeles
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco
Howard Scott Gallery, New York
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe
Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York
Karma International, Los Angeles, Zurich
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas
LABOR, Mexico City
Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai
Leila Heller Gallery, New York
Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York
Lisa Cooley, New York
LISABIRD Contemporary, Wien
Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo
LUCE GALLERY, Turin
MAKEBISH, New York
Marlborough Chelsea, New York
Massimo De Carlo, London
Michael Jon Gallery, Miami
MISAKO & ROSEN, Tokyo
MKG127, Toronto
MONITOR, Rome
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York
Nyehaus, New York
Overduin & Co, Los Angeles
Páramo, Guadalajara
Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach
Ro2 Art, Dallas
Ronchini Gallery, London
SAPAR Contemporary, New York
Shrine, New York
Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas
taubert contemporary, Berlin
Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York
The Green Gallery, Milwaukee
Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp
Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe
Valentin, Paris
Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas
Various Small Fires, Los Angeles
VITRINE, London
William Campbell Contemporary Art, Inc., Fort Worth
Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
Zieher Smith & Horton, New York