Future Fair is a community-focused exhibition that champions curatorial vision, access, and growth in the global art industry. 

Each year, Future Fair features around 60 artist presentations, ensuring focused engagement for participants and visitors alike in New York City. Since 2020, the fair has brought together diverse global artistic voices through carefully crafted in-person events, while its digital platforms provide ongoing storytelling and community engagement that extend well beyond the exhibition dates.

Through intentional programs, Future Fair welcomes and empowers both new and established voices to participate, connect, and grow together. It is a place of convergence where artists, galleries, curators, collectors, and cultural patrons engage with art that shapes and reflects our cultural experience today.

The fair operates on an at-cost participation model for exhibitors, generating profits primarily from ticket sales and sponsorship revenue. Through an innovative mutual aid initiative, 15% of annual profits are reinvested as grants for select participants – helping drive impact by expanding opportunities within the global art market with every ticket and sponsorship.

The exhibition will return for its 6th edition on May 13 - 16, 2026 at Chelsea Industrial, located on the ground floor of 535 W 28th St, in the heart of the historic art district.

The Pay-It-Forward Fund

Starting in 2025, Future Fair will commit 15% of its profits towards a Pay-It-Forward Fund that allocates grants to rising art dealers participating in the exhibition. This commitment is an evolution from the original profit-share model launched in 2020, furthering the platform’s efforts towards a more sustainable, diverse and equitable platform for new art dealers.

Additionally, participating exhibitors have the opportunity to contribute towards the fund. This offers more established galleries the chance to support a more diverse range of peers. This mutual aid amongst exhibitors has already proven successful in previous iterations of the fair.

The Pay-It-Forward campaign is a holistic model; one in which ticket-buyers, partners, and exhibitors contribute towards supporting in-roads for new voices in the art industry.