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2024

THE ART NEWSPAPER: THE FEMALE FORM TAKES MANY SHAPES AT FUTURE FAIR

"The Frieze New York satellite fair features an array of largely light-hearted works displaying melted, jumbled and disembodied limbs."

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: ESTHER, FUTURE FAIR, AND NADA NEW YORK REVIEWS: GEMS HUNTING

"In Chelsea, Future Fair has quickly become a favorite stop during New York Art Week, with small and midsize galleries exhibiting exciting new voices."


THE NEW YORK TIMES: MAY BRINGS MORE THAN FLOWERS: ART FAIRS TO SEE IN NEW YORK

"Future Fair offers a mix of hyperlocal, national and international galleries, as well as a range of established and new." 


ARTSY: 9 ARTISTS WE DISCOVERED AT NEW YORK ART FAIRS 2024

Artsy’s editorial team shares the artist discoveries that made an impression across Future Fair, NADA, 1-54, Frieze, and Esther, spotlighting Elizabeth King Stanton of Abigail Ogilvy Gallery and Angela Fang Zirbes of Hashimoto Contemporary. 


GALERIE: 10 BUZZWORTHY ARTISTS FROM NEW YORK ART WEEK

Discover the talents that made the biggest splashes at Frieze New York, Esther, Future Fair, NADA New York, and 1-54 New York. Paul Laster spotlights Beck Lowry of Elijah Wheat Showroom and Angela Fang Zirbes of Hashimoto Contemporary.


ARTSY: 5 EMERGING GALLERIES TO WATCH AT 2024 NEW YORK ART FAIRS

The Artsy editorial team highlights five small galleries exhibiting across the New York art fairs to keep an eye on, spotlighting Massey Klein (New York), Red Arrow (Nashville) and Mama Projects (New York).
 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: 11 ART FAIRS KICK OFF FOR BUYERS AND BROWSERS ALIKE

"The fair that highlights small-business art galleries and the artists they support (and operates on a profit-sharing model) is back." 

GALERIE: ARTISTS TO WATCH FROM FUTURE FAIR, INDEPENDENT, AND NADA NEW YORK 2023

Taking a deep dive into New York's two weeks of art fairs, Galerie looked for a select group of artists who should be on every collector's radar. 


ARTILLERY MAG: FRIEZE NY AND NEW YORK ART WEEK

Future Fair was a standout of Art Week Part One. The young fair brought endless abstraction and bold curatorial decisions.

W MAG: WHAT TO SEE AT FRIEZE WEEK NEW YORK AND BEYOND

Opening the spring fair season in New York was Future Fair, where early birds in line for the preview peacocked their spring duds in the line that snaked along West 28th Street outside the Chelsea Industrial event space


THE ART NEWSPAPER: FUTURE FAIR PAYS IT FORWARD WITH FUND TO SUPPORT EMERGING GALLERIES


The upstart fair proffers on-trend paintings for collectors and mutual aid for dealers.

2023


ARTSY: THE BEST BOOTHS OF NEW YORK ART WEEK 2023

And as the doors opened, the VIP preview erupted into a high-energy, pleasantly crowded affair, with streams of collectors young and old rubbing elbows as they sought out the inevitable artist discoveries that the fair has become known for.


THE ART NEWSPAPER: ABSTRACTION IS ASCENDANT AT NEW YORK'S FUTURE FAIR

The fair, a haven for fresh painting, may signal a coming shift in the market power dynamic between representation and abstraction.


WALL STREET JOURNAL: FUTURE FAIR REVIEW: CREATIVE BLASTS BASED ON THE PAST

A unique profit-sharing model and radical transparency among galleries also set it apart and make it an especially attractive option for exhibitors.


HYPERALLERGIC: FUTURE FAIR IS OFFICIALLY ON THE MAP 


Future is yet another New York City art fair trying to shake things up. The show, launched in 2020, draws a younger, hipper crowd than the city’s higher profile exhibitions.


FAD MAGAZINE: OUR FIVE FAVORITE BOOTHS AT FUTURE FAIR

Future Fair, however, is blazing a unique trail, treating exhibitors like shareholders and constantly paying it forward. 


SURFACE: FUTURE FAIR RETURNS TO NEW YORK

Now in its third year, Future Fair continues to champion its founding tenets of equitability, transparency, and quality to build community with exhibiting artists and galleries. 


BARRONS: FUTURE FAIR TO BRING TOGETHER DEALERS AND ARTISTS IN NEW YORK

The third annual Future Fair, an art fair focusing on ultra-contemporary works, will bring together 54 galleries from 19 countries at Chelsea Industrial from May 11-13. 


ARTPLUGGED: FUTURE FAIR ANNOUNCED ITS MAY 2023 EXHIBITOR LIST AND RETURN TO CHELSEA INDUSTRIAL

Future Fair 2023 exhibitors converge across five continents, indicating the strength and resilience of New York's art market. 


WIDEWALLS: FUTURE FAIR 2023 DIVES INTO CONTEMPORARY PAINTING FOR ITS THIRD EDITION

With the ethos of community and shared camaraderie, Future Fair has become one of the most anticipated events among collectors and art lovers alike.

ARTNET: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Here's Our Up-to-the-Minute Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place Around the World in 2023 
 

2022


ARTSY: THE BEST BOOTHS AT NEW YORK ART WEEK 2022

A high-spirited Future Fair kicked off its second IRL edition on Wednesday evening with an enthused crowd navigating the fair's labyrinthine digs at Chelsea industrial. 


ARTNET: LOOKING FOR THE NEXT BIG THING? HERE ARE 5 ARTISTS TO KNOW FROM NEW YORK ART WEEK 2022

BEERS London's Gori Mora selected by Artnet as one of five artists presenting during New York Art Week to pay attention to. 


ARTSY: WHAT SOLD AT NEW YORK ART WEEK 2022

At Future, Galerie Droste sold out its presentation of works by German artist Willehad Eilers...BEERS London had a similarly successful showing at Future, selling all six of its works by Spanish artist Gori Mora. 


SOHO HOUSE: THE FAIR THAT'S BREAKING THE ART WORLD RULES

An antidote to how the art industry could liven up the repetitive grind...'pushing culture forward' is precisely what the femme-powered team of cofounders, Rachel Mijares Fick and Rebeca Laliberte, is activating. 


THE ART NEWSPAPER: NEW YORK ART WEEK KICKS OFF A BUSY SPRING OF FAIRS, AUCTIONS AND MORE
The new week-long alignment starts the spring art season with a bang, including the returns of the Independent, Nada New York, Tefaf New York and the Future Art Fair.


ARTNEWS: FAIRS, MUSEUMS, AUCTION HOUSES, AND MORE UNITE TO LAUNCH NEW YORK ART WEEK: 'WE NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AT THIS TIME'

This May, more than 20 New York-based art organizations have branded together to launch the first New York Art Week, which is set to take place when four art fairs, Independent, TEFAF New York, NADA New York, and Future Fair - open in the city.


WHITEWALL: WHAT TO SEE AT THE SECOND IN-PERSON EDITION OF FUTURE FAIR

Welcoming around 50 exhibitors, the fair focuses on a more intimate format that treats galleries as its shareholders and offers innovative programming like inter-gallery collaborations.


AZURE: 5 STANDOUT COLLECTIBLE DESIGN PIECES FROM ALIEN DAYS AT FUTURE FAIR 2022


Guided by the core values of transparency and equitability, Future Fair's approach has brought together diverse groups of exhibitors for two years running.


HYPERALLERGIC: YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO NYC'S MAY ART FAIRS

For its sophomore in-person edition, Future Fair has relocated to larger venue to accommodate 50 exhibitors from the US and abroad.


NEW YORK TIMES: AT FUTURE FAIR, DISCOVERING EMERGING AND UNDERSUNG PLAYERS


The new art fair wants to be a "change agent" with more collaboration, global locations and a hyperlocal New York scene.

2021


ARTNET NEWS: THESE DEALERS FOUNDED THEIR GALLERIES DURING THE PANDEMIC, NOW THEY'RE MAKING THEIR BIG DEBUT DURING ARMORY WEEK

Meet the new faces—from Los Angeles, the Bahamas, and Brooklyn—injecting fresh perspectives on the international fair circuit.


ARTSY: 22 ARTISTS TO DISCOVER AT NEW YORK'S SEPTEMBER FAIRS

Future Fair exhibiting artists; Anneke Eussen, Deb Sokolov and Layo Bright, Mario Joyce, Marryam Moma, Tristram Landsdowne named among top artists to discover at New York's September fairs.


SOHO HOUSE: A GUIDE TO NEW YORK'S FUTURE FAIR WITH KRYSTA EDER AND DANNY BÁEZ

Over The Influence Gallery's Krysta Eder, and fellow Ludlow House member Danny Báez of REGULARNORMAL give us an insight into their joint booth and round up their must-see art fair presentations.


SOHO HOUSE: BLACK WOMEN IN VISUAL ARTS VISITS DUMBO HOUSE TO TALK FUTURE FAIR

Lauren Jackson Harris, cofounder of Black Women in Visual Arts, sits down with three Future Fair exhibitors: Storm Ascher, Dominique Clayton, and Nyama Wingood to talk representation at the Fair


JUXTAPOZ: PREVIEW INSIDE FUTURE FAIR 2021 AT THE STARRETT LEHIGH BUILDING

This is the first "in-person" edition of Future Fair, featuring 34 exhibitors within 16 bespoke exhibition rooms, with an emphasis on "cross-exhibitor collaboration


HYPERALLERGIC: THE FUTURE IS COLLABORATIVE

At Future Fair, 34 galleries show joint presentations across 16 booths, testing the alchemy of dissonance.


6 SALONS ET 300 EXPOSANTS: L'ARMORY WEEK JOUE LE REBOND

Une semaine intense avec pas moins de six foires: L'Armory Show, bien sûr, mais aussi Independent, Spring Break Art Show, Art on Paper, Future Fair et Clio Art Fair.


NEW YORK ART FAIRS ARE RETURNING, EYES OPEN AND FINGERS CROSSED, NEW YORK TIMES

In Chelsea, Future Fair has rebuilt its program from the ground up after postponing its inaugural edition last year because of the pandemic. 


THE NEW YORK TIMES WEEKEND ROUNDUP: 5 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND


The New York Times selects The Future Fair Holiday Market as the first event in their weekend arts roundup. Appearing online and in print on December 18, 2020.


REVIEW: A LOOK AT THE FUTURE FAIR, JUXTAPOZ 


[Future Fair’s] approach resulted in a vibrant, coherent lineup of galleries, attracting a wide range of exciting, young artists who are shaping the future of the art world. With presentations available online between May 6th and June 6th through Artsy, Future Fair quickly found an alternative approach for their concept.


FUTURE FAIR GOES ONLINE IN PLACE OF INAUGURAL NEW YORK SHOW, FAD MAGAZINE 

Future Fair announced the launch of Future Fair Online last week with an exhibition and program developed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic causing the postponement of the inaugural New York show.


FUTURE FAIR REVEALS EXHIBITORS FOR INAUGURAL EDITION, ARTNEWS

Among the participating galleries are El Apartamento (of Havana), 1969 Gallery (New York), Ochi Projects (Los Angeles), and Alberta Pane (Paris and Venice), and project spaces include Detroit Presents (Detroit), Matèria (Rome), and Suburbia Contemporary (Granada and Cape Town).


A NEW ART FAIR MAKES EXHIBITORS AN UNUSUAL OFFER: A CUT OF ITS PROFITS, ARTNEWS

As small and medium-sized galleries have shuttered at an alarming rate in recent years, many of their owners have pointed to the high price—and huge risk—of participating in art fairs. Now one startup thinks it has found a more sustainable model for dealers.


SHARING THE WEALTH? A NEW ART FAIR PLANS TO SPLIT PROFITS WITH DEALERS WHEN IT LAUNCHES IN NEW YORK NEXT YEAR, ARTNET

For many galleries, art fairs present a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” proposal. The cost to participate has grown increasingly steep, with many charging tens of thousands for a booth, plus expenses for shipping, travel, and insurance. Do more than one fair a year—let alone five or six—and that number balloons quickly. On the other hand, not participating can amount to a significant lost business opportunity.


FUTURE FAIR HOPES TO USE A NEW PROFIT-SHARING MODEL TO ALLEVIATE RISK FOR DEALERS, ARTSY


The participating galleries, a maximum of 36, will equally split 35 percent of the fair’s profits, which they can either take in cash, use to sponsor another gallery’s participation in the future, or get a credit toward the fair next year.


PAIRING GALLERIES AND SPLITTING THE PROFITS: HOW A NEW ART FAIR AIMS TO CHANGE THE GAME, THE OBSERVER

The average contemporary art fair can feel a bit more like a meat market than a refined, curated experience. Future Fair offers a corrective for the current fair ecosystem by bringing in galleries as partners to create the feel of a swanky salon or sophisticated kunsthalle.


THE FUTURE FAIR, A NEW ART FAIR WITH A PROFIT-SHARING BUSINESS MODEL, ARTFORUM

The Future Fair, a new art fair with a profit-sharing business model, will hold its inaugural edition in New York at Chelsea’s Canoe Studios during Frieze week next year.

2020


FUTURE FAIR VEUT REDISTRIBUER UNE PARTIE DE SES BÉNÉFICES AUX GALERIES, THE ART NEWSPAPER FRANCE

Une nouvelle foire d’art contemporain doit bientôt voir le jour à New York. Future Fair, dont la première édition est prévue du 7 au 9 mai 2020, pendant Frieze New York, tranche dans son concept avec les autres manifestations.


UNA NUOVA FIERA D'ARTE INAUGURA A NEW YORK, EXIBART

Le fiere d’arte stanno diventando sempre più costose e affollate. Per le piccole e medie gallerie, i rischi e le spese sono ormai insostenibili, schiacciate dai grandi nomi del mercato dell’arte.


A PROFIT-SHARING COMMUNITY FOSTERING GALLERY SUSTAINABILITY AND COLLABORATION, HAPPENING

Participating in fairs can incur substantial costs for galleries, a commitment of funding which may result in significant loss if collectors and potential buyers do not show interest.