Future Fair 2026: A Sixth Edition of Discovery and Connection
Across four days this May at Chelsea Industrial, the fair brought together 69 exhibitors, a new conversations program, and a growing community of collectors, curators, artists, and cultural leaders.
Future Fair returned to Chelsea Industrial from May 13-16, 2026, for its sixth in-person edition, bringing together 69 local, national, and international exhibitors during New York Art Week. Across four days, the fair welcomed thousands of visitors, including collectors, curators, advisors, museum professionals, artists, and art lovers seeking new voices and presentations beyond traditional market centers.
“Future Fair confirmed its distinct role as a launchpad for emerging talents and more experimental galleries.” - The Observer, May 2025
The 2026 edition continued to foreground Future Fair’s founding ethos: a collaborative, accessible, and curatorially focused platform for galleries building sustainable programs within a shifting art ecosystem. From solo presentations and experimental installations to cross-regional gallery models, artist-led projects, and the launch of Future Talks by Artlogic, the fair offered a warm and energetic setting for discovery, conversation, and meaningful exchange.
Across the fair, exhibitors repeatedly emphasized the combination of commercial activity, accessibility, and genuine exchange between artists, dealers, collectors, and institutions. Those values, increasingly difficult to sustain within larger market environments, emerged as one of the defining characteristics of the 2026 edition — and, notably, not separate from commercial success, but central to it.
2026 EXHIBITORS
81 Leonard Gallery, New York, NY
Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Alday Hunken Gallery, Atlanta, GA & Mexico City, Mexico
Alison Milne Co., Toronto, Canada
Artbooth Gallery, Abu Dhabi, Seoul
Artbug, Los Angeles, CA & Mexico City, Mexico
ABC x Startup, San Francisco, CA
Blah Blah Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
blue boy, Savannah, GA & New York, NY
Blumka Contemporary, New York, NY
BolsterArts, New York, NY
The Contemporary Art Modern Project, North Miami, FL
Collective Z, New York, NY
COURT TREE COLLECTIVE, Brooklyn, NY
Criss Collaborations, New York, NY
CRUISE, Minneapolis, MN
Current State Studio, Los Angeles, CA
D.D.D.D, New York, NY
Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL
Elijah Wheat Showroom, Newburgh, NY
Elza Kayal Gallery, New York, NY
The Empty Circle, New York, NY
Encarte, Mexico City, Mexico
Exhibition A, New York, NY
Feia, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gallery2, Seoul, South Korea
Geary Contemporary, Salisbury, CT
Gillian Jason Gallery, London, UK
GOCA by Garde, New York, NY & Tokyo, Japan
Good Naked, New York, NY
Harsh Collective, New York, NY
Hashimoto Contemporary, New York City, San Francisco
Hexum Gallery, Montpelier, VT
Jakupsil, New York, NY
Janey, Cambridge, Canada
Janna's Gate, White River Junction, VT
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
LaiSun Keane, Boston, MA
Loft Projects, New York, NY
Lola Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Michele Mariaud Gallery, Bellport, NY & Paris, France
Nancy Hoffman, New York, NY
NowHere, New York, NY
OCD, Nomadic
Official Welcome, Los Angeles, CA
Opa Projects, Miami, FL, US
The Painting Center, New York, NY
Pali Galería, Mexico City, Mexico
PG Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
PMT Advisory, New York, NY
Policroma Gallery, Medellín, Colombia
Refusés, London, UK & New York, NY
Galerie Robertson Arès, Montréal, Canada
Rosebud Contemporary, New York, NY
SALMA, New York, NY
SEIZAN, New York, NY & Tokyo, Japan
Site Service, New York, NY
Soulios, Nashville, TN
The Spaceless Gallery, New York, NY
Stump Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
TINNEY, Nashville, TN
Tourné Gallery, New York, NY; Paris, France; Dolceacqua, Italy
under the pale blue, Ridgewood, NY
Vellum Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The Vestibule, Seattle, WA
Wishbone Gallery, Montréal, Canada
Wolf & Nomad, Miami, FL
Wondering People, London, U.K.
“The artists really talked to each other... emphasizing the collaborative energy of this blossoming fair.” - Hyperallergic, May 2026
If you are interested in collaborating or working with Future Fair please email us at hello@futurefairs.com to discuss partnerships and other opportunities.
Future Talks by Artlogic
New for 2026, Future Talks by Artlogic expanded Future Fair’s programming with a three-day conversations series exploring how artists, galleries, collectors, and institutions are navigating a changing contemporary art ecosystem. Presented in the Future Talks Lounge, the program brought together critics, curators, collectors, cultural leaders, exhibiting artists, dealers, and advisors for conversations on experimental gallery models, transnational curatorial practice, artist sustainability, and new pathways into collecting.
Across the week, panels considered how younger galleries are rethinking traditional business structures, how artists sustain practices through evolving systems of patronage and institutional support, and how museums, fairs, digital platforms, and social spaces are shaping new entry points into the art world. The program also included a live recording of How Does the Art World Work?, examining the experience of participating in contemporary art fairs during New York Art Week.
Furnishings by Kvadrat, Blu Dot, and Wilkhahn supported the conversation space throughout the fair.
Stay tuned for the talk recordings, coming soon!
