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.

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

The show does away with one of the worst aspects of art fairs: galleries displaying their loudest works in an ever-escalating bidding war.

Kicking off the spring season in New York, the young fair features emerging artists and galleries drawing inventively on art history.

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

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

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.

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

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.