ADAA Reveals New Fair Name and Roster of Exhibiting Galleries
Sixty-three exhibitors will take part in the newly named ADAA Fair. Scott Rudd Productions, 2024. Courtesy the ADAA.
Following a one-year hiatus, the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) has announced 63 exhibitors for the newly named ADAA Fair, taking place at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory from 13–16 November 2026, with a preview on 12 November.
The event succeeds The Art Show, founded in 1989 and held at the Armory for more than three decades. The 37th edition of The Art Show was cancelled in July 2025.
At the time, ADAA said the break would “allow us to evaluate how best to support our members, partners, and the broader arts community in an evolving cultural and market landscape”, while maintaining that the decision was unrelated to financial pressure or exhibitor interest.
The 2026 roster is smaller than that of 2024, when 75 galleries from 23 cities across 12 US states took part. David Zwirner, Pace Gallery and Karma, all participants in the previous edition, are absent from the newly announced list.
The fair will, however, welcome first-time exhibitors including New York City’s Sargent’s Daughters and Hollis Taggart, and Miami’s Piero Atchugarry Gallery.
Kinsey Robb, executive director of the ADAA, said the return of the fair “marks a new chapter” that will offer “thoughtful presentations, genuine dialogue, and a collegial community of galleries committed to excellence”.
He continued: “Those experiences matter because they deepen our understanding of art, strengthen relationships across the field, and remind us that galleries play an essential role in supporting the arts and enriching our cultural life.”
Presentations will include a survey of Alex Katz’s works on paper from the 1950s to the present day at Peter Blum Gallery and works by Native American artist Julie Buffalohead at San Francisco’s Jessica Silverman. Los Angeles gallery Roberts Projects will mark what would have been the centenary of assemblage artist Betye Saar, prior to her death earlier this week, with a solo presentation.
The relaunched fair retains The Art Show’s Armory venue and members-only structure, but moves from its former late-October slot into mid-November. It will coincide with the inaugural Art Week NYC, running from 11–14 November.
The fair’s charitable focus has also shifted. The Art Show raised more than $38 million for arts and social services charity Henry Street over 36 years. In its new form, the preview gala will raise funds for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s education and artistic programmes through its preview, while also highlighting the work of the ADAA Foundation, which supports exhibitions, public programmes and curatorial research at non-profit organisations across the US.
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