Trade elders will bear in mind when summer season actually was the gradual season within the artwork world: a time for mounting group exhibits that includes attention-grabbing works by modern artists on the rise. However this yr’s calendar of July artwork gala’s and August artwork gala’s was surprisingly packed—the second version of Tokyo Gendai was a spotlight of the summer season and Aspen ArtWeek (together with the Intersect Aspen Artwork and Design Honest and the brand new Aspen Artwork Honest) kicked off August’s artwork occasions. Proof constructive there’s now not a gradual season within the artwork world if you come at it globally, maybe?
That mentioned, loads of galleries spent the summer season making ready for the autumn artwork gala’s. September’s artwork honest calendar is totally filled with occasions, significantly for New Yorkers who’ve Armory Week to stay up for in a month bookended by Volta and Reasonably priced Artwork Honest’s New York editions. Frieze Seoul is bound to be one other standout September artwork honest, together with Artwork Athina in Greece and Haute Photographie in Amsterdam.
Whether or not you’re hunkering down in New York for the Armory Present-adjacent gala’s or hitting the street on a global odyssey of artwork, Observer’s information to this month’s artwork gala’s may help you place collectively the right itinerary.
Salon Zürcher 2024
September 2-8
New York Metropolis mini honest Salon Zürcher payments itself as an Armory Week oasis—a restful, non-intimidating area to understand artwork on a human scale. The thirty-first version of the satellite tv for pc artwork honest, titled “100 Ladies of Spirit +, Half 1” (a continuation of the “11 Ladies of Spirit” collection, which initially launched throughout the 2020 Armory Present) will current work introduced by a distinguished group of simply eleven ladies artists: Olivia Beens, Susan Cantrick, Sue Carlson, Camille De Galbert, Brigid Kennedy, Tracy Morgan, Marykate O’Neil, Roxane Revon, Aimée Farnet Siegel, Patricia Spergel and Mary Tooley Parker. Salon Zürcher is held every year within the Zürcher Gallery’s New York area on Bleecker Avenue, and admission is free, although one of the best purpose to find time for Salon Zürcher is the prospect to speak with the artists whose work is on present.
Frieze Seoul 2024
September 4-7
Greater than 110 of the world’s most recognizable artwork galleries from throughout thirty nations will take part within the third version of this September honest, which takes place at COEX and runs alongside Kiaf SEOUL. This yr’s Frieze Seoul can have a robust core of exhibitors from Asia and extra particularly Korea, and programming will embody sections for rising expertise (Focus Asia) and historic artwork (Frieze Masters), Frieze Reside (a brand new part for performance-based artwork), Frieze Movie, talks and a Frieze Week pageant of tradition. The winner of the 2024 Artist Award is South Korean artist Choi Goen, who will debut new work on the honest.
Kiaf SEOUL 2024
September 4-8
Whereas it doesn’t get the eye of Frieze, Kiaf SEOUL was South Korea’s first worldwide artwork honest. This yr, the September artwork honest working concurrently with Frieze at COEX will host 206 galleries from twenty-one nations; 130 are from Korea. Among the many thirty-six artwork galleries making their honest debuts are 193 Gallery (Paris), Albarran Bourdais (Madrid), Bavan Gallery (Tehran), Crossing Artwork (New York), dR (Seoul), EGG Gallery (Beijing), Ethan Cohen Gallery (New York), gallerykabinett (Seoul), Lechbinska Gallery (Zurich), Olympia (New York), PIERMARQ* (Sydney), SNOW Modern (Tokyo) and WOAW Gallery (Hong Kong). Along with the same old two halls, Kiaf SEOUL is increasing into a brand new area on the second ground with Kiaf PLUS, a sector devoted to rising artists and new media.
VOLTA Artwork Honest 2024
September 4-8
This previous Could, VOLTA director Lee Cavaliere advised Observer that the New York version of the honest would introduce a central ‘city sq.’ area with an open and collaborative structure by which over 45 exhibitors will present their wares. “I don’t suppose it’s actually applicable to simply have a grid-like format the place every thing’s uniform; New York required one thing a bit extra attention-grabbing,” he mentioned. We’re definitely curious to see how that may manifest on the New York version of VOLTA Artwork Honest, which this yr will current a Ukrainian Pavilion in affiliation with non-profit associate Razom that may function shows mounted by Dymchuk Gallery (Kyiv, Ukraine), The Bare Room (Kyiv, Ukraine), Black & White Undertaking House (New York, US) and Ya Gallery (Lviv, Ukraine). Galleries new to the honest for 2024 embody O-Artwork Undertaking (Lima, Peru), GSA Gallery (Stockholm, Sweden), uJung Artwork Centre (Seoul, South Korea), CARRASCO (Faro, Portugal), Marion Chauvy Gallery, (Paris, France) and Stone Step Gallery (Dublin, Eire).
SPRING/BREAK Artwork Present 2024
September 4-9
The most recent New York version of SPRING/BREAK Artwork Present will showcase greater than 100 new tasks in a brand-new area throughout this yr’s artwork week. Billing itself as a “curator pushed artwork honest,” it appears to choose that curators, not galleries, submit proposals round every year’s theme—this yr’s is ‘INT./EXT’ (inside/exterior). SPRING/BREAK Artwork Present is totally different from most gala’s in that gross sales occur by the honest’s web site. And for no matter purpose, it tends to be essentially the most social media pleasant when it comes to visuals—maybe as a result of it attracts a youthful, cooler crowd?
Impartial Twentieth Century 2024
September 5-8
The invitation-only version of Impartial devoted to works from the Twentieth Century will likely be held for the third time at Casa Cipriani on the Battery Maritime Constructing in New York throughout Armory Week, and if you’d like a sneak preview, you’ll be able to log on on August 29 for an early entry take a look at what’s to return. “This yr we anticipate seeing increasingly development throughout extra inventive actions and genres,” Impartial founder Elizabeth Dee not too long ago advised Observer. Certainly, Impartial Twentieth Century is poised to supply a deeper take a look at Indigenous practices and artists from the worldwide south, although the general public program of talks appears centered in different instructions (artists to look at, Sol LeWitt’s works on paper, and so on.). A number of artists who will likely be showcased at this yr’s honest have solely simply obtained institutional recognition prior to now yr; don’t miss the two-person exhibition of Parquayan artist Julia Isídrez and Brazilian Maria Lira Marques offered by Brazilian gallery Gomide&Co of São Paulo.
Artwork on Paper New York 2024
September 5-8
The medium-driven September artwork honest, Artwork on Paper, is returning to Manhattan’s Pier 36 throughout New York’s fall artwork week with a lineup of 100 galleries showcasing one of the best in paper-based artwork. The majority of galleries on the honest’s tenth version are from New York (amongst them, Spanierman Trendy, Harman Initiatives, Uprise Artwork, The Tolman Assortment, Tanya Weddemire Gallery, Tomato Mouse, Kingsland Editions, Lincoln Middle Editions and Fremin Gallery), although a number of worldwide galleries may even mount displays: Rotterdam’s NL=US Gallery; Station Impartial Initiatives and Spence Gallery from Toronto; Argentina’s AC Modern and GalleryLabs; and Eire’s Stoney Highway Press. James Yarosh Associates Tremendous Artwork Gallery will current the works of two humanistic expressionists of the final century, Miriam Beerman and Sheba Sharrow. Observer correspondent Alanna Martinez as soon as described this September artwork honest as having a wholesome vary of value factors and providing a genuinely nice viewing expertise for artwork, calling it her “Armory Week sanctuary” and as near an ideal artwork honest as you may get.
The Armory Present 2024
September 6-8
The biggest Trendy and Modern artwork honest in New York, and one of many largest anyplace on the planet, The Armory Present has turn out to be such an anchor of the autumn artwork season that all of us simply confer with it as Armory Week. Curators for this, the thirtieth version of the honest and the primary underneath newly appointed director Kyla McMillan, are unbiased curator Eugenie Tsai (Platform), The Kitchen senior curator Robyn Farrell (Focus); and Hessel Museum of Artwork chief curator Lauren Cornell, who will chair the seventh annual Curatorial Management Summit. Highlights embody Kapp Kapp’s sales space within the Focus part, which is able to current a solo exhibition of latest works by Louis Osmosis, a rising artist making his honest debut. OCHI will mount a solo presentation of latest work by Brooklyn-based artist b chehayeb, additionally within the Focus part. The Tremendous Arts Work Middle based by Robert Motherwell will likely be amongst a choose group of nonprofits exhibiting on the honest with its group exhibition that includes the work of 19 former Fellows together with Sam Messer, Lisa Yuskavage, Simonette Quamina and Arghavan Khosravi.
POSITIONS Berlin Artwork Honest 2024
September 12-15
This yr’s POSITIONS Berlin Artwork Honest will showcase works introduced by 111 galleries from twenty-four nations, with a selected give attention to galleries from South Korea. On condition that this September artwork honest overlaps with Berlin Artwork Week, it tends to draw plenty of guests—30,000 final yr, from a variety of countries. The Berlin artwork scene is value testing however not essentially simple to soak up in only a week, as the town is house to greater than 200 museums and round 440 galleries. POSITIONS is held in hangars 6 and seven of Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (which ceased working as an aviation hub in 2008) and has a supporting program that features particular exhibitions, panel discussions, the Berlin Artwork Week Collectors Dinner and different occasions.
viennacontemporary 2024
September 12-15
viennacontemporary is the main artwork honest in Austria, now in its tenth version, and its coming often heralds the arrival of a number of different artwork gala’s, festivals and occasions. This yr, they embody the ‘Curated by’ gallery pageant and Parallel Vienna close by and VARIOUS OTHERS and Noise_Media Artwork additional afield. Guests will get pleasure from artwork introduced by round 90 galleries from a number of nations (ASHES/ASHES from New York is the one taking part gallery from the U.S.), although the lion’s share of exhibitors are Austria-based. In truth, part Zone 1, curated by Bruno Mokross, is devoted to paintings by rising artists with a robust connection to the nation (galleries embody Metropolis Galerie Wien and Zeller van Almsick). CONTEXT will current ten curated particular person displays by Central and Japanese European artists from the late Twentieth Century. One standout function of this honest is the supply of guided excursions in English and German.
Haute Photographie 2024
September 18-22
Haute Photographie in Amsterdam Noord is the autumn version of the boutique fantastic artwork images honest launched by Roy Kahmann (the winter version is held yearly together with Rotterdam Artwork Week). The honest, which in 2024 will happen at Studio 3000, is well known for its intelligently curated, museum-style format, which showcases classic and modern images in dialog, and the annual Bookmarket with new and classic photobooks. This yr’s focus is on the unbiased photographer—as in photographers with out gallery illustration—and a lineup of greater than fifty photographers from world wide will showcase their very own work alongside a smaller-than-usual choice of galleries. Haute Photographie may even introduce a brand new means of shopping for prints throughout the honest—by public sale—with the purpose of letting collectors purchase sure essential Twentieth-century and modern works “at attention-grabbing costs.”
MENART FAIR 2024
September 20-22
The fifth version of this Paris artwork honest within the coronary heart of the Marais district will likely be an all-female occasion, with a give attention to the ladies’s artwork scene within the Center East and Northern Africa (MENA). The work showcased at this yr’s MENART FAIR—the primary worldwide modern artwork honest devoted to artists from MENA nations—will each study the legacy of pioneering ladies artists within the area and supply a platform for modern creators. Questions of gender will likely be explored, because the twenty-nine taking part galleries exhibiting work within the Galerie Joseph Saint Merri spotlight the richness of the Arab-Persian artwork scene. Kicking off the honest will likely be an invitation-only efficiency by Lebanese drag icons Andrea & Diva.
Unseen Amsterdam 2024
September 19-22
For the uninitiated, Unseen is an artwork honest wholly devoted to innovation and new views in modern fantastic artwork images. Sixty-five exhibiting galleries are mounting work at this yr’s honest, together with Blue Lotus Gallery (Hong Kong), Fabrik Initiatives (Los Angeles), Migrant Hen House (Berlin) and Urbanek (London). Along with gallery shows, Unseen presents large-scale tasks that exist on the intersection between conventional images and digital artwork, set up artwork, sculpture, video artwork, digital actuality and panorama artwork. The 2024 particular exhibition, “Unbound,” will showcase works by Adam Magyar, Atong Atem, Jackie Mulder, Joost Vandebrug, Lynne Leegte, Maciej Urbanek and Quintus Glerum.
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2024
September 20-22
The one artwork honest specializing in the idea of Asia, ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA (AFAF) will likely be held this yr at Fukuoka Kokusai Middle in Hakata. Now in its ninth version, AFAF creates alternatives for “various interactions between Japan and the remainder of Asia” by bringing collectively galleries that showcase artists from throughout the area. Eighty-nine galleries from Japan’s artwork scene and overseas will mount shows, and ten cultural organizations (together with corporations, faculties and associate artwork honest Ulsan Worldwide Artwork Honest) may even convey work to Fukuoka.
Reasonably priced Artwork Honest New York 2024
September 25-29
If the query is ‘When is Reasonably priced Artwork Honest?’, the reply is one other query: ‘When isn’t there an Reasonably priced Artwork Honest working?’ Reasonably priced Artwork Honest London is on the March artwork honest calendar. Among the many February artwork gala’s, you’ll discover Reasonably priced Artwork Honest Brussels. And so forth. The autumnal New York version of Will Ramsay’s Reasonably priced Artwork Honest will happen on the Metropolitan Pavilion with a various choice of curated works priced betweenm $100 and $12,000 (as an alternative of the same old $10,000, probably owing to inflation). Reasonably priced Artwork Honest gala’s don’t sometimes function work by “celeb” artists, providing as an alternative a big platform for rising artists and youthful galleries to realize publicity and join with new collectors.
ArtRio 2024
September 25-29
ArtRio—or extra correctly, the Feria de Arte Internacional do Rio de Janeiro—has turn out to be one of many extra essential gala’s of the Latin American artwork scene. It attracts 50,000 guests to the Marina da Gloria in downtown Rio, there to see shows mounted by about fifty galleries and for this system of ArtRio Talks that precede the honest. One such dialog, titled “Creative Articulations to Improve Life,” will convey collectively artist Laura Lima, Roched Seba from Instituto Vida Livre and Paula Borghi and Gabriela Davies, from Potência Ativa. It’s unclear, nevertheless, which galleries will likely be exhibiting this yr because the details about exhibitors on the honest’s web site continues to be referencing final yr’s occasion.
British Artwork Honest 2024
September 26-29
This September artwork honest has been gathering one of the best, you guessed it, British artwork in London’s iconic Saatchi Gallery since 1988. This yr’s greater than eighty taking part exhibitors will convey works by a number of the nation’s most well-known artists, together with Frank Auerbach, Banksy, John Craxton, Tracey Emin, Terry Frost, Barbara Hepworth, Damien Hirst, Ivon Hitchens, David Hockney, Henry Moore, John Piper and Bridget Riley. For the third yr in a row, the SOLO Modern part—curated this yr by artist and gallerist Zavier Ellis—will shine a lightweight on a few of Britain’s most attention-grabbing mid-career artists. “This yr will embody a choice of the UK’s most enjoyable curators and gallerists providing vital one-person displays,” Ellis mentioned in an announcement. A brand new honest part, PIVOTAL: Digitalism, will present digital artwork.
The Different Artwork Honest Los Angeles 2024
September 26-29
The primary Different Artwork Honest was held in London in 2011 by Ryan Stanier, who created the honest with the twin goals of creating artwork discovery simpler and democratizing the artwork shopping for expertise. That is one other a kind of artwork gala’s that appears to be in all places—London, Brooklyn, Dallas, Sydney and so forth. In Los Angeles, this honest the place “artwork is for everybody” and the shows are mounted by greater than 100 unbiased artists, is held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Did we point out the DJs and the absolutely stocked bar and the celebration environment? In case it wasn’t apparent, that is completely an artwork honest geared towards a youthful, cooler viewers and the costs of the works on view sometimes replicate that.
art3f Luxembourg 2024
September 27-29
With a whopping twenty-one gala’s in eighteen cities, the worldwide modern artwork honest art3f involves Luxembourg twice yearly, as soon as in spring and as soon as in late September. The main target of the latter Luxembourg version, this yr at Luxexpo – THE BOX, is squarely on friendliness and accessibility (there’s even a particular children’ part). Tickets are simply ten euros, the opening night time preview is open to all and there’s an emphasis on affordability that you simply don’t see at many different artwork gala’s. It’s an ideal place for collectors to find artists on the rise and to chill out within the presence of lovely issues—stay music and a totally stocked cafe spherical out the expertise. As art3f places it, “As a result of life goes on and optimism takes again its rights, as a result of it’s a must to be constructive, drink, eat, have enjoyable, marvel, artwork is a wonderful treatment!”
Much more September artwork gala’s in 2024
As at all times, what’s above doesn’t symbolize the totality of the September artwork honest calendar in 2024—there are at all times loads of smaller, lesser-known and area of interest artwork gala’s occurring world wide. Right here’s a fast roundup of a number of extra fall artwork gala’s you may need to try this month.
Clio Artwork Honest 2024 (New York)
September 5-8
Sydney Modern 2024 (Australia)
September 5-8
FNB Artwork Joburg 2024 (South Africa)
September 6-8
EuropArtFair 2024 (Amsterdam)
September 6-8
Parcours des Mondes 2024 (France)
September 10-15
Reno Tahoe Worldwide Artwork Present 2024 (Nevada)
September 12-15
art3f Reims 2024 (France)
September 13-15
Mira Artwork Honest 2024 (France)
September 18-22
Artwork Now Tremendous Artwork Honest 2024 (Canada)
September 19-22
Artwork Athina 2024 (Greece)
September 19-23
art3f Paris 2024 (France)
September 20-22
ARTBO 2024 (Colombia)
September 26-29
Roy’s Artwork Honest 2024 (London)
September 27-29