This spring the Frieze New York fair will return to Manhattan’s West Side for its sixth edition at the Shed, which as last year will feature 67 participating galleries. It will be the first edition of Frieze’s Big Apple expo since the media and events company was acquired by Ari Emanuel’s company Mari last autumn.
As in years past, Frieze New York (13-17 May) will coincide with a smorgasbord of art fairs around the city—including Tefaf New York (15-19 May), Independent (14-17 May), 1-54 New York (13-17 May) and Nada New York (13-17 May)—as well as the marquee spring auctions at Bonhams, Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s. That month’s fairs and auctions will be competing extra hard for globetrotting collectors’ and curators’ attentions this year as they will come just days after the preview and opening festivities for the 2026 Venice Biennale (9 May-22 November).
“The fair is a snapshot of the most compelling artistic practices today in an international city that embraces rigor, complexity and ambition,” Christine Messineo, Frieze’s director for the Americas, said in a statement. “Our close relationships with New York’s institutions—particularly around time-based media and performance—extend our impact beyond the fair architecture, from Chelsea and into the wider city.”
There will be 13 galleries either making their Frieze New York debuts this spring or returning after not participating for one year or more. Most of these are concentrated in Focus, the sector devoted to solo presentations by galleries that have been in business for 12 years or less and sponsored by the fashion house Stone Island. That section, curated by Lumi Tan, will feature first-timers Campeche from Mexico City (showing Abraham González Pacheco); New York locals Europa, Sargent’s Daughters and Ulrik (showing Aki Goto, Yeni Mao and Bettina Grossman, respectively); Isla Flotante from São Paulo and Buenos Aires (showing Rosario Zorraquín); Soft Opening from London (showing Joanne Burke) and the Buenos Aires-headquartered W-galería (showing Seba Calfuqueo).
In the general exhibitors sector, galleries participating for the first time or returning after a break including Daniel Faria Gallery from Toronto, Korea’s Johyun Gallery (which has spaces in Seoul and Busan), Lawrie Shabibi from Dubai, P420 from Bologna, Galerie Eva Presenhuber (which has spaces in Zurich and Vienna), Marc Selwyn Fine Art from Los Angeles and the South African gallery Southern Guild (which will open a New York outpost this spring after shuttering its Los Angeles space).
Frieze New York will once again feature strong representation of galleries from Latin America, among them the Brazilian galleries A Gentil Carioca, Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel, Mitre Galeria, Vermelho, Central, Nara Roesler and Mendes Wood DM (the last two of which have Manhattan outposts), and OMR and Kurimanzutto from Mexico City (the latter of which has a location in Chelsea).
“The fair reflects both the depth of New York’s collecting base and its role as a crossroads for global exchange,” Kristell Chadé, Frieze’s executive director, said in a statement. “It brings together carefully selected galleries and artists from across the world, with a notably strong presence from Central and South America for this upcoming edition.”
As in years past, Frieze New York will feature many of the host city’s most influential established galleries, including Tanya Bonakdar, Canada, James Cohan, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Alexander Gray Associates, Anton Kern and Ortuzar. All the biggest international dealerships will also be present, including Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, Perrotin, Almine Rech, Thaddaeus Ropac, White Cube and David Zwirner.
Exhibitors from 2025 who are not returning to Frieze New York this year include Apalazzo Gallery from Brescia, Italy; Lodovico Corsini from Brussels; Stephen Friedman Gallery (which recently went into administration and shuttered its London and New York spaces); the South African gallery Goodman; Gray from Chicago; Tomio Koyama Gallery from Tokyo; Proyectos Ultravioleta from Guatemala City; and Paris-based Sultana.
- Frieze New York, 13-17 May, the Shed, New York