Frieze New York 2026

Public art blossoms around New York

From the High Line to Brooklyn Bridge Park, artists are thinking big across the five boroughs

‘Common ground for me is everywhere I step’: Mohammad Omer Khalil on his five-institution show

The 90-year-old artist, who has lived and worked in New York since the 1960s, has been largely overlooked in the US

Enter the unsettled space of Asian American abstraction

A generation of painters sidestepped identity—only to discover that it had structured their work all along

‘I am very decisive’: designer Jennifer Gilbert on what she collects and why

This champion of Detroit’s art scene is set to open her own culture space, funded by the sale of key works from her collection at Sotheby’s New York

New Museum unveils Sarah Lucas's bawdy Bowery commission

The British artist's playful riff on a reclining nude will hold court at Bowery and Prince Street for two years

Counterpublic comes to New York ahead of its next triennial, Coyote Time

As it prepares for its third edition, the St Louis-based triennial will present a performance by the Oglála Lakȟóta artist Kite at The Shed in partnership with Frieze

Frieze New York highlights local galleries while global voices grow

Nearly half of exhibitors this year have a New York base, reinforcing the city’s market dominance as Latin American participation also rises

Towering homage to Bamiyan Buddhas rises over Manhattan’s High Line

For the fifth High Line Plinth commission, the Vietnamese American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen has created a 27ft-tall version of the 6th-century Buddhas that were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

67 galleries will once again take over the Shed for Frieze New York

Around one-fifth of participating galleries are either first-time participants or returning to the fair after a hiatus