MEGA Art Fair, Milan
2025-04-02 12:00 - 2025-04-06 17:00 (Europe/London) | MEGA Art FAir, Via Orobia 26, Milano, 20139, Italy
The MEGA Art Fair takes place in Milan 2-6 April 2025 (preview 2nd April) and includes an exhibition by AWAD member SLQS Gallery showing works from contemporary women and queer artists living in the UK. Works by Ella Yolande have been selected by the curator and collector Marcelle Joseph for the curated section of the fair entitled ‘Kindred Spirits and Shapeshifters’. Kate Williams, Damaris Athene, Bex Wade and Hoa Dung Clerget & Koa Pham will be showing works in the main section of the fair. Moving Image works by Ronnie Danaher and Ella Yolande are included in the Public Programme. Please see organiser’s website for full times and prices.

Young Masters Finissage with Tea
2025-04-05 15:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Exhibitionist Hotel, 10 Queensbury Place, London, SW7 2DT, United Kingdom
Young Masters Finissage with Tea on Saturday, 5th April, from 3–6 pm at the enchanting Exhibitionist Hotel. It’ll be a wonderful afternoon of art, conversation, and good company, hosted by founder and director, Cynthia Valianti Corbett – a perfect way to celebrate the closing of the extraordinary exhibition ‘For the Love of Art History‘. As a not-for-profit initiative, Young Masters relies on ticket purchases and donations to continue supporting emerging artists. Please book tickets here.

San Francisco Art Fair 2025
2025-04-17 18:00 - 2025-04-20 18:00 (Europe/London) | Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco, California, 94123, United States
The Bay Area’s longest-running modern and contemporary art fair! Produced by AMP and led by Fair Director Kelly Freeman in partnership with Artistic Director Nato Thompson, the 2025 San Francisco Art Fair will present 85 leading galleries from the Bay Area and beyond. The fair will also feature a dynamic series of public programming, taking place from April 17–20, 2025 (preview 17 April), at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion. AWAD members who are interested in tickets should contact Dina, AWAD’s global co-ordinator. Please see fair website for full details of times and prices.

Earth Day 2025
2025-04-22

AIPAD 2025
2025-04-23 17:00 - 2025-04-27 17:00 (America/New_York) | Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States
AIPAD’s ‘Photography Show’ returns to Park Avenue Armory, New York April 23-27, 2025 (Preview April 23). Please see fair website for full times and prices.

Frieze: EXPO Chicago
2025-04-24 - 2025-04-27 | Navy Pier, Chicago, United States
AWAD member Cynthia Corbett Gallery will be exhibiting at Stand 432 at Frieze: EXPO Chicago, April 24-27, 2025. Please see fair’s website for full details of ticket times and prices.

SLQS Gallery: Bex Wade exhibition
2025-04-25 - 2025-05-17 | 20 Club Row, 20 Club Row, London, E2 7EY, United Kingdom
AWAD Member, SLQS Gallery presents I Know Who I Am By Being With You, an exhibition of early works by trans non-binary photographer Bex Wade, which captures New York’s queer nightlife in the early 2010s, and marks Wade’s first solo show.

I Know Who I Am By Being With You is a meditation on performance as an art form and as a survival strategy. The nightclub becomes a stage where identity is not just expressed but constructed, negotiated and reimagined with every movement. Wade’s lens captures this ritual of queer becoming, the way bodies transform under the lights, the defiant theatrics of self-presentation, the silent exchanges that signal belonging. These moments are ephemeral, yet their impact lingers, shaping what it means to be seen.

Wade’s documentation of spaces of queer gathering archive moments where LGBTQIA+ people come together to celebrate, resist and redefine belonging. For Wade, “these images are an offering – to remember, to reclaim, and to carry forward the legacy of our collective becoming.” See gallery website to register interest in attending.

AWAD Tour of AIPAD
2025-04-25 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States
Save the Date: AWAD tour of the AIPAD Photography Fair at the Park Avenue Armoury, New York led by Nina Kong-Surtees of smArt Advisory. The tour will start at 10:30 am before the show opens to the public. Among the exhibitors will be Hacklebury Fine Art and Sasha Wolf Projects and we will be joined by AWAD’s partners, Incollect, who will be launching the Photography edition of their magazine. This is an invite-only events and AWAD Members who are interested in attending should contact Dina, AWAD’s NY-TriState co-ordinator.

#AWADinDiscussion - How to get the most out of Art Fairs
2025-04-29 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Our online #AWADinDiscussion will consider how you can get the most out of art fairs. Susan Mumford, AWAD Founder & CEO, will be talking to Robinson Holloway, founder and director of Art Fair 14C; Ann Clark Priftis will represent the appraiser the point of view and Cynthia Valianti Corbett, of the Cynthia Corbett Gallery, will share her experiences and opinions as a seasoned art fair exhibitor. This event is free for AWAD Members, Friends and Partners and $10 for guests. Tickets are available via Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/AWADApril2025.

Frieze Art Fair New York
2025-05-07 - 2025-05-11 | The Shed, The Shed, 545 W 30th St, New York, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Frieze returns to The Shed in May with more than 65 of the world’s leading contemporary art galleries and the acclaimed Focus section led by Lumi Tan. Please see organiser’s website for full times and prices.

Affordable Art Fair Hampstead 2025
2025-05-07 17:00 - 2025-05-11 18:00 (Europe/London) | Lower Fairground Site, Hampstead heath, London, NW3 1TH, United Kingdom
This spring, Affordable Art Fair Hampstead returns to picturesque Hampstead Heath in London (7-11 May 2025, private view 7 May 5-9pm). The fair will bring together the best in contemporary art from over 100 galleries across the UK and around the world. Explore the joy of collecting with thousands of stunning artworks starting at just £50. Discover emerging artist showcases, beautiful installations, and enjoy delightful bars and cafés to unwind in – plus so much more! Among those exhibiting are AWAD Members, Degree Art Gallery (Stand L6) and The Drang Gallery (Stand I8), while the fair’s official shipping partner is The British Shop. AWAD Members, Friends & Partners who would like tickets for the fair should contact Diana, AWAD’s Membership & Partnership Manager. Please see fair website for full details of ticket prices and times (nearest tubes: Hampstead, Belzise Park).

1-54 Art Fair New York
2025-05-08 - 2025-05-11 | Halo, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY, United States
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is pleased to announce its return to New York on 8-11 May 2025 with a VIP preview on 8 May. Held annually across three continents in the major cities of London, NewYork and Marrakech,1-54 is the first and only fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. Striving to showcase a community of diverse perspectives, including evolving interpretations of the diasporic experience, 1-54 features international galleries specializing in contemporary African art. This year’s fair represents a diverse selection of galleries from Tokyo, Japan to Lagos, Nigeria to Geneva, Switzerland, encompassing five continents and 17 countries. Among the 18 exhibitors making their debut at the New York fair will be KUB’ART Gallery, the fair’s first Democratic Republic of Congo-based exhibitor (see image: Rachel Malaika, Regards observateur, 2023, Photography, mixed media, 60 x 80 cm. Racine Ancestrale (Edition Limit 7). Courtesy of KUB’ART GALLERY.).
AWAD Members and Friends who are interested in tickets for the fair should contact Dina, AWAD’s New York-TriState co-ordinator. Please see the fair’s website for full details of times and prices.

Art Fair 14C
2025-05-08 - 2025-05-11 | Art Fair 14C, 150 Bay Building, Jersey City, NJ, United States
Welcome to the sixth edition of Art Fair 14C, May 8-11 (VIP opening May, 6-9 pm). The fair’s name is a wink to the “what exit?” joke about New Jersey, and although its scope is global, the fair takes a Jersey-centric approach. It works to strengthen and support artists and arts organizations, as well as engage audiences, particularly in its home state. Among those who will be exhibiting is AWAD Member MK Apothecary. AWAD members who are interested in tickets should contact our NY-TriState co-ordinator, Dina. Please see the fair’s website for full details.

Affordable Art Fair Austin 2025
2025-05-15 - 2025-05-18 | Palmer Events Center, Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX, United States
After a hugely successful first edition, Affordable Art Fair Austin returns May 15-18, 2025, showcasing original contemporary artworks ranging between $100 to $10,000 and welcoming a whole host of local, national and international exhibitors. Please see organiser’s website for times and prices.

Ebony Russell Exhibition
2025-05-19 - 2025-09-26 | 99 Bishopsgate, 99 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3XD, United Kingdom
Presented by Brookfield Properties in collaboration with Crafts Council UK and Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Ebony Russell, recipient of the 2025 Brookfield Properties Craft Award, is the first international artist to receive this prestigious honour. Her solo exhibition Decorated reimagines Wedgwood’s ceramic legacy, exploring femininity, form, and ornamentation through dazzling sugar-piping techniques. Curated by Samantha Williams, Director of Arts and Events at Brookfield Properties UK, the exhibition will be shown across both 99 Bishopsgate, EC2M 3XD and 30 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 3BD from 19 May – 26 September 2025. Please see organiser’s website for more details.

#AWADinDiscussion - What's new: anti-money laundering + sanctions regulations in the art market
2025-05-20 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | Online
During our online #AWADinDiscussion we’ll be hearing from Francesca Imperiali and Dr Chris King from AWAD partners ArtAML who’ll be telling us what’s new for anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations in the art market, plus how these affect the international art market, wherever your business is based. This event is free for AWAD Members, Friends and Partners and $10 for guests. Tickets are available via Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/AWADMay2025.
Time 10 AM PT/ 1 PM ET/ 6 PM UK/ 7 PM CET & SA

Art Business Conference New York
2025-05-22
Art Business Conference New York – 22 May 2025. Please see organiser’s website for details.

Kahori Kamiya: Sacred Threads exhibition
2025-05-24 12:00 - 2025-07-13 17:00 (Europe/London) | Perry Lawson Fine Art, 90 North Broadway, Nyack, NY, United States
Perry Lawson Fine Art is pleased to present Kahori Kamiya: Sacred Threads, a solo exhibition featuring paintings and sculpture by Kahori Kamiya, a Japanese-born artist now based in Rockland County, NY. Raised in a culture that infuses daily life with spirituality, she draws from Japanese traditions that honor the natural world, ancestral rituals, and the unseen forces that connect all beings. Her multidisciplinary practice—including sculpture, painting, video, and performance—is also deeply influenced by motherhood, exploring themes of nurture, devotion, and the cyclical nature of existence. Sacred Threads run through her work in both concept and form, linking personal experience with ancestral wisdom and bridging the physical and spiritual realms.
Exhibition open 12-5pm Friday-Sunday and by appointment. Opening reception, Saturday May 24th, 2-4 pm. Image: Kahori Kamiya, Wishing Star, Oil on canvas, 38 x 30 in, courtesy of Perry Lawson Fine Art.

Only Your Name
2025-06-06 - 2025-07-12 | 20 Club Row, 20 Club Row, London, E2 7EY, United Kingdom
Only Your Name exhibition at SLQS Gallery, London, 6 June – 12 July (preview 5 June). Marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, Only Your Name is a group exhibition featuring new and recent work by artists of Vietnamese descent Hoa Dung Clerget, Vicky Đỗ and Duong Thuy Nguyen. The exhibition follows the journey of Vietnamese people migrating to the UK from 1975 onwards, preserving history through a Vietnamese lens and reflecting on the contemporary diaspora. Presented by SLQS Gallery in Shoreditch, the exhibition is situated close to Hackney’s Kingsland Road, also known as the ‘Pho Mile’, where many Vietnamese families settled from the late 1970s. Open Thursday – Saturday 12-6pm and by Appointment.

Art Basel 2025
2025-06-19 - 2025-06-22 | Congress Center, Messe, Basel, Switzerland
The Art Basel fair brings the international art world together. It features over 200 leading galleries and more than 4,000 artists from five continents. Many high-quality exhibitions take place concurrently in and around Basel, creating a region-wide art week. AWAD is delighted to be a cultural partner for the fair, and AWAD members who are interested in tickets should contact AWAD’s Membership & Partnership Manager. For details on how to exhibit, please follow this link.

Andy Burgess Exhibition
2025-06-23 11:00 - 2025-07-02 18:00 (Europe/London) | 67 York Street Gallery, 67 York Street, London, W1H 1QB, United Kingdom
AWAD Member, the Cynthia Corbett Gallery presents Andy Burgess: Modernism Revisited (23 June – 2 July 2025. By invitation – private view 26 June, finissage brunch 29 June) at the 67 York Street Gallery, London. In celebration of 20 years of architectural painting, this landmark solo exhibition features Burgess’s dazzling paper collages and modernist reinterpretations — described by Tatler as “the next David Hockney.”

AWAD Roundtable - All chapters: Women Art Collectors
2025-07-08 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Our monthly AWAD roundtable is a great opportunity to join colleagues for a peer-to-peer conversation via Zoom (the link will be sent by email). The event is usually held on the 1st of the 2nd Tuesday of the month and is open to AWAD Members from all AWAD chapters. Time: 9am PDT / 12am EDT / 5pm UK / 6pm CET & SA.
For July, we’ll be discussing ‘Connecting with Women Art Collectors and other Values-Based Collectors.’

Seattle Art Fair
2025-07-17 18:00 - 2025-07-20 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lumen Field Event Center, 800 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA, WA 98134, United States
The ninth edition of Seattle Art Fair will return to Lumen Field Event Center from July 17–20, 2025 (preview July 17, 6-9 pm). Working alongside Beneficiary Partner Seattle Art Museum, Artistic Director Nato Thompson, and the fair’s dedicated Host Committee, the Seattle Art Fair, founded by the late Paul G. Allen, is a celebrated and productive week bringing together the region’s strong collector base, the Pacific Northwest’s top museums and institutions, and an array of innovative public programming. Among those exhibiting will be AWAD Member, J. Rinehart Gallery. AWAD Members, Partners and Friends who are interested in tickets should contact Diana, AWAD’s Membership & Partnership Manager. Please see the fair’s website for full details of times and prices.

Exhibition: Diana Taylor - Flotsam & Jetsam
2025-07-19 - 2025-08-30 | Don’t Look Projects, 2680 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, CA 90034, United States
AWAD Member, SLQS Gallery is pleased to announce its first international collaboration with DON’T LOOK Projects in Los Angeles, presenting ‘Flotsam and Jetsam’ a solo exhibition of new works by Diana Taylor. Artists talk & opening reception 19 July. Read more and access private viewing room via link.
On view 19 July – 30 August 2025

Thursday to Saturday: 12 – 6pm & by appointment

AWAD Roundtable - All chapters: Summer Art Events
2025-08-05 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Online
Our monthly AWAD roundtable is a great opportunity to join colleagues for a peer-to-peer conversation via Zoom (the link will be sent by email). The event is usually held on the 1st of the 2nd Tuesday of the month and is open to AWAD Members from all AWAD chapters. Time: 9am PDT / 12am EDT / 5pm UK / 6pm CET & SA.
For August, we’ll be discussing ‘Summer Art Events – Worth it or not?’

Art on Paper New York
2025-09-04 - 2025-09-07 | Pier 36, 299 South Street, Manhattan, New York, United States
Produced by AMP with Fair Director Kelly Freeman working in partnership with Artistic Director Nato Thompson, Art on Paper, New York City’s celebrated, medium-driven fair, returns to downtown Manhattan’s Pier 36 during September 2025’s Armory Art Week from September 4-7. The eleventh edition of the fair will feature striking, one-of-a-kind projects and works of art that explore the extraordinary creative potential of paper. Among those exhibiting will be AWAD Member, Garvey Simon Art Projects NYC. AWAD Members, Friends & Partners who are interested in tickets should contact Diana, AWAD’s Membership & Partnership Manager. Please see the fair’s website for full details of times and prices.

Armory Show New York
2025-09-05 - 2025-09-07 | Javits Centre, 429 11th Avenue, New York, NY, 10001, United States
A cornerstone of New York’s cultural landscape since its founding in 1994, The Armory Show brings the world’s leading international contemporary and modern art galleries to New York each year. In 2025, the fair will be open to the public from September 5 to 7th, with a VIP opening on September 4th. Please see fair’s website for full details of times and prices.

AWAD Tour of Art on Paper, New York
2025-09-05 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Pier 36, 299 South Street, Manhattan, New York, United States
AWAD will be touring the Art on Paper fair on Friday September 5th from 12:00 PM and meeting at Open Editions gift shop (opposite the front desk). The tour is open to AWAD Members, Friends and Partners and complimentary tickets are available – please get in touch with Diana, AWAD’s Membership & Partnership Manager if you are interested in taking part.
Art on Paper, New York City’s esteemed fair focused on paper-based art, will hold its anticipated 11th edition this September 4-7 at Manhattan’s Pier 36. Aligned with Armory Arts Week, Art on Paper will showcase a remarkable array of galleries committed to highlighting the creativity and allure of paper, including AWAD Member, Garvey Simon Garvey who will be showing pencil drawings of flowers and plants by David Morrison at Booth E-09. Celebrated for breaking artistic conventions, Art on Paper 2025 will continue to cement the fair’s role as an essential destination for both veteran patrons of the arts and new collectors this Fall. Incollect, the online art and antiques marketplace and magazine will be a media partner for the fair.

Art Business Conference London - September
2025-09-10
The Art Business Conference returns to London on 10 September 2025. Please see organiser’s website for details.

Affordable Art Fair New York 2025
2025-09-17 18:00 - 2025-09-21 17:00 (America/New_York) | Starrett-Lehigh Building, 601 West 26th Street, New York, NY, 10001, United States
When you visit Affordable Art Fair New York Fall (September 17-21, 2025) you’ll find an inspiring and friendly atmosphere where you can browse thousands of original contemporary paintings, sculptures, photographs and prints showcased by a myriad of local, national and international exhibitors. With contemporary artwork by over 400 established artists and rising stars, and price points ranging from $100 to $12,000 – there is something to suit every taste and wallet whether you are a first-time art buyer or a seasoned collector. Please see fair website for full details of times and prices.
