As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented impact worldwide, many of these events have been postponed or canceled.
Welcome to Artlyst’s printable pull-out International Art Fair Guide 2020. This is our curated choice of the fairs not to miss in the Contemporary Art calendar. This essential month by month fair guide has been compiled for collectors and dealers alike. 2020 looks to be another great year for contemporary Art globally. Don’t miss out!
January
Este Arte, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 4-8 January
Original Miami Beach Antique Show, Miami Beach, Florida, US, 4-8 January
Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair, London, UK, 9-12 January
Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary, Palm Beach, Florida, US, 9-12 January
Art Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 16-19 January
Fog Design + Art, San Francisco, California, US, 16-19 January
Outsider Art Fair, New York, US, 16-19 January
SEA Focus, Singapore, 16-19 January
First Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16-20 January
Taipei Dangdai Taipei, Taiwan, 17-19 January
Untitled, San Francisco, California, US, 17-19 January
Miami Antiques + Art + Design Show, Miami, Florida, US, 18-20 January
Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (Winter), London, UK, 21-26 January
Bruneaf (Brussels Non-European Art Fair) Winter, Brussels, Belgium, 22-26 January
London Art Fair, London, UK, 22-26 January
AADLA Fine Art & Antiques Show, New York, US, 24-26 January
Arte Fiera Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 24-26 January
The Winter Show, New York, US, 24 January-2 February
Master Drawings New York, US, 25 January-1 February
Brafa (Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair), Brussels, Belgium, 26 January-2 February
Art Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland, 30 January-2 February
India Art Fair, New Delhi, India, 30 January-2 February
Photo LA, Santa Monica, California, US, 30 January-2 February
Art3f Paris, Paris, France, 31 January-2 February
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, US, 31 January-3 February
February
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, California, US, 5-9 February
Zona Maco, Mexico City, 5-9 February
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6-9 February
Nomad St Moritz, St Moritz, Switzerland, 6-9 February
Rotterdam Photo, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6-9 February
Material, Mexico City, 7-9 February
Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, 13-16 February
Felix LA, Los Angeles, California, US, 13-16 February
Stockholm International, Stockholm, Sweden, 13-16 February
Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, California, US, 13-17 February
Art Wynwood, Miami, Florida, US, 13-17 February
Palm Beach Show, Palm Beach, Florida, US, 13-18 February
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angeles, California, US, 14-16 February
Frieze Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, US, 14-16 February
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa, 14-16 February
Arte Genova, Genoa, Italy, 14-17 February
Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale (Spring), Palm Springs, California, US, 15-18 February
The Artist Project, Toronto, Canada, 20-23 February
American Indian Art Show San Francisco, San Rafael, California, US, 21-23 February
Art Fair Philippines, Manila, Philippines, 21-23 February
San Francisco Tribal and Textile Art Show, San Francisco, California, US, 21-23 February
Naples Art, Antique and Jewellery Show, Naples, Florida, US, 21-25 February
1–54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco, 22-23 February
Arco Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 26 February-1 March
Masterpiece Munster Art & Antik, Munster, Germany, 26 February-1 March
Art Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 27 February-1 March
Collect Fair for Modern Craft and Design, London, UK, 27 February-1 March
Just Mad, Madrid, Spain, 27 February-1 March
The Art Show (ADAA), New York, US, 27 February-1 March
Art3f Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 28 February-1 March
Hybrid Contemporary, Madrid, Spain, 28 February-1 March
Mercanteinfiera Spring, Parma, Italy, 29 February-8 March
March
Art Bahrain Across Borders (ArtBAB), Sanabis, Bahrain, March
Collective Design Fair, New York, US, March
Volta New York, New York, US, 4-8 March
Art on Paper, New York, US, 5-8 March
Collectible, Brussels, Belgium, 5-8 March
NY International Antiquarian Book Fair, New York, US, 5-8 March
Scope New York, New York, US, 5-8 March
The Armory Show, New York, US, 5-8 March
Contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen, Germany, 6-8 March
Independent, New York, US, 6-8 March
Object & Thing at Independent, New York, US, 6-8 March
Tefaf Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, 7-15 March
Affordable Art Fair, London, UK, 12-15 March
Art Central, Hong Kong, China, 17-22 March
Chelsea Antiques Fair, London, UK, 18-20 March
The Open Art Fair (BADA), London, UK, 18-24 March
Art Basel in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 19-21 March
MIA Photo Fair, Milan, Italy, 19-22 March
Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium, 20-22 March
Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 20-22 March
Ceramic Art London, London, UK, 20-22 March
Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE, 25-28 March
Chaco (Chile Arte Contemporáneo), Santiago, Chile, 25-29 March
Drawing Now, Paris, France, 25-29 March
Salon du Dessin, Paris, France, 25-30 March
Eurantica, Brussels, Belgium, 26-29 March
Art Nordic, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27-29 March
April
Art Beijing, Beijing, China, April
Paris Tribal, Paris, France, April
PAD (Paris Art + Design), Paris, France, 1-5 April
SP-Arte (São Paulo International Art Festival), São Paulo, Brazil, 1-5 April
Art Paris, Paris, France, 2-5 April
Paris Photo New York, New York, US, 2-5 April
Arte BA (Art Fair Buenos Aires), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16-19 April
Art Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada, 16-19 April
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas, US, 16-19 April
MiArt, Milan, Italy, 17-19 April
Almoneda Antik Passion Spring, Antiques and Art Fair, Madrid, Spain, 18-26 April
Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan, Italy, 21-26 April
The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (Spring), London, UK, 21-26 April
PArC (Peru Arte Contemporaneo), Lima, Peru, 22-26 April
Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, 23-26 April
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 23-26 April
Artexpo New York, New York, US, 23-26 April
Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, California, US, 23-26 April
Supermarket (Stockholm Independent Art Fair), Stockholm, Sweden, 23-26 April
Urban Art Fair, Paris, France, 23-26 April
Art3f Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 24-26 April
Discovery Art Fair, Cologne, Germany, 24-26 April
Luxembourg Art Fair, Luxembourg, 24-26 april
Market Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden, 24-26 April
Salon International du Livre Rare et de’l Objet d’Art, Paris, France, 24-26 April
Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France, 26-29 April
Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand, 29 April-3 May
Kunst RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 29 April-3 May
Lausanne Art Fair, Lausanne, France, 30 April-3 May
London Original Print Fair, London, UK, 30 April-3 May
May
Art Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1-3 May
Frieze New York, New York, US, 6-10 May
Superfine New York, 6-10 May, New York, US
Future Fair, New York, US, 7-9 May
Art New York, New York, US, 7-10 May
Object & Thing, New York, US, 7-10 May
1–54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York, New York, US, 8-10 May
Tefaf New York Spring, New York, US, 8-12 May
Museums + Heritage Show, London, UK, 13-14 May
Eye of the Collector, London, UK, 13-16 May
Arco Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-17 May
Draw Art Fair London, 14-17 May, London
Chicago Antiques + Art + Design Show, Chicago, Illinois, US, 14-17 May
JustLX (Lisboa Contemporary Art Fair), Lisbon, Portugal, 14-17 May
Photo London, London, UK, 14-17 May
Tbilisi Art Fair, Tbilisi, Georgia, 14-17 May
Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair, Glasgow, Scotland, 15-16 May
ART (Art Revolution Taipei), Taipei, Taiwan, 22-25 May
Prague Photo, Prague, Czech Republic, 26-30 May
Umschlagplatz Coburg, Coburg, Germany, 30-31 May
June
GZ-Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 3-7 June
Arch Moscow, Moscow, Russia, 4-7 June
Art Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania, 4-7 June
Tokyo International Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan, 5-6 June
Bruneaf Summer, Brussels, Belgium, 10-14 June
Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 11-14 June
Volta Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 15-20 June
Liste: the Young Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland, 15-21 June
Design Miami/Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 16-21 June
Photo Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 16-21 June
I Never Read, Basel, Switzerland, 17-20 June
The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia, London, UK, 17-26 June
Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 18-21 June
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia, 18-21 June
Rhy Basel: the Young Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland, 18-21 June
Masterpiece London, London, UK, 27 June-1 July
July
Market Art + Design, Bridgehampton, New York, US, 2-5 July
Art Bodensee, Dornbirn, Austria, 3-5 July
Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US, 16-19 July
Art Aspen, Aspen, Colorado, US, 23-26 July
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, Washington, US, 23-26 July
New York Antique Jewellery & Watch Show, New York, US, 24-26 July
August
100% Design South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 6-10 August
Art Nocturne Knocke, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, 8-16 August
SP-Arte/Foto, São Paulo, Brazil, 26-30 August
Art-O-Rama, Marseilles, France, 28-30 August
Chart Art/Design Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28-30 August
Art Jakarta, Indonesia, 28-30 August
September
100% Design, London, UK, September
ArtRio, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, September
Cosmoscow, Moscow, Russia, September
FNB Art Joburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, 4-6 September
Tribal Art London, London, UK, 3-7 September
Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 23 – 27 September.
Positions Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany, 10-13 September
Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, Australia, 10-13 September
Lapada Art & Antiques Fair, London, UK, 14-19 September
Restauro, Ferrara, Italy, 16-18 September
ArtBo (Bogota Art Fair), Bogota, Colombia, 17-20 September
Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon, 17-20 September
Tresor Contemporary Craft, Basel, Switzerland, 17-20 September
Photofairs Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 18-20 September
La Biennale Paris, Paris, France, 18-22 September
Goldsmiths’ Fair, London, UK, 22-27 September
Expo Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, US, 24-27 September
KIAF Art Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 24-27 September
Lima Photo, Lima, Peru, 24-27 September
SWAB Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 24-27 September
Vienna Contemporary, Vienna, Austria, 24-27 September
British Art Fair, London, UK, 24-27 September
Art Athina, Athens, Greece, 25-28 September
Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (Autumn), London, UK, 29 September-4 October
October
Fine Art Print Fair (International Fine Print Dealers Association), New York, US, October
Outsider Art Fair Paris, Paris, France, October
Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale, Palm Springs, California, US, October
Texas Contemporary, Houston, Texas, US, October
YIA (Young International Art Fair), Paris, France, October
Art International Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1-4 October
Kunst Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1-4 October
Art3f Lyon, Lyon, France, 2-4 October
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong, China, 2-5 October
PAD London, London, UK, 5-11 October
1–54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, UK, 8-11 October
Art Market Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, 8-11 October
Frieze London, London, UK, 8-11 October
Frieze Masters, London, UK, 8-11 October
Sunday Art Fair, London, UK, 8-11 October
Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, UK, 9-11 October
Art Verona, Verona, Italy, 16-18 October
Paris Internationale, Paris, France, 19-23 October
Asia Now, Paris, France, 21-25 October
FIAC International Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France, 22-25 October
Art Toronto (TIAF), Toronto, Canada, 23-25 October
AADLA Fine Art & Antiques Show, New York, US, 23-26 October
Winter Art & Antiques, London, UK, 23-26 October
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, US, 29 October-1 November
Asian Art in London, London, UK, 29 October-7 November
ART SG, Singapore, 30 October-1 November
November
Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November
Art021 Shanghai, Shanghai, China, November
Art Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, November
Exponatec Cologne, Cologne, Germany, November
Loop Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, November
Tefaf New York Fall, New York, US, 4-8 November
Artissima, Turin, Italy, 6-8 November
Art X Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, 6-8 November
Discovery Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany, 6-8 November
Downtown Design Dubai, Dubai, UAE, 10-13 November
West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai, China, 11-15 November
Paris Photo, Paris, France, 12-15 November
Art Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany, 13-15 November
Feriarte, Madrid, Spain, 14-22 November
Fine Arts Paris, Paris, France, 15-17 November
PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15-23 November
London Photograph Fair, London, UK, 17-19 November
Cologne Fine Art & Design, Cologne, Germany, 19-22 November
Salon: Art+Design, New York, US, 19-23 November
Design Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, US, 30 November-6 December
December
Miami Project, Miami, Florida, US, December
Scope Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, US, 1-6 December
Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, US, 2-6 December
Art Miami, Miami, Florida, US, 2-6 December
Context Art Miami, Miami, Florida, US, 2-6 December
Ink Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, US, 2-6 December
Pinta Miami, Miami, Florida, US, 2-6 December
Art Basel in Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, US, 3-6 December
Nada Miami (New Art Dealers Alliance), Miami Beach, Florida, US, 3-6 December
Pulse Art Fair, Miami, Florida, US, 3-6 December
Untitled, Miami Beach, Florida, US, 3-6 December