PHOTOFAIRS NEW YORK LAUNCHES ITS INAUGURAL EDITION THIS SEPTEMBER WITH EXHIBITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

 

PHOTOFAIRS New York Launches it's Inaugural Edition this September with Exhibitors from Around the World

Fair brings together major galleries with cutting-edge interdisciplinary spaces to explore the past, present, and future of photo-based practices and image-making

PHOTOFAIRS New York, the new contemporary art fair dedicated to photo-based and digital artworks, today announced the exhibitors for its inaugural edition, launching September 8-10, 2023 (VIP Preview on September 7) at the Javits Center. Organized by Creo, PHOTOFAIRS New York adds a new and distinct dimension to the global fair landscape, exploring the diverse and rapidly evolving practices of image-making and photography from modern examples to contemporary intersections with digital art to the medium’s next frontiers.  Running alongside The Armory Show, PHOTOFAIRS New York cements the first week of September as the annual pulse point on New York’s arts calendar. The fair’s debut edition welcomes a highly curated selection of 61 exhibitors from around the world, from renowned photography dealers to interdisciplinary contemporary art galleries to organizations at the forefront of emerging technologies. Exhibitors were chosen by the fair’s esteemed Selection Committee: Sebastián Alderete (ROLF ART, Buenos Aires); Amanda Coulson (TERN Gallery, Nassau); Nicholas Fahey (Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles); and Putri Tan (Gagosian, New York & 19 cities worldwide), in collaboration with PHOTOFAIRS New York Director Helen Toomer. The fair is organized by Creo and its majority shareholder Angus Montgomery Arts, one of the world’s leading art fair organizers, in collaboration with Candlestar.

Representing more than 20 cities including Seoul, Lisbon, Paris, London, Milan, and Buenos Aires, PHOTOFAIRS New York convenes a cross-section of influential voices across the global spectrum of image-making today. The fair introduces several galleries to New York audiences for the first time, including ART IS BOND. (Houston), 193 Gallery (Paris), Gaotai Gallery (Xinjiang), Les filles du calvaire (Paris), McBride Contemporain (Montreal), Shun Art Gallery (Tokyo), and Troconi-Letayf & Campbell (Mexico City), who join the list of celebrated local and national exhibitors, alongside fair partners, showcasing their artists and programs at the center of the global market for photography and contemporary art.

Alongside the booth presentations, PHOTOFAIRS New York features a range of special projects, innovative large-scale installations, and publishing projects by programming partners including Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, Fotografiska, Gagosian Quarterly, and Jamaica Art Society. These partners, as well as other leading organizations for photography and contemporary art, are also collaborating with the fair on a dynamic conversation series engaging a group of thought leaders in the field. Additional programming partners include 21c Museum Hotels; Aperture; Center for Photography at Woodstock; The Cultivist; Dear Dave, Magazine; India Art Fair, and International Center of Photography. A complete schedule of talks and participants will be announced in the coming weeks. “PHOTOFAIRS New York brings together a global network of galleries and interdisciplinary spaces that have championed photography for decades, and also support artists breaking boundaries in the field of image-making today,” said Helen Toomer, Director, PHOTOFAIRS New York. “Our commitment to integrating exhibitors across distinct mediums for the inaugural edition enables our audience to discover new technologies and rediscover photography’s rich history. We’re looking forward to unveiling more details of our program in the coming weeks and opening the doors of PHOTOFAIRS New York in September.”

The fair’s Advisory Committee includes: Sarah Arison (President, Arison Arts Foundation); Sonel Breslav (Director of Fairs & Editions, Printed Matter, Inc.); Beverley Buckingham (Collector); Stephen Frailey (Founder & Editor, Dear Dave, Magazine); Alice Gray Stites (Museum Director, Chief Curator, 21c Museum Group); W.M. Hunt (Collector & Curator); Michi Jigarjian (Managing Partner, 7G Group & President, Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York); Elizabeth Ann Kahane (Photographer, Collector & Philanthropist); Cathy M. Kaplan (Retired Partner, Sidley Austin LLP); Joey Lico (Executive Director, The Cultivist); Sarah Meister (Executive Director, Aperture); Alice Sachs Zimet (Collector, Educator, Advisor & President, Arts + Business Partners); Elisabeth Sherman (Senior Curator & Director of Exhibitions and Collections, International Center of Photography); Brian Wallis (Executive Director, Center for Photography at Woodstock); Tiana Webb Evans (Founder & Director, Jamaica Art Society); and Sophie Wright (Executive Director, Fotografiska New York).

Further program and gallery presentation details will be announced in the coming weeks.

Exhibitors at the Inaugural Edition of PHOTOFAIRS New York

193 Gallery, Paris Artwrld, Global Art Bond NY, New York ART IS BOND., Houston Artemis Gallery, Lisbon  Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York  Atlas Gallery, London bitforms, New York  Bryce Wolkowitz NFT, Global Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston  Chela Mitchell Gallery, Washington, D.C. CLAMP, New York Elijah Wheat, Newburgh Etherton Gallery, Tucson Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles Fisheye Gallery, Paris/Arles  THE FRIDGE, New York Galerie XII, Paris/Los Angeles/Shanghai Gallery Espace, New Delhi  Gaotai Gallery, Xinjiang  HackelBury Fine Art, London HESSE FLATOW, New York Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York Huxley-Parlour, London The Hullet Collection, Tulsa  IN THE GALLERY, Palma de Mallorca/Copenhagen inside-out, Brussels Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta JHB Gallery, New York Les filles du calvaire, Paris Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles Management, New York Marshall Gallery, Los Angeles McBride Contemporain, Montreal Momentum, Miami Montrasio Arte, Monza/Milan/Piacenza The Music Photo Gallery, New York Nil Gallery, Paris  OSMOS, New York/Stamford  PIBI Gallery, Seoul Postmasters Gallery, Brooklyn/Rome Praise Shadows, Brookline Printed Matter, Inc., New York Rick Wester Fine Art, New York  Robert Mann Gallery, New York Rolf Art, Buenos Aires Ruttkowski;68, Cologne/Düsseldorf/Paris/New York Sasha Wolf Projects, New York Shun Art Gallery, Tokyo/Shanghai Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York  Spinello Projects, Miami Staley-Wise Gallery, New York Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto TERN Gallery, Nassau TRANSFER, Miami Throckmorton Fine Art, New York Troconi-Letayf & Campbell, Mexico City  UNIX Gallery, New York Von Lintel Gallery, Santa Monica Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle/New York Yiwei Gallery, Venice, CA