The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) will rebrand its long-running fair, The Art Show, as the ADAA Fair, running November 12–16, 2026 at the Park Avenue Armory.
“This fair signals a new era for the ADAA—one rooted in our mission and responsive to the cultural needs of our time,” ADAA executive director Kinsey Robb said in a statement.
This past July, the ADAA made the surprise announcement that it would not stage the 2025 edition of the Art Show, which had been held annually since 1988. The organization called the move a “strategic pause” in an email to its members. At the time, the organization said it wanted to “to reimagine The Art Show with long-term sustainability and member value in mind.”
Each year, the Art Show featured an opening benefit preview that benefited the Henry Street Settlement. In a release, the ADAA described that “partnership [as] now concluded.” In October, Henry Street found a new fair, Independent, to serve as the partner for its annual fundraiser, with the next one scheduled for May 2026 at Pier 36.
With this name change, the ADAA said the new fair will advance “a mission-aligned direction centered on championing the visual arts and the institutions that sustain them,” per the release. This includes a grant program for museums and art nonprofits that dates back some 50 years.
For the upcoming 2026 edition, the ADAA has selected as its grantees the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago; Inner-City Arts in Los Angeles; the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn, Alabama; the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; and the Neuberger Museum of Art in Harrison, New York.
Though the ADAA Fair will be staged at the Park Avenue Armory, the event’s longtime home, it will now occur slightly later than usual. Between 2021 and 2023, the fair was staged during the first full week of November. In 2024, the fair took place in the last week of October.
In a statement, Mary Ryan, cofounder of Ryan Lee and the ADAA Fair committee chair, said, “Our new fair provides an opportunity to highlight the extraordinary work of our member galleries while deepening our support for museums and cultural organizations nationwide.”
