Trade elders will bear in mind when summer time actually was the gradual season within the artwork world: a time for mounting group reveals that includes fascinating works by modern artists on the rise. However this yr’s calendar of July artwork festivals and August artwork festivals was surprisingly packed—proof constructive there’s now not a gradual season within the artwork world while you come at it globally, maybe?
That stated, loads of galleries spent the summer time making ready for the massive fall artwork festivals. September’s artwork honest calendar is totally full of occasions, significantly for New Yorkers who’ve The Armory Present to look ahead to in a month bookended by Salon Zürcher and Reasonably priced Artwork Honest’s New York editions. Frieze Seoul is certain to be one other September standout, together with the model new Untitled Artwork Houston and the newly rechristened Hungry Eye Honest in Amsterdam.
Whether or not you’re hunkering down in New York for the Armory Present-adjacent festivals or hitting the street on a world odyssey of artwork, Observer’s month-to-month artwork honest calendars may help you place collectively the right itinerary.
Salon Zürcher 2025
September 2-7
New York Metropolis mini honest Salon Zürcher payments itself as an Armory Week oasis—a restful, non-intimidating area to understand artwork on a human scale. The thirty-second version of the satellite tv for pc artwork honest, titled “100 Girls of Spirit +, Half 3” (a continuation of the “11 Girls of Spirit” sequence, which initially launched in the course of the 2020 Armory Present) will current work introduced by a distinguished group of simply eleven girls artists: Trissy Callan, Amy Chen, Marieken Cochius, Ellen Hackl Fagan, Roberta Fineberg, Anne Finkelstein, Cora Jane Glasser, Ali Ha, Kathy Levine, Andra Samelson and Jane Sangerman. Salon Zürcher is held every year within the Zürcher Gallery’s New York area on Bleecker Avenue, and admission is free, although one of the best cause to find time for Salon Zürcher is the possibility to speak with the artists whose work is on present.
Frieze Seoul 2025
September 3-6
Greater than 120 of the world’s most recognizable artwork galleries from throughout thirty international locations will take part within the fourth version of Frieze Seoul, which takes place at COEX and runs alongside Kiaf SEOUL. On this system this yr are a number of particular initiatives that showcase the dynamism of Korea’s modern artwork scene, together with a piece by artist duo Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho, which can unfold throughout the honest, and a brand new site-specific set up by Liam Gillick. This yr’s Frieze Talks audio system embody Gabriel Ritter (director of the united states Artwork, Design & Structure Museum and affiliate professor, division of the Historical past of Artwork & Structure), Zoe Butt (founder, in-tangible institute), CHE Onejoon (artist, AfroAsia Collective), Gyeol Ko (artist, ikkibawiKrrr), Yoon Juli (curator, Ilmin Museum of Artwork), Jiseon Lee Isbara (president, College of the Artwork Institute of Chicago), Mami Kataoka (director, Mori Artwork Museum), Purat (Chang) Osathanugrah (chairman, Dib Bangkok), Jae Seok Kim (founder, Xlarge gallery) and Sohl Lee (affiliate professor, trendy and modern East Asian artwork at Stony Brook College, State College of New York).
Kiaf SEOUL 2025
September 4-7
Whereas it generally doesn’t get the eye of Frieze, Kiaf SEOUL was South Korea’s first worldwide artwork honest. Frieze has been each a take a look at and a catalyst, director Eunice Jung advised Observer. “It challenged us to rethink what makes our honest distinctive, and additional to refine our function inside a quickly altering artwork scene.” This yr, working concurrently with Frieze at COEX, Kiaf SEOUL will host 175 galleries from twenty nations. To not be missed, two curators—Yuli Yoon (head curator of Ilmin Museum of Artwork, Korea) and Tomoya Iwata (director of the fifth Ground, Japan)—have been invited to arrange a joint exhibition exploring themes of accumulating and show, interpreted by means of the distinct but intersecting cultural lenses of Korea and Japan. And with nineteen cubicles this yr, Kiaf PLUS will highlight materials experimentation and cross-cultural trade from rising voices throughout the Korean and world modern artwork scenes.
Impartial twentieth Century 2025
September 4-7
The version of Impartial devoted to works from the twentieth Century might be held for the fourth time at Casa Cipriani on the Battery Maritime Constructing in New York throughout New York Metropolis’s artwork week, with a decent roster of thirty exhibitors primarily bringing single-artist displays. Count on to see numerous work, although some galleries will showcase sculpture and set up artwork from the Eighties to the current. In media releases, the honest alludes to “a number of self-taught artists, distinctive voices from Latin America and 5 pioneering girls artists from the Arab world.” As for what to not miss at Impartial twentieth Century, Nahmad Modern (New York) and Skarstedt (New York, Paris, London) will convey collectively a curated collection of works by French artist Georges Rouault; Galerie Lelong (New York, Paris) will commit a solo exhibition to Elda Cerrato; and Weinstein Gallery (San Francisco) will current works by Leonor Fini.
Artwork on Paper New York 2025
September 4-7
The medium-driven September artwork honest, Artwork on Paper, is returning to Manhattan’s Pier 36 throughout New York’s fall artwork week with a lineup of 100 galleries showcasing one of the best in paper-based artwork. The 2025 version will highlight main galleries from throughout the U.S., together with longtime New York individuals Tanya Weddemire Gallery, Vellum Initiatives, Uprise Artwork, Lincoln Middle Editions, Walter Wickiser Gallery, The Tolman Assortment, Kim Schmidt Effective Artwork, Philippe Labaune Gallery and Accola Griefen Effective Artwork, and New Haven’s GalleryLabs, Houston’s Cindy Lisica Gallery and Philadelphia’s Bertrand Productions. Worldwide exhibitors returning to the honest embody Rotterdam’s NL=US, South Korea’s Gallery SoSo and Dublin’s Stoney Street Press. Galleries new to the honest embody Transborder Artwork, Artwork Gross sales & Analysis and A House Gallery will make their debut, alongside nationwide and worldwide exhibitors reminiscent of Brazil’s Oto Reifschneider Galeria de Arte, New York’s Elza Kayal Gallery, Milwaukee’s VAR Gallery, Telluride’s Fringe Gallery, Tokyo’s GYAGYAGYA Gallery and Studio Arrows, Brussels’ Mazel Galerie and Paris’ Galerie Minsky. Observer correspondent Alanna Martinez as soon as described this September artwork honest as having a wholesome vary of value factors and providing a genuinely nice viewing expertise for artwork, calling it her “Armory Week sanctuary” and as near an ideal artwork honest as you may get.
Aruba Artwork Honest 2025
September 5-7
Now in its eighth version and serving because the centerpiece of ART WEEK 2025, Aruba Artwork Honest has established San Nicolas—generally known as the Avenue Artwork Capital of the Caribbean—as a platform the place murals, performances and installations meet within the streets. This yr’s theme, “JUSTICE,” units the stage for greater than 50 confirmed artists and crafters to deal with questions of fact, fairness, and alter by means of work that spans trend, sculpture, constructing takeovers and artwork displayed throughout 4 galleries. In contrast to many business festivals, it operates as a non-profit, directing all proceeds again to taking part artists, a mannequin that underscores its deal with neighborhood and entry. This system extends nicely past the three-day honest, with a culinary artwork competitors, sculptural installations, an Artwork TV program, and a devoted journal rounding out the slate.
The Armory Present 2025
September 5-7
The most important Trendy and Modern artwork honest in New York, and one of many largest wherever on the earth, The Armory Present within the Javits Middle has change into such an anchor of the autumn artwork season that many individuals consult with it (rightly or wrongly) as Armory Week. With greater than 230 galleries from thirty international locations mounting shows in 2025, the honest is about to debut a revised flooring plan designed to enhance customer movement and expertise. The honest’s Presents part will characteristic the most important variety of rising galleries within the honest’s historical past. “Simply as artists and galleries evolve by means of a pipeline, so do collectors. We actively have interaction with youthful collectors; it’s an actual precedence for us,” director Kyla McMillan advised Observer. “New York is a metropolis the place somebody with transactional potential can stroll by means of the door and, whereas comparatively unknown in the present day, be on each high collector listing in only a few years. That openness to discovery is one thing we wish to foster.”
POSITIONS Berlin Artwork Honest 2025
September 11-14
This yr’s POSITIONS Berlin Artwork Honest will showcase works introduced by seventy-five galleries from nineteen international locations, with a specific deal with galleries from Japan. On condition that this September artwork honest overlaps with Berlin Artwork Week, it tends to draw plenty of guests—30,000 final yr, from a variety of countries. The Berlin artwork scene is price testing however not essentially simple to soak up in only a week, as the town is house to greater than 200 museums and round 440 galleries. POSITIONS is held in hangar 7 of Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (which ceased working as an aviation hub in 2008) and has a supporting program that features particular exhibitions, panel discussions, the Berlin Artwork Week Collectors Dinner and different occasions.
viennacontemporary 2025
September 11-14
viennacontemporary is the main artwork honest in Austria, now in its eleventh version, and its coming sometimes heralds the arrival of a number of different artwork festivals, festivals and occasions. This yr’s roster options 103 exhibitors from twenty-five international locations—the U.S. not amongst them—with the lion’s share of the exhibitors coming from the Central and Japanese European artwork scenes. The STATEMENT, CONTEXT and ZONE1 curated sections will return for 2025, joined by VC Vault, a brand new curated part of eight younger worldwide galleries—all underneath the inventive path of curator Abaseh Mirvali. Via two panel discussions and the exhibition “Realities Constructing,” the honest will interrogate the development of fact and the mechanisms of affect within the digital age. One uncommon characteristic of this honest is a kids’s program.
Tokyo Gendai 2025
September 12-14
Set to return this yr to Pacifico Yokohama from September 12 to 14, the honest will host sixty-seven galleries, evenly break up between Japanese and worldwide individuals. Among the many returning exhibitors at Tokyo Gendai are established worldwide names like Tempo Gallery, Sadie Coles HQ and Ceysson & Bénétière, alongside main Japanese galleries reminiscent of Taka Ishii Gallery, Kotaro Nukaga and Kai Kai Kiki. A Lighthouse referred to as Kanata will current a curated showcase of works by modern sculptors and painters whose visible language is rooted in Japanese inventive traditions, whereas ShugoArts (Tokyo) is making ready a bunch presentation of labor by main Japanese girls artists, together with Leiko Ikemura, Aki Kondo and Ritsue Mishima. Additionally again this yr is the curated exhibition area Tsubomi (“Flower Bud”), devoted to showcasing artists who’re underrepresented or not at present represented by galleries. “We wish to create alternatives for individuals to find one thing new,” director Eri Takane advised Observer.
Hungry Eye Honest 2025
September 17-21
Hungry Eye Honest (previously Haute Photographie) in Amsterdam Noord is the autumn version of the boutique positive artwork images honest launched by Roy Kahmann (the winter version is held yearly together with Rotterdam Artwork Week). Along with the brand new title, the 2025 version of the artwork honest has a brand new venue, DOOR OPEN SPACE, however what gained’t change is the intelligently curated, museum-style format, which showcases classic and modern images in dialog, and the annual Bookmarket with new and classic photobooks. As at all times, the main target is on the impartial photographer—as in photographers with out gallery illustration—and this yr, a lineup of greater than eighty photographers from world wide will showcase their very own work alongside a small collection of galleries.
art3f Monaco 2025
September 19-21
Monaco’s worldwide modern artwork honest at Chapiteau de Fontvieille, art3f Monaco, goals to provide artwork and artwork accumulating a “human and heat facet” with reasonably priced artwork introduced “with out code, with out prejudice and uninhibited.” Galleries are actually current at this August artwork honest, however lots of the 200 artists whose works are on present have been handpicked by the honest’s choice committee, and furthermore, the artists are literally on web site. Lovers and collectors can meet the painters, sculptors, photographers, and many others., and listen to their tales, fostering a connection between purchaser and artist that results in a “direct trade and sharing of feelings.” In principle, anyway. It’s a superb idea and one which’s enticing to many youthful collectors and would-be collectors, however whether or not it makes artwork extra accessible is up for debate.
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2024
September 26-28
The one artwork honest specializing in the idea of Asia, ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA (AFAF) might be held this yr on the Marine Messe Fukuoka conference middle in Fukuoka, Japan. Now in its ninth version, AFAF creates alternatives for “various interactions between Japan and the remainder of Asia” by bringing collectively galleries that showcase artists from throughout the area. Eighty-three galleries from Japan’s artwork scene and overseas will mount shows, and ten cultural organizations (together with faculties, art-tech firms and galleries) can even convey work to Fukuoka.
Reasonably priced Artwork Honest New York 2025
September 17-21
If the query is ‘When is Reasonably priced Artwork Honest?’, the reply is one other query: ‘When isn’t there an Reasonably priced Artwork Honest working?’ Reasonably priced Artwork Honest London is on the March artwork honest calendar. Among the many February artwork festivals, you’ll discover Reasonably priced Artwork Honest Brussels. And so forth. The autumnal New York version of Will Ramsay’s Reasonably priced Artwork Honest will happen on the Starrett-Lehigh Constructing with a various collection of curated works priced between $100 and $12,000 (as an alternative of the standard $10,000, probably owing to inflation). Reasonably priced Artwork Honest festivals don’t sometimes characteristic work by “superstar” artists, providing as an alternative a big platform for rising artists and youthful galleries to realize publicity and join with new collectors.
British Artwork Honest 2025
September 25-28
This September artwork honest has been gathering one of the best, you guessed it, trendy and modern British artwork in London’s iconic Saatchi Gallery since 1988. Now in its thirty-third version, British Artwork Honest invitations exhibitors that convey works by a number of the nation’s most well-known artists, together with Frank Auerbach, Banksy, John Craxton, Tracey Emin, Terry Frost, Barbara Hepworth, Damien Hirst, Ivon Hitchens, David Hockney, Albert Irvin, Gwen John, L.S. Lowry, Henry Moore, John Piper, Paula Rego, Bridget Riley, William Scott. For the fourth yr in a row, the SOLO Modern part—curated as soon as once more by artist and gallerist Zavier Ellis—will shine a light-weight on a few of Britain’s most fascinating mid-career artists. Hospital Rooms, which collaborates with hospitals to rework scientific areas into environments crammed with shade and inspiration, is that this yr’s charity associate.
The Different Artwork Honest Los Angeles 2025
September 25-28
The primary version of The Different Artwork Honest was held in London in 2011 by Ryan Stanier, who created the honest with the twin goals of constructing artwork discovery simpler and democratizing the artwork shopping for expertise. That is one other a type of artwork festivals that appears to be in all places—London, Brooklyn, Dallas, Sydney and so forth. In Los Angeles, this honest the place “artwork is for everybody” and the shows are mounted by greater than 100 impartial artists, is held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Did we point out the DJs, the totally stocked bar and the occasion environment? In case it wasn’t apparent, that is completely an artwork honest geared towards a youthful, cooler viewers, and the costs of the works on view usually mirror that.
art3f Paris 2025
September 26-28
With a whopping twenty-one festivals in eighteen cities, the worldwide modern artwork honest art3f involves Paris twice yearly, as soon as in September and as soon as in January. Presale tickets are simply seven euros, the opening evening preview is open to all and there’s an emphasis on affordability that you simply don’t see at many different artwork festivals. It’s a fantastic place for collectors to find artists on the rise and to loosen up within the presence of gorgeous issues—dwell music and a totally stocked cafe and bar spherical out the expertise. As art3f places it, “As a result of life goes on and optimism takes again its rights, as a result of you must be constructive, drink, eat, have enjoyable, marvel, artwork is a superb treatment!”
Much more September artwork festivals in 2025
As at all times, what’s above doesn’t symbolize the totality of the September artwork honest calendar in 2025—there are at all times loads of smaller, lesser-known and area of interest artwork festivals occurring world wide. Right here’s a fast roundup of a number of extra fall artwork festivals you may wish to take a look at this month.
Clio Artwork Honest 2025 (New York)
September 4-7, 18-21
FNB Artwork Joburg 2025 (South Africa)
September 5-7
Parcours des Mondes 2025 (France)
September 9-14
Sydney Modern 2025 (Australia)
September 11-14
ArtRio 2025 (Brazil)
September 10-14
Reno Tahoe Worldwide Artwork Present 2025 (Nevada)
September 11-14
ART EXPO NORTE 2025 (Portugal)
September 12-14
Artwork & Bali 2025
September 12-14
EuropArtFair 2025 (Amsterdam)
September 13-14
Artwork Athina 2025 (Greece)
September 18-22
ARTBO 2025 (Colombia)
September 25-28
Season Honest 2025 (Detroit)
September 25-28
Budapest Modern 2025
September 25-28
September 19-21
Works Artwork Honest 2025 (Denmark)
September 19-21
FAB Paris 2025
September 20-2
Estación Materials 2025 (Guadalajara)
September 27-29
