Art Fairs Calendar Changes Covid-19
From May to November, 2020
The great changes that the art market is facing due to the worldwide alert by the COVID-19 in the recent months, also suppose a digital acceleration as a temporary paradigm in art acquisitions, It’s the transfer of dates of several art fairs celebrated from April to June. These settings trigger an “extra” effort to the galleries that in the following time periods analyzed (30 days, one month) must to concentrate their participation in fairs.
Art Fair Calendar Changes Covid-19 is continuously updated, modifying the different parameters analyzed.
MAY
May has been the first period occupied by the fairs that had their events projected in March and April. In addition to the fairs that traditionally celebrate their fair this month, PAD Paris*, Art Paris*, Salon du Dessin and Drawing Now* come from the end of March and the beginning of April. This block of parallel fairs in Paris has hardly created simultaneities in the fair calendar. Arco Lisboa*, in reference to the 2019 list, only 2 galleries participate in Art Paris and Salon du Dessin*, assuming less than 3% of the total of the fair.
*Drawing Now Committee announces the cancellation of the fair.
*Arco Lisboa Committee announces the cancellation of the fair.
*Art Paris Committe announces the cancellation of the fair.
*Salon du Dessin Committe announces the cancellation of the fair.
Current Dates
CANCELED Arco Lisboa, from 16 to 19 May, Lisbon (reference Gallery List 2019)
POSTPONED JustLX, from 16 to 19 May 17 to 20 Sept, Lisbon (reference Gallery List 2019)
Draw Art Fair, from 24 to 29 May, London (reference Gallery List 2019)
New Dates
CANCELED Pad Paris, from 15 to 17 May, Paris (reference Gallery List 2020)
CANCELED Art Paris, from 28 to 31 May, Paris (reference Gallery List 2020)
CANCELED Salon du Dessin, from 28 to 31 May, Paris (reference Gallery List 2020)
CANCELED Drawing Now, from 28 to 31 May, Paris (reference Gallery List 2020)
JUNE, JULY, AUGUST
After the date movement by Art Basel from June to September, and moving the rest of the fairs traditionally linked to its great reference, only Art Brussels* remains on the date, moving its date from June 18th. to September 17th., It does not cause any simultaneity in the fair calendar. July suffers some postponed and cancelled fairs (Link Art Fair Calendar) and August does not suffer alterations.
*Art Brussels announces the cancellation of the fair.
Current Dates
Enter Art Fair, from 27 to 30 August, Copenhagen (reference Gallery List 2020)
CANCELED Art-o-Rama, from 28 to 30 August, Marseille (reference Gallery List 2019)
CANCELED Paréidolie, from 28 to 30 August, Marseille (reference Gallery List 2019)
New Dates
CANCELED Art Brussels, from 25 to 28 June, Brussels (reference Gallery List 2020)
Art Market San Francisco, from 13 to 16 August, San Francisco (reference Gallery List 2020)
Art Vilnius, from 27 to 30 August, Vilnius (Reference Gallery List 2019) (Held in October)
SEPTEMBER
September becomes difficult. Art Fair Calendar Changes Covid-19 has been enough for the block from June to September, since Art Basel gave the news in mid-March, almost 3 months before and with a great projection of the situation as has been verified later, together with LISTE, Volta Basel, Paper Positions Basel and Photo Basel. Also from Milan with MiArt and Mia Photo, Lima with PArC, Berlin and Paper Positions Berlin and in Stockholm with Market Art Fair.
These changes have populated the startup of the season with first-class international fairs that are sure to wear down traditional local seasonal celebrations, besides, to Positions Berlin, Art Beirut, Art On Paper Brussels, Wopart, Art On paper Amsterdam , British Art Fair, Expo Chicago, Vienna Contemporary, Market Art Fair, Art The Hague.
JustLX updates September date’s (Canceled)
Current Dates
Positions Berlin, from 10 to 13 September, Berlin (reference Gallery List 2019)
Beirut Art Fair, from 17 to 20 September, Beirut (reference Gallery List 2019)
Art on Paper Brussels, from 17 to 20 September, Brussels (reference Gallery List 2019)
Wopart, from 18 to 20 September, Lugano (reference Gallery List 2019)
Expo Chicago, from 24 to 27 September, Chicago (reference Gallery List 2019)
Viennacontemporary, from 24 to 27 September, Vienna (reference Gallery List 2019)
British Art Fair, from 24 to 27 September, London (reference Gallery List 2019)
Art on Paper Amsterdam, from 24 to 27 September, Amsterdam (reference Gallery List 2020)
Art The Hague, from 30 September to 4 October, The Hague (reference Gallery List 2019)
New Dates
PArC, from 2 to 6 September, Lima (reference Gallery List 2020)
Paper Position Berlin, from 10 to 13 September, Berlin (reference Gallery List 2020)
Mia Photo, from 10 to 13 September, Milan (reference Gallery List 2020)
MiArt, from 11 to 13 September, Milan (reference Gallery List 2020)
LISTE, from 14 to 20 September, Basel (reference Gallery List 2019)
Volta Basel, from 14 to 20 September, Basel (reference Gallery List 2019)
Paper Positions Basel, from 15 to 20 September, Basel (reference Gallery List 2019)
Photo Basel, from 15 to 20 September, Basel (reference Gallery List 2020)
Art Basel, from 17 to 20 September, Basel (reference Gallery List 2020)
JustLX, from 17 to 20 September, Lisbon (reference Gallery List 2019)
Market Art Fair, from 25 to 27 September (reference Gallery List 2019)
OCTOBER
October has two calendar changes that affect numerous fairs: Dallas Art Fair and TEFAF New York, both in the U.S.A., are located in early October and late, respectively. The usual Frieze Contemporary and Masters exchange with FIAC joins these two fairs and creates a gallery exchange in which some will participate in the four fairs. The change of date of TEFAF has meant the cancellation of TEFAF New York Fall, so, there will be no place for the Fine and Decorative Art from antiquity to the beginning of the Post-War period this year.
Current Dates
Frieze London Contemporary, from 8 to 11 October, London (reference Gallery List 2019)
Frieze London Masters, from 8 to 11 October, London (reference Gallery List 2019)
1:54 African Art Fair, from 8 to 11 October, London (reference Gallery List 2019)
The Manchester Contemporary, from 9 to 11, Manchester (reference Gallery List 2019)
Art Verona, from 16 to 18 October, Verona (reference Gallery List 2019)
Paris Internationale, from 21 to 25 October, Paris (reference Gallery List 2019)
Art Market Budapest, from 22 to 25 October, Budapest (reference Gallery List 2019)
FIAC, from 22 to 25 October, Paris (reference Gallery List 2019)
Art Élysées, from 22 to 25 October, Paris (reference Gallery List 2019)
KUNST Zurich, from 29 October to 1 November, Zurich (reference Gallery List 2019)
New Dates
Dallas Art Fair, from 1 to 4 October, Dallas (reference Gallery List 2020)
TEFAF New York, from 31 October to 4 November, New York (reference Gallery List 2020)
NOVEMBER
November is shared between the fairs in Shanghai, Dusseldorf and Cologne, and in this German city Art Cologne is presented since March. The impact is considerable since Art Cologne drags numerous galleries from Germany in March and “forces” the circumstances to redouble efforts in November along with parallel fairs such as Cologne Fine Art, Art Dusseldorf for the most part.
Current Dates
Artissima, from 6 to 8 November, Turin (reference Gallery List 2019)
Westbund, from 12 to 15 November, Shanghai (reference Gallery List 2019)
Art021 Contemporary, from 12 to 15 November, Shanghai (reference Gallery List 2019)
Paris Photo, from 12 to 15 November, Paris (reference Gallery List 2019)
Art Düsseldorf, from 13 to 15 November, Düsseldorf (reference Gallery List 2019)
Cologne Fine Art, from 19 to 22 November, Cologne (reference Gallery List 2019)
New Dates
Art Cologne, from 19 to 22 November, Cologne (reference Gallery List 2020)
