Upcoming fair
Independent 20th Century 2026
New York, USA · Sep 24–27, 2026
The Breuer building · 945 Madison Ave, New York, NY
Independent 20th Century is built around reassessment rather than simple chronology. Its strongest presentations reconsider artists, movements, and geographies that have been flattened or omitted from dominant twentieth-century narratives. The Breuer building gives that proposition unusual weight: the fair can feel closer to a sequence of tightly argued exhibitions than a standard sales floor.
57 galleries announced
Why go
For historical discovery rather than trophy-hunting: overlooked artists, reassessments, and tightly edited solo or two-person presentations in an exceptional building.
Fair week
Build related-fair + museum + gallery context for New York; keep this dynamic where possible.
At a glance
- Founded
- 2022
- Edition
- 5th
- Fair type
- Curatorial historical art fair
- Focus
- 20th-century art, canon revision, historical rediscovery
- Sectors
- Mostly solo and two-person presentations
Dates verified from the fair’s own site · 2026-09-01