Art fairs are core sites of contemporary art commerce, yet many fairs also include non-profit exhibitors that complicate a purely commercial identity. The Armory Show's 2025 edition will host nine non-profit entities among over 230 exhibitors, with eight in a clustered sector and a ninth invited to present Platform-scale work championing Black artists from the American South. The Souls Grown Deep Platform placement seeks to foreground artists and create networks linking not-for-profits and galleries. Non-profit organisations frequently provide early support and community for artists prior to gallery representation, making their inclusion strategically important. Fairs maintain distinct application and invitation paths for dealers and non-profits.
Art fairs are rightly seen as among the purest distillations of contemporary art commerce today.
The 2025 edition of The Armory Show will feature nine non-profit entities amid its more than 230 exhibitors.
will push to the fore that fairs are about artists at their core. Whether in conversation with not-for-profits or galleries, the goal is to amplify and support the artist, to create a network around their work.
Artists are finding community with [not-for-profits], so if we are to be the foundational fair we aim to be, then it feels essential for not-for-profits to be a part of what we do
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