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Outsider Art Fair

A wide view of a historic glass-roofed exhibition hall filled with art fair booths and crowds circulating across multiple levels.

Art Fairs at a Turning Point: Why Galleries Can’t Afford to Go—but Can’t Afford to Stop

After decades of unchecked expansion, economic realities are forcing fairs to become more selective, more regional and more accountable.
By Elisa Carollo
A bustling scene inside Art Basel featuring gallery booths with contemporary paintings, where blurred motion captures the flow of visitors walking past the Levy Gorvy Dayan booth as groups of collectors engage with artworks under bright gallery lighting.

ADAA Hits Pause On The Art Show as Dealers Question Whether Fairs Are Still Worth It

Although fairs like Art Basel and Frieze continue to inspire collector loyalty, mid-sized galleries are questioning whether the rising costs, booth politics and selection opacity are worth it.
By Elisa Carollo
A visitor stands in front of three artworks at The Aspen Art Fair, including a large abstract blue composition and two figurative portraits, during the opening preview at the Hotel Jerome.

Aspen Art Week 2025 Brings Dual Fairs, Deeper Local Ties and Broader Prestige

“We really try to embrace the town,” Hoffman tells Observer. “We believe an art fair should be part of the community—not just for the weekend, but for the entire year.”
By Elisa Carollo
A busy art fair

Observer’s 2025 March Art Fair Calendar (Updated)

By Christa Terry
A man with a hat, gilet and white shirt sorrounded by art.

Andrew Edlin Explains How the Outsider Art Fair Helped Establish a Market for the Genre

By Elisa Carollo
Aerial view of an art fair.

Observer’s February Art Fair Calendar

By Christa Terry and Elisa Carollo
The Affordable Art Fair 2021 - Private View

A Guide to the 2024 March Art Fairs

By Christa Terry
Frieze LA

A Guide to All the February Art Fairs in 2024

By Christa Terry

In NYC, a Fair Dedicated to Outsider Art Cultivates an Interest in the Eccentric

By Clayton Schuster

Arts Power 50: The Changemakers Shaping the Art World in 2019

By Paddy Johnson, Mary von Aue, Juliet Helmke, Sissi Cao and Helen Holmes
A colored-pencil work by Nicole Appel shown by LAND Gallery.

Drain The Art World Swamp With Outsider Art This Weekend

By Scott Indrisek
President Barack Obama delivers a farewell speech to the nation on January 10, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in the as the 45th president on January 20.

Art Worlders Plan Inauguration Farewell Reading of Obama’s Most Memorable Quotes

By Alanna Martinez
William Pope.L, Trinket (2008). Installation in the Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO, hosted by Grand Arts. (

Whitney Biennial Artists Announced, a Pink Paint for Everyone But Anish Kapoor

By Alanna Martinez
MIAMI, FL - FEBRUARY 07: An American Airlines plane takes off at the Miami International Airport on February 7, 2013 in Miami, Florida. Reports indicate that a deal between American Airlines and US Airways to merge may be set for early next week. If the deal goes through it would create the world's biggest airline.

American Airlines Sued for Damaging Art, Justin Trudeau Sketch Sold for $25K—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A painting by Tizzie Mills. (Photo: Alanna Martinez)

Outside In: Finding the Next Self-Taught Master at the Outsider Art Fair

By Alanna Martinez
Carla Gannis, Nude Descending A Staircase, 2015. (Photo: Courtesy the artist and Transfer)

9 Things To Do in New York’s Art World Before January 24

By Paul Laster
Walter Chandoha: The Cat Photographer, published by Aperture, 2015. (Photo: © Walter Chandoha)

12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before January 21

By Paul Laster
William Edmondson, Boxer, (ca. 1937). Est. $150,000-$250,000. (Photo: Christie's)

What’s the Breakout Market of 2016? Insiders Bet on Outsider Art

By Alanna Martinez
Andrew Edlin Gallery will be moving to a new location at 212 Bowery. (Photo: Andrew Edlin Gallery)

After 13 Years in Chelsea Andrew Edlin Departs for the Bowery

By Alanna Martinez
Visitors take in the sights at the Thursday preview of the 2015 Outsider Art Fair. (Photo: Brianna McGurran)

No MFA, No Problem: A Look Inside the Outsider Art Fair

By Brianna McGurran
A flyer for a previous edition of Night at the Museum.

8 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before January 31

By Nate Freeman and Alanna Martinez
Philadelphia Wireman, "Untitled (pink Tiddlywink, reflector fragment) (#3)," (c. 1970–1975). Courtesy Fleisher Ollman.

Outsider Art Fair Gives Self-Taught Artists a Leg Up

By Brianna McGurran
The 2014 edition of the Outsider Art Fair at Center 548 in New York. (Photo by Jenny Anderson, courtesy Getty Images)

New York’s Outsider Art Fair Releases Its 2015 Exhibitor List

By Alanna Martinez

Outsider Art Fair Announces 2013 Exhibitors, Complete With a Few Surprises

By Andrew Russeth
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