The 2026 version of The Armory Present will function a bigger contingent of younger, rising galleries and a thematic emphasis on artwork from the Caribbean and its diasporas, organisers say. Round 230 galleries from greater than 30 nations will take part on this 12 months’s truthful.
This 12 months’s ground plan has been organised across the venue’s entrances, introducing guests to completely different facets of the truthful’s id and curatorial themes as they enter. The south entrance will highlight exhibitors presenting artists from the area and its diasporas, together with El Apartamento, exhibiting a gaggle presentation of Cuban artists like Alex Hernandez Dueñas and Ariel Cabrera. The north entrance will emphasise galleries from New York and elsewhere within the US. Returning New York exhibitors embody Miles McEnery Gallery, Hollis Taggart, Marc Straus Gallery and Dimin, which has been promoted from Presents to the principle part. They’re joined by galleries from throughout the US, together with Anat Ebgi, James Cohan and Vielmetter Los Angeles. Worldwide contributors embody Templon, Mennour, Ben Brown Superb Arts and Nara Roesler.
The truthful’s Presents and Solo sections—devoted to rising galleries and single-artist displays, respectively—will every develop by round 20% this 12 months. Solo will function round 25 stands, with highlights together with Albuquerque Contemporânea’s presentation of José Bechara and Baró Galeria’s stand dedicated to Ayako Rokkaku. Presents will welcome round 55 exhibitors, a lot of them new to The Armory Present, together with Amanita and Administration from New York and Rajiv Menon from Los Angeles. Returning contributors embody 56 Henry from New York, Martha’s from Austin and Megan Mulrooney from Los Angeles. The part will even embody Margot Samel, recipient of this 12 months’s Gramercy Worldwide Prize, which awards a complimentary stand to a New York-based gallery exhibiting on the truthful for the primary time. The gallery will current a two-person stand that includes Leroy Johnson and Sasha Brodsky.
A number of main galleries that participated within the 2025 version are absent from this 12 months’s exhibitor record, together with White Dice, Skarstedt, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery and Andrew Kreps Gallery.
The truthful’s curated sections additionally place the Caribbean on the forefront. Platform, the part for large-scale installations, shall be curated by Jovanna Venegas of SculptureCenter and have initiatives by Bony Ramirez with Regularnormal, Lucia Hierro with Marc Straus Gallery and Zenobia Lee with Sea View. Focus, organised by María Elena Ortiz of the Trendy Artwork Museum of Fort Value, will centre on artists working throughout the Caribbean and its diasporas. Individuals embody Casa Hoffmann from Bogotá, presenting work by Alba Triana, and Miami’s Mindy Solomon Gallery with a solo presentation of Yanira Collado.
“The Armory Present has at all times mirrored New York’s openness: to artists, galleries and concepts from throughout the Americas and the broader world,” truthful director Kyla McMillan stated in a press release. “This 12 months, that comes by way of within the breadth of the gallery record, the enlargement of Presents and Solo, and the work of our curators, whose sections hint histories of motion, trade and cultural connection by way of the Caribbean.”
The Armory Present will happen 24 by way of 27 September on the Javits Heart, greater than two weeks later than regular, avoiding a scheduling conflict with Frieze Seoul, which is owned by the identical firm.
