"The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) announced this week that it is launching a new fair, just months after the organization cancelled this year's edition of its 36-year-old annual Art Show benefiting the Manhattan social services nonprofit Henry Street Settlement. After an absence from New York City's Park Avenue Armory this year, the ADAA will return to its longtime venue with a new event, simply titled the ADAA Fair, from November 12 through November 16, 2026."
"The new fair replaces the ArtShow, which contributed unrestricted funds to the Henry Street Settlement. This fall, the nonprofit launched its own fundraiser to recoup the approximately $1 million in expected funds lost as a result of the ADAA's cancelled partnership before landing a new fundraising partnership with Independent Art Fair in October. Previously, the ADAA characterized the cancellation of its 2025 fair as a "pause.""
"A press release for the new fair characterized the event as "centered on championing the visual arts and the institutions that sustain them." The ADAA did not respond to Hyperallergic's inquiries about any new philanthropic partnerships. In August, ADAA described the cancellation of its longstanding art show and partnership with Henry Street Settlement to Hyperallergicas part of the organization's reevaluation of its "philanthropic and programmatic strategies to better support a national arts infrastructure.""
ADAA will stage the ADAA Fair at Park Avenue Armory from November 12–16, 2026, marking a return after this year's absence. The new event replaces the long-running ArtShow, which had contributed unrestricted funds to Henry Street Settlement. Henry Street launched a fundraiser to recover roughly $1 million in expected funds and later secured a fundraising partnership with Independent Art Fair. ADAA characterized the prior cancellation as a pause while reevaluating philanthropic and programmatic strategies to support a national arts infrastructure. The new fair will spotlight the ADAA Foundation, which provides grants for exhibitions and art historical research.
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