Out Sider Art Fair 2024

Outsider Art Fair, the only fair devoted to self-taught art, art brut, and outsider art, is delighted to announce the details about its 32nd edition. The event will be held February 29 -March 3, 2024 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan and feature 63 exhibitors—including 9 who are showing for the first time— from 32 cities spanning 8 countries, plus 2 special presentations for OAF’s trademark Curated Spaces.

Since its inception in 1993, the Outsider Art Fair has been a strong advocate for self-taught artists worldwide, and once again visitors can expect to view artworks created by the most acclaimed artists in the field. They include James Castle, Henry Darger, Thornton Dial, William Edmondson, Minnie Evans, Bill Traylor, Martín Ramírez, Nellie Mae Rowe, Judith Scott, and Joseph Yoakum, presented by renowned dealers, some of whom have been with OAF since its founding, like Aarne Anton / Nexus Singularity (New York), Cavin-Morris Gallery (New York), Fleisher/Ollman Gallery (Philadelphia), Carl Hammer Gallery (Chicago), and Ricco/Maresca Gallery (New York). First time exhibitors include Galerie Hugues Charbonneau (Montreal), Copenhagen Outsider Art Gallery (Copenhagen), dieFirma (New York), Elephant Gallery (Nashville), Hashimoto Contemporary (New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles), M. David & Co. (New York), New Door Creative (Baltimore), Northern Daughters (Vergennes, VT), and The Ruffed Grouse Gallery (Narrowsburg, NY).

Other highlights include Ricco Maresca’s presentation of original gouache paintings for classic American circus posters. These vibrant one-of-a-kind maquettes made between 1925 and 1940 were designed to captivate passersby almost a hundred years ago. After a resounding debut in 2023, Toronto’s Feheley Fine Arts returns with a lineup of contemporary artists from the Canadian Arctic, including Venice Biennale standout Shuvinai Ashoona. James Barron’s booth will include seminal works by Janet Sobel (1893-1968), whose solo exhibition at Houston’s Menil Collection opens the week prior. Alexander Dijulio will feature a survey of Balinese painters with works from the 1930s up to the present, and Emilia Galatis will showcase Indigenous art from Australia. Andrew Edlin will debut the miniature landscape assemblages by retired NYC firefighter Dennis Gordon, and first-time exhibitor Hashimoto Contemporary will show Abigail Goldman’s “die-o-ramas,” miniature scenes of gruesome murders rendered in plastic and acrylic that evoke her career as an investigator at the Public Defender’s office in Bellingham, WA. For this year’s Curated Spaces, OAF joins forces with longtime exhibitor Creative Growth Art Center to celebrate its 50th anniversary as one of the world’s longest running and most dynamic independent art centers for people with disabilities. Director Emeritus Tom di Maria will curate Expanding the Canon: 50 Years of Creative Growth, featuring artworks sourced from private collections including never-before-exhibited pieces by Dwight Mackintosh, Donald Mitchell, William Scott, Monica Valentine, Aurie Ramirez, William Tyler, and Judith Scott. The display will highlight CG’s historical significance as a model for other global programs, its role in hosting art and disability symposia, and its active exhibition program, which has led to the inclusion of its artists in prestigious shows at venues from the Museum of Modern Art to the Venice Biennale and the Centre Pompidou. The exhibit comes on the heels of the momentous announcement of CG’s multi-year partnership with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, recently the subject of a feature article in the New York Times.

https://www.outsiderartfair.com/new-york

VIP & Press Preview:
Thursday, February 29th: 12–6pm
Vernissage:
Thursday, February 29th: 6-9pm
Open to the Public:
Friday, March 1st: 11am-8pm
Saturday, March 2nd: 11am-8pm
Sunday, March 3rd: 11am-6pm