TEFAF New York 10th Anniversary Fair Opens with Seven-Figure Sales and Strong Institutional Engagement
Sunday, May 31, 2026 · 1 min read
The twelfth edition of TEFAF New York opened at the Park Avenue Armory on May 14, 2026, featuring nearly 90 international galleries across modern art, antiquities, and design. Early transactions included Lucio Fontana’s 'Concetto Spaziale' for $2.3 million at Mennour and an ancient Egyptian stele for $600,000 at David Aaron. The opening night benefit for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center raised $477,000, while booths from Gagosian and Lévy Gorvy Dayan reported sell-out status during the preview.
- Artists: Andy Warhol, Lucio Fontana, Kathleen Ryan, Eva Helene Pade, Anna Zemánková, Ha Chong Hyun, Kibong Rhee, Pacita Abad, Franz West, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Henry Moore, John Chamberlain, Claude Flight, Cyril Power, Mimi Benoit Parent, Cossette Zeno, Valentine Hugo, Joris Laarman, Nendo, Frida Escobedo, Berndt Friberg, Finn Juhl, Ole Wanscher, Carl Axel Acking, Diego Giacometti, Jean Prouvé, Eugène Printz, Jean Dunand, Louis Süe, André Mare
- People: Benjamin Macklowe, Tzvika Janover, Max Hollein, Glenn Lowry, Axel Rüger, Jack Antonoff, Drew Barrymore, Anderson Cooper
- Galleries: Larkin Erdmann, FORMS, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Piano Nobile, Alison Jacques, Galerie Lelong, David Lévy & Associés, Macklowe Gallery, ML Fine Art, Mennour, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, Gagosian, Thaddaeus Ropac, Gladstone, Tina Kim Gallery, W&K-Wienerroither & Kohlbacher, Thomas Gibson Fine Art, Richard Saltoun, Friedman Benda, Hostler Burrows, Modernity, Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Galerie Jacques Lacoste, David Aaron, Galerie Chenel
- Museums: Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin, Art Institute of Chicago, The Frick Collection, Hispanic Society Museum and Library, The Jewish Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Morgan Library & Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, Neue Galerie, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Yale University Art Gallery
- Locations: New York
- Prices: $2,300,000, $477,000, $160,000, $200,000, $75,000, $125,000, $390,000, $250,000, $100,000, $395,000, $115,000, $42,500, $600,000
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Originally via TEFAF · Curated by The Cultural Signal
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