The Armory Show concluded its 32nd edition in New York on September 27, 2026, after four days at the Javits Center. Owned by Frieze since 2023, the fair welcomed 50,000 visitors and reported major sales across a wide range of price points. Under Director Kyla McMillan, the 2026 edition placed particular focus on the Caribbean, expanded institutional participation and introduced new acquisition prizes.
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Reported sales reached some of the highest levels seen at the fair in recent years. Hollis Taggart sold Jackson Pollock’s Untitled from 1951 in the range of $3 million to $3.5 million and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled (Figure Holding Up Fish) from 1981 for between $1.4 million and $1.6 million. The gallery also placed works by Stuart Davis, Michael West, Pablo Atchugarry, Karel Appel and Norman Carton.
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery sold a Joan Mitchell painting for more than $2 million, alongside works by Benny Andrews, Richmond Barthé, Louise Nevelson and Hannelore Baron. Galleria Lorcan O’Neill reported a $1.6 million sale for a large Tracey Emin painting, while additional sales included works by Rachel Whiteread, Kiki Smith, Giuseppe Ducrot and Celia Hempton. Almine Rech placed paintings by Scott Kahn and Larry Poons, as well as works by George Condo, Tom Wesselmann, Joe Andoe and Taryn Simon.
Sales extended across emerging and established galleries. Marc Straus reported more than 20 works sold, including museum acquisitions, while several exhibitors sold out or nearly sold out their presentations. Kates-Ferri Projects sold its full booth of Studio Lenca paintings, Mennour sold eight paintings by Dhewadi Hadjab, and OCHI sold out its presentation of Cooper Cox works.
The fair also expanded its prize and acquisition program. Pérez Art Museum Miami selected works by Joshua Nazario, Lizania Cruz and Theresa Weber for its inaugural $20,000 acquisition prize. The Bronx Museum chose Zoë Pulley’s Elegance No. 1 for a new $15,000 acquisition award. Simon Benjamin received the Delfina Foundation Artist Residency Prize, while Lisu Vega received the $10,000 Pommery Prize and Yanira Collado received the $10,000 Sauer Artist Prize.
Curated sections gave the 2026 edition a strong Caribbean focus. Jovanna Venegas curated the tenth edition of Platform under the title Passages and Thresholds, bringing together large-scale sculpture and installations. María Elena Ortiz curated Focus around artists from the Caribbean and its diaspora. Armory Sculpture presented large-scale works throughout the fair, while Armory Live introduced discussions between artists, curators, collectors and institutional figures.
The Armory Show also drew collectors, artists, museum directors and curators from institutions across the United States and internationally. McMillan described the edition through ambitious presentations, productive conversations and new relationships, while pointing to exchanges between the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States as a defining part of the fair.
The 2026 edition closed with strong commercial results, broader museum participation and a program that placed artistic exchange across the Americas firmly within the fair’s direction.
