This fall, Atlanta, one of the fastest-rising cultural hubs in the United States, takes its art market global.
From October 3 through 5, the inaugural Atlanta Art Fair will host international galleries and local enterprises at the historic event space Pullman Yards. The new fair is helmed by AMP director Kelly Freeman, with Nato Thompson tapped as artistic director.
The full exhibitor list will be shared closer to October, but organizers have said the spread will offer “a unique microcosm of the American South”, with strong representation by regional outfits, as well as public programming and large-scale projects organized by Thompson.
Some 60 exhibitors showcasing artworks by over 100 artists are slated to appear so far. Among the Atlanta exhibitors are Alan Avery Art Company, Day & Night Projects, Dunwoody Gallery, Fay Gold Gallery, Gallery Anderson Smith, Hawkins Headquarters, Jackson Fine Art, Johnson Lowe Gallery, Marcia Wood Gallery, Maune Contemporary, The Object Space, Poem 88, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Spalding Nix Fine Art, and Whitespace.
Participants from elsewhere in the American South include House of Friends (Savannah, Georgia), Scott Miller Projects (Birmingham, Alabama); Fotovat Atelier (Fort Lauderdale, Florida); Lucky Fish Gallery (Greensboro, North Carolina ); Urevbu Contemporary (Memphis, Tennessee); and Mitochondria Gallery (Houston, Texas). Also set to appear are Luis De Jesus and Residency Art Gallery from Los Angeles, Aspen’s Casterline|Goodman Gallery, New York’s M. David & Co. and Spanierman Modern, as well as international galleries Gallery Tableau (Seoul, South Korea); Galeria Baobab (Bogotá, Colombia); Makasiini Contemporary (Turku, Finland); Spence Gallery (Ontario, Canada); and Stoney Road Press (Dublin, Ireland).
Atlanta Art Fair—the first of its stature in the city—is the latest endeavor of Art Market Productions (AMP) and Intersect Art and Design. AMP currently organizes four art fairs: the Seattle Art Fair, the San Francisco Art Fair, Art on Paper in New York and Art Market Hamptons. (The company is also a division of a21, a marketing agency). Intersect Art and Design currently organizes two art fairs: Intersect Aspen (formerly Art Aspen) and Intersect Palm Springs (formerly Art Palm Springs).
“There is so much happening in Atlanta from a cultural perspective,” Freeman said in a statement. “We have been watching as Atlanta’s art scene has grown from strength to strength and recognize the need for the city’s art market to have a centralized meeting point. Our priority is to engage the local community and really listen to what it needs to help support its expansion.”
