Fair Director’s Picks: New York Fall 2026
Affordable Art Fair
Tuesday 18 August, 2026
Affordable Art Fair New York Director, Erin Schuppert. image courtesy of Alexander Mejía
This September, Affordable Art Fair New York returns to the Starrett-Lehigh building to present over 90 galleries for its Fall edition of the fair. From September 16-20, you’ll have the chance to purchase any of the thousands of artworks showcased by galleries from New York and all over the world. We’ve asked New York Fair Director, Erin Schuppert, about some of her fair favorites for New York Fall and she broke it down for us by section. Have it in her words below. Enjoy!
There is so much to see at this edition of Affordable Art Fair NYC! Browse 91 exhibiting galleries presenting over 600 living artists from more than 50 different countries working across diverse mediums, all organized in three incredible sections of our fair floor!
SECTION A
SHEER, Booth A1
Nia Winslow is a Brooklyn-based artist working in collage to “depict separate, but sometimes similar Black existences.” The Loveseat was created using pieces of vintage paper from 1940s-1960s magazines. The perspective of this work creates a feeling of heaviness and melancholy for me – it seems like the couple is sloping off the sofa and down towards the bottom of the frame while simultaneously leaning into one another.
2rt Studio, Booth A25
Ruoyun Dai is a multidisciplinary artist who integrates pencil and marker sketches with modern technology.
I can’t help but feel hopeful about the applications of AI in fine art when I look at Between Waves. Here, the lenticular technology has been enhanced by AI to deliver smoother dynamic effects.
Artios Gallery, Booth A22
Mariia Fedianina, known as Mariachi, is a Ukrainian-born, Spain-based textile artist. She is deeply inspired by Mexican folklore and symbolism and draws comparisons between these traditions and her own Ukrainian heritage to explore themes of memory and cultural identity
SECTION B
Alida Anderson Art Projects, Booth B17
J. Jordan Bruns is a Maryland artist who was deeply inspired by his time living in Japan from 2018-2021. Japanese aesthetics and urban culture inform his layered and process-driven approach. I love the way this work sits between realism and abstraction, creating a dreamlike botanical world.
Agora Gallery, Booth B5
Nate Francis, a New York-based photographer captures the quiet beauty of floral arrangements in instant film mosaics. I love how the construction slightly distorts the image of an otherwise somewhat mundane subject, causing me to pause and reflect on the ephemeral nature of both the arrangement itself and the captured moments.
ART_020, Booth B28
Marike Andeweg works in epoxy with layers of Tulle. There is an inherent sense of fun in the material and color here, but the minimalism of the form creates calm. The work, which can either be mounted on the wall or displayed as a sculpture, seems to glow from within.
SECTION C
Little Havana Project, Booth C8
Christine Grishin, known as G.W. Bot is an Australian printmaker, painter, sculptor and graphic artist. For her linocuts, she creates her own shapes and glyphs, symbols that represent natural elements. She cites Aboriginal artist Rover Thomas as an influence, as he taught her that black is not the color of death in the Australian landscape, as it is in the West, but of regeneration because that is where life blooms after a fire.
Air Contemporary, Booth C3
British artist Maria Fletcher paints bold, layered still lifes. Her experience as a graphic designer is evident in her work, which confidently utilizes color and composition to bring a fresh perspective to a traditional genre.
Fremin Gallery, Booth C4
Dutch-born Marlien Kulsdom is a visual artist with a background in fashion design. She depicts neon lights as symbols of the past hope we held for a digital existence. She urges the audience to question whether we want to step into the digital illusion or reconnect with the physical world.
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