BARELY FAIR 2026 presents many new first-time exhibitors, past-participants, and a friendly return to repeating partners. Our second year after returning to Julius Caesar will be sharing this year's exhibitors in the coming days.
To see past fairs and exhibitors, visit the past section on the menu bar.
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Chicago
Founded in 2004 by John Corbett and Jim Dempsey, Corbett vs. Dempsey is an art gallery with an associated record label, book imprint, and historical archive, specializing in contemporary art, art in Chicago, and improvised and experimental music.
DK Collection
Chicago
DK Collection, located in Chicago, contains works of artists, performers, and writers from different countries and different backgrounds including Europe—especially Poland—and representing South America, Mexico, Africa, USA, and other international regions. A hallmark of the collection is a focus on language.
Essex Flowers
New York City
Essex Flowers is an artist-run project space in New York City's Chinatown neighborhood.
Good Naked Gallery
New York City
Good Naked (New York, NY) is a roving exhibition program curated by Jaqueline Cedar. Titled after a Seinfeld episode, it is with levity and sincerity that Good Naked’s programming hovers around the intimate and awkward. The focus is on work that engages tactility, humor, movement, and play. Good Naked's exhibitions are responsive and generative, prioritizing space for new voices and dialogue amongst contemporary artists.
Good Weather
Little Rock, Chicago
Good Weather is a contemporary art gallery from North Little Rock, Arkansas founded in 2011 in a one-car suburban garage. The gallery formed through a familial approach and from a desire to seed, locate, and bring contemporary art discourse to Arkansas. Since 2016, Good Weather has presented exhibitions and auxiliary programming through a commercial gallery infrastructure with current locations in Chicago, Illinois and Little Rock, Arkansas.
Gordon Robichaux
New York City
Gordon Robichaux is a gallery and curatorial agency that nurtures and promotes underrecognized and emerging artists and offers new perspectives on established artists. Founded by artists Sam Gordon and Jacob Robichaux, the program is informed by their shared interest in collaboration and interdisciplinary practices. Gordon Robichaux develops and presents exhibitions, performances, readings, publications, and multiples; supports artists with speci
Hans Goodrich
Chicago
Hans Goodrich is a contemporary art gallery located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The gallery was co-founded by Peter Anastos and Daisy Sanchez in fall 2024.
INTERNATIONAL WATERS
New York City
International Waters is run by Matt Taber and Trang Tran. Constantly drifting, International Waters is a platform for art and discourse.
Ivory Gate
Chicago & Shanghai
Ivory Gate is an artist-run contemporary art gallery. Founded in 2023 with a location in Chicago's Gold Coast, Ivory Gate opened a Shanghai location in 2024.
This year's Barely Fair booth will be guest curated by Michelle Alexander.
Laura (the Gallery)
Houston
Laura (the Gallery) is a contemporary art gallery located in Houston, Texas.
MARCH
New York City
MARCH is a curatorial platform and gallery operating at the intersection of visual art and social justice. Founded in October 2020 by Phillip March Jones, the gallery presents artworks in a variety of formats and settings — online, in collaboration with other institutions, and at off-site locations — with the aim of amplifying the voices and showcasing the talents of under-recognized artists.
Galerie Noah Klink
Berlin
Galerie Noah Klink is a contemporary art gallery located in Berlin.
Olney Gleason
New York City
Olney Gleason is a contemporary art gallery based in New York, founded by Nicholas Olney and Eric Gleason. Opening in Chelsea in fall 2025, the gallery represents international artists and estates spanning several generations and mediums.
OSMOS
New York City
OSMOS began in 1997 in Berlin and was re-established in 2012 as platform for curatorial and editorial activities with locations in New York City and the Western Catskills.
OSMOS has developed a particular expertise in handling artists’ estates and reintroducing historic positions, especially constructivist tendencies, photography, and works by women artists. OSMOS also works with younger artists that reinvigorate historic legacies we champion.
Ortega y Gasset Projects
Brooklyn
Ortega y Gasset Projects came together as an artist-run space in Brooklyn, NY in April 2013. OyG is entirely run by working artists, who recognize that exploration is key to artistic vitality. We embrace an exploratory model where artists take the role of curator, critic and promoter. The goal of OyG is to mount exhibitions that support under-represented, and emerging artists, provoke dialogue and bolster the artistic community.
P.A.D.
New York City
P.A.D. is an art exhibition space in historic SoHo (South of Houston) Arts District in New York City. It reflects the bustling economy of artists making, selling and promoting their artworks on the street year-round, weather permitting. The aim of the space is to platform small and editioned works by artists that are interested in embracing new contexts for exhibiting.
ro art services
Chicago
ro art services combines bespoke components of an art advisory with discrete elements of gallery representation, providing art buyers with direct access to artists and contemporary art, and artists with the infrastructure for sales. The online inventory provides an object-forward presentation, and is augmented with limited exhibition programming through collaborative presentations. RAS provides individually catered services focused on making art buying easy, personal and fulfilling.
Red Arrow
Nashville
Red Arrow is the leading space for contemporary art in the rapidly transforming city of Nashville, TN. Our dynamic program responds to the global art scene, featuring a diverse representation of artists. A significant platform for bold exhibitions locally and at select global fairs, Red Arrow values advocating for artists in the South and beyond.
Sheet Cake
Memphis
Sheet Cake is an art gallery in Memphis, Tennessee focusing on artists based in and connected to the regional South. We intentionally celebrate women, queer artists, and artists of color.
Tala
Chicago
Founded in 2024, Tala is a contemporary art gallery and center for curatorial practice, research, and gathering. As Chicago’s only commercial gallery with a public library study center and atrium gathering space, Tala’s distinctive architectural floorplan fosters a dynamic, discursive platform that offers an alternative model for experimentation and resilient art practices
Western Exhibitions
Chicago
Western Exhibitions shows thought-provoking and visually innovative artists who work across most media, with an emphasis on personal narratives and cosmologies; LGBTQ and feminist issues; pattern and surface concerns; works on paper; and artist books. The gallery presents unique artist projects, curated group shows and maintains a specific inventory of artist books and multiples, gathered together as a sister entity and store, WesternXeditions.