Hamptons Fine Art Fair back for its 19th Edition
Hamptons Fine Art Fair, 2025, Photo Credit, Adam D. Smith
The only international art fair in The Hamptons and one of the nation's largest summer fairs, The Hampton Fine Art Fair takes place July 10-13 at Southampton Fairgrounds in a spectacular 70,000sf complex (featuring the Jackson Pollock & Willem de Kooning Luxury Pavilions) and strategically located on 17 bucolic acres on the main road connecting the Hamptons (County Rd 39), just minutes from downtown bustling Southampton Village (and its stylish shops, trendy restaurants, art galleries, museums), the 19th edition of the Hamptons Fine Art Fair will showcase 135 galleries from around the world (from over 20 countries including Dubai, France, Ireland, Israel, Maldives, Netherlands, Peru, Switzerland, UK, Zimbabwe), and US cities like Aspen, Atlanta, Chicago, LA, Miami, NYC, Philadelphia, San Diego.
The fair is presented by ShowHamptons & leading event producer/art industry veteran Rick Friedman (a passionate collector of local Hamptons artists, Rick's personal collection includes 300+ museum quality pieces including 6 works by Pollock, 10 by de Kooning, many 1970s pop artists, and one of the largest collections of women AbEx artists from the 1950s New York School).
Offering the East End’s widest & deepest selection of important primary & secondary market art, all mediums will be on display, ranging from paintings, works on paper, and photography, to prints, sculptures, and indoor pedestal-based art objects. And the fair's Outdoor Sculpture Garden is where guests can enjoy delicious dining options including The Hamptons' best Shinnecock Lobster Roll (and a broad summer menu), two large indoor bars will offer diverse wine & spirit selections (special tastings offered daily). With over 40 new galleries showing for the first time in The Hamptons with the fair, expanding their global reach to the East End art scene, this year's edition promises to be even bigger than last year. Confirmed galleries to be showing works from artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Julian Opie, Pablo Picasso, Ed Ruscha, Donald Sultan, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and this year's Spotlight Artists who will have work prominently on display at the fair are Ron Agam, James Gill, David Hayes, Giancarlo Impiglia, Robert Natkin, Yigal Ozeri, Stephen Rolfe Powell, and Hunt Slonem.
Steve Tobin Sculpture, 2025, Hamptons Fine Art Fair
A few other standouts this year include the fair inducting 100yo artist, Hamptons resident (and former U.S. Olympian and Navy jet fighter pilot) Ted Hartley into the Hamptons Artists Hall of Fame (recent inductees include other acclaimed local artists like William King and Tony Rosenthal); conceptual artist Steve Tobin will have a large (11' x 20') sculpture priced at $400k at the entrance to the fair (Tobin also has several sculptures on display around Manhattan; attached is the sculpture); plus a very exciting first-time exhibitor, former CEO of GE Aviation, John S. Slattery who is moving to/launching a new gallery in Southampton this summer.
This year's fair will also have an expanding focus on indoor art objects, SculptureHamptons, hosted by 16-acre Hamptons art & design staple LongHouse Reserve: over 20 galleries will display a cross-section of highly collectible art objects including world class examples of glass art, small sculptures, metalworks, ceramics, pottery, and wood turning. Embedded into the cultural fabric of this historic arts community, this year's fair is expected to have a turnout of over 15,000 (last year saw 13,500+ visitors and over $5 million in sales over the 4 days; attached are photos from last year).
The fair will also have special themed booths that will each offer something unique & visually alluring, here's info on 4 of them:
Mark Grimaldi - Pollock 'Convergence' 1969 MGB Sports Car
Dripping in Style (in the Pollock Pavilion), artist Mark Grimaldi has long been inspired by the artworks of Jackson Pollock, so he painted this rare 1969 MGB, an upgraded 8 cylinder sports car from the St. Louis Car Museum, with a replica of Pollock’s 1953 painting “Convergence” (this car is now an artistic convergence of 1960s minimalism and 21st Century exceptionalism, this display will feature several Pollock-like paintings by Grimaldi).
Mark Grimaldi - Pollock 'Convergence' 1969 MGB Sports Car
The Real Surreal (presented by the Museum of Modern Renaissance), this eye-opening Surrealist exhibit is a small artistic subset of the actual Museum of Modern Renaissance in Somerville, Mass (husband and wife artist team of Nicholas Shaplyko & Ekaterina Sorokina purchased/converted an old Masonic Temple into a breath-taking arts venue, all 3 floors covered with murals depicting characters from myths, legends and fairy tales from different cultures & nations – a 20 year project).
Peruvian Female Contemporary Artists Rising (presented by BLOC Art), this gallery promotes artists in ancient venues located in the Andes, Amazon, and coast of Peru, they are presenting 6 innovative, up-and-coming artists that focus on a range of current topics – such as ecology, pollution, gender abuse, and the Peruvian landscape, the artists are Lolo Ostia, Patica Jenkins Gibson, Carmen Reategui, Carolina Garcia Freundt, and the team of Veronica Penagos & Luciana Espinar.
Rising Stars from Down Under, view powerful works from 3 emerging contemporary Australian female artists, Elizabeth Langreiter (Sydney), Marisa Mu (Melbourne), and Lara Scolari (Sydney), witness the explosive energy emerging from Scolari's colorful, multi-layered organic forms & fluid shapes (she is already in important private & public collections around the world), Langreiter captures joyful escapism through her whimsical, textural, aerial scenes, and Mu channels luminous, layered abstracts that radiate movement, emotion, and soul. Together, these fast-rising Aussie artists represent the new wave in collectible Australian art.
For more information about this Fair please visit the site here.
