Discover the Can’t Miss Highlights from This Year’s Aspen Art Fair
Returning to the iconic Hotel Jerome, the third edition features 35 galleries, expanded partnerships, and unparalleled access
For a town that has long attracted serious collectors, significant architecture, and a particular kind of culturally ambitious summer life, Aspen has been relatively underserved by the art fair world. That is changing. Now in its third edition, the Aspen Art Fair returns to Hotel Jerome from July 29 through August 1, and it emerges as the kind of fair that fits Aspen best—intimate, rigorously curated, and deeply embedded in the cultural ecosystem that makes the mountain town unlike anywhere else.
The fair was founded in 2024 by Aspen resident Bob Chase with a clear premise from the outset: not another sprawling commercial fair, but a cultural week centered on collecting, conversation, and Aspen’s distinct summer community. Under new director Kelly Cornell, that vision continues to sharpen. This year, the fair deepens its ties to the city through partnerships with Desert X and the Aspen Education Foundation.
Among the more than 35 exhibiting galleries are Galerie Gmurzynska, Southern Guild, Alexandre Gallery, Jacob Arthur Gallery, Friedman Benda, Boesky Gallery, Monique Meloche Gallery, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Library Street Collective, and Hexton Gallery—a mix of blue-chip dealers and rising galleries that will present contemporary art and design spanning painting, sculpture, photography, glass, and mixed media.
Highlights include works by Louise Nevelson, Jennifer Bartlett, Willem de Kooning, Thaddeus Wolfe, The Haas Brothers, and Tschabalala Self. Many presentations will read more like curated interiors than traditional fair stands, with outdoor sculpture providing another major draw. Collection visits, meanwhile, will include the homes of Melony and Adam Lewis and the sculpture park of Jorge M. and Darlene Pérez.
Beyond the fair, La Suite Balmain transforms Hotel Jerome’s Executive Suite into a private shopping salon for the launch of Antonin Tron’s debut Balmain Fall-Winter 2026 collection, adding a fashion component that fits naturally into Aspen’s luxury ecosystem.
The week opens with Communion: Art, Architecture, and Landscape, bringing together Scott Mitchell and Phillip K. Smith III. A new collaboration with Heidi Zuckerman’s About Art podcast features Ronald Rael, with additional conversations featuring Lita Albuquerque, Patrick Martinez, and Mariko Mori. Photography programming explores Herbert Bayer’s enduring influence on Aspen’s visual identity.
A screening of the Academy Award-winning documentary All the Empty Rooms will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Joshua Seftel, photographer Lou Bopp, and Everytown for Gun Safety president John Feinblatt. The program reflects the fair’s interest in pairing contemporary art with broader cultural conversations.
A portion of ticket proceeds benefits the Aspen School District. Four separate prizes will be announced during the fair, including one for the Aspen Educational Fund recognizing outstanding work from Aspen High School’s art students, the Anderson Ranch Visiting Artist Prize, the Buckhorn Public Arts Prize, and the Mack Art Foundation Residency Prize.
Aspen has always been a place where collecting, design, and lifestyle naturally overlap. The Aspen Art Fair is beginning to reflect that ecosystem with unusual precision. In a crowded fair landscape, that kind of specificity is increasingly rare—and increasingly valuable. Three editions in, and Aspen Art Fair is hitting its stride.
The Aspen Art Fair runs July 29 through August 1, 2026, at Hotel Jerome, Aspen, Colorado.