Fairs and exhibitions to see
Art fairs, biennials and exhibitions across Europe that are worth the journey for a working artist. Dates, city and what a ticket costs, checked against the organiser.
Get the calls closing next, every other Tuesday.
Manifesta 16 Ruhr
The European nomadic biennial, this edition spread across Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen and Bochum in twelve repurposed post-war church buildings. Free to enter, and closing 4 October 2026.
Paris Internationale 2026
The younger, cheaper satellite to the Paris October week, run by and for emerging galleries. Overlaps Art Basel Paris deliberately, so one trip covers both.
Art Basel Paris 2026
The October Paris fair, three public days at the Grand Palais. The week around it is when the largest number of curators and gallerists are in one city in Europe.
Artissima 2026
Italy's contemporary-only art fair, three days in Turin at the end of October. Weighted towards emerging and research-driven galleries more than the blue-chip fairs.
Art Cologne 2026
The oldest art fair in the world, four days in Cologne in November. Reachable on a day ticket, which makes it one of the cheaper ways to see a lot of galleries at once.
The ones closing next, in your inbox
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What gets listed
This calendar is for artists who apply on their own behalf. No assistant, no gallery filing it for them. So we list what such an artist can actually enter, and leave out what she cannot.
Nothing invitation-only or nomination-only. Nothing that requires gallery representation to submit. Nothing restricted to enrolled students. Every listing is checked against the organiser’s own announcement before it appears, and where there is an entry fee the amount is on the card rather than four pages in.
There are aggregators with thousands of entries. This one is shorter on purpose.
Running an open call or a residency programme? Send it to rebecka@samlio.com and it will be checked and listed. There is no charge and no paid placement.