Fridge Art Fair is an independent, dog-friendly, and all-inclusive contemporary art fair founded in 2013 by artist Eric Ginsburg.

 

The inaugural Fridge Art Fair NYC took place May 9–12, 2013, at the legendary Gallery Onetwentyeight on New York City’s Lower East Side. Later that year, Fridge headed south for its first Miami edition at the Performing Arts Exchange (PAX) in Little Havana, establishing what would become a twice-yearly tradition in New York and Miami.

 

Created as playful wordplay on New York’s major Frieze Art Fair, Fridge began with a simple question that remains its famous tagline: “Can you fit into the Fridge?”

 

Art Is for All

Fridge was founded on the belief that art is for all. Small by design and inclusive by nature, the fair offers an approachable and affordable alternative to the traditional art-fair model, creating opportunities for emerging and established artists alike.

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Fridge embraces experimentation, humor, collaboration, and the unexpected. Rather than attempting to replicate the conventional art fair, Fridge creates an intimate environment where artists, collectors, visitors, performers, neighbors, and the art-curious can meet and engage with one another.

 

Inclusive by Design

Inclusivity has been central to Fridge from the beginning. The fair welcomes artists of diverse backgrounds, identities, disciplines, and stages of their careers, with a longstanding commitment to supporting LGBTQ+ artists and their allies.

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Fridge believes contemporary art is at its best when more people are invited into the conversation.

 

Yes, We’re Dog-Friendly

Dogs have always been part of the Fridge family. Known for its relaxed, joyful, and sometimes wonderfully unconventional atmosphere, Fridge welcomes four-legged visitors alongside their humans whenever its venues permit.

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Art fairs can be serious. Fridge doesn’t believe they always have to feel serious.

 

New York + Miami

Fridge Art Fair is presented twice annually alongside two of the art world’s major cultural moments: New York Art Week in May and Miami Art Week in December.

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Since 2013, Fridge has popped up in galleries, hotels, storefronts, alternative art spaces, and unexpected locations throughout New York City, Miami, and Miami Beach. Each edition responds to its setting with a new theme, identity, and group of participating artists.

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Beyond its flagship fairs, Fridge has presented Mini-Fridges, satellite exhibitions, installations, performances, special projects, and collaborations, including recent projects at Gallery Onetwentyeight on New York’s Lower East Side and Dog City NYC in Chelsea and the West Village.

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After more than a decade, Fridge remains proudly independent, artist-driven, intimate, accessible, and a little unpredictable.

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Art is for all.

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Can you fit into the Fridge?