The Armory Show wrapped up its 2026 edition on Sunday, September 27th, following four days at the Javits Center that brought some 50,000 visitors to the fair. This year’s edition arrived later than usual on New York’s art world calendar, shifting from its traditional early September slot to the end of the month, and expanded to 242 exhibitors from more than 30 countries. Under director Kyla McMillan, the fair also grew its Presents and Solo sections, devoted to emerging galleries and single-artist presentations, respectively.
There were several other firsts. The fair debuted Armory After Hours (a carnival-inspired procession through the aisles led by a DJ and live percussionists), and staged its largest prize program to date. That included new acquisition initiatives with Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Bronx Museum, the latter of which acquired Zoë Pulley’s Elegance No. 1 (2026) for $14,000 from Superposition Gallery, one of Artsy’s best booths from the fair.
Elegance No. 1, 2026
Zoë Pulley
Superposition
Spring (81), 2026
Zoë Pulley
Superposition
This year’s edition featured sales across a particularly wide range of price points. The most expensive disclosed transaction was a Jackson Pollock painting sold by Hollis Taggart for between $3 million and $3.5 million, while several galleries reported seven-figure sales by artists including Joan Mitchell, Tracey Emin, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The fair also placed an emphasis on the Caribbean and its diaspora, with booths and large-scale installations addressing migration, memory, and regional identity, including presentations by artists such as Gio Swaby, Kachelle Knowles, Lizania Cruz, Joshua Nazario, and Bony Ramirez.
“The energy at The Armory Show this year was palpable,” McMillan told Artsy. “Collectors, dealers, curators, and visitors alike returned with optimism and excitement for the fall art season. We saw this translate into enthusiastic attendance throughout the fair. From opening day, galleries reported a buoyant energy that led to incredibly productive conversations and sales over the course of the fair.”
Here, we round up sales reported by galleries at the fair.
Top sales at The Armory Show 2026
Untitled, 1951
Jackson Pollock
Hollis Taggart
In addition to the Pollock sale, Hollis Taggart also reported:
- Basquiat’s Untitled (Figure Holding Up Fish) (1981) for $1.4 million–$1.6 million.
- Michael West’s Untitled (1947) for $180,000–$220,000.
- Pablo Atchugarry’s Untitled (2026) for $150,000–$200,000.
- Stuart Davis’s Quinciette (1964) for $120,000–$140,000.
- Karel Appel’s Untitled (1973) for $40,000–$50,000.
- Norman Carton’s Green Landscape for $10,000.
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery—another of Artsy’s best booths from the fair—sold a painting by Joan Mitchell for “more than” $2 million to a private collection. Further reported sales included:
- Two works on paper by Benny Andrews for $50,000–$100,000 each.
- A bronze by Richmond Barthé for $100,000–$250,000.
- A collage by Louise Nevelson for $100,000–$250,000.
- A mixed-media collage by Hannelore Baron for $10,000–$25,000.
Almine Rech’s reported sales were led by two Scott Kahn paintings for between $400,000 and $500,000 each. Further sales included:
- Two Larry Poons paintings for $250,000–$400,000.
- A George Condo work on paper for $200,000–$225,000.
- A Tom Wesselmann work on paper for $150,000–$175,000.
- A Joe Andoe painting for $90,000–$110,000.
- A Taryn Simon work for $30,000–$40,000.
Edwynn Houk Gallery sold a László Moholy-Nagy gelatin silver print for $320,000, as well as a Ron Norsworthy print for $9,500.
Robert Mapplethorpe, 1983
Andy Warhol
MARUANI MERCIER GALLERY
Maruani Mercier sold Andy Warhol’s Robert Mapplethorpe (1983) for between $250,000 and $350,000. It also sold Jaclyn Conley’s Drawing in Green (2026) for $30,000–$35,000, Morning Woman (2025) for $8,000–$12,000, and Von Wolfe’s The Dollhouse and the Dusk (2025) for $80,000–$100,000.
Marc Straus reported more than 20 sales, ranging from $8,000 to $250,000, with works acquired by six museums. The gallery sold five chair sculptures by Lucia Hierro for $85,000 each, three of which went to museums.
More key sales from The Armory Show 2026
Almost Grown, 2001
Peter Doig
Galerie Maximillian
Gazelli Art House placed a painting by Lilly Fenichel with a private European museum for “around” $200,000.
Galerie Maximillian sold Rashid Johnson’s Untitled (Large Mosaic) (2025) for “around” $175,000 in the first hour of the fair. It also sold Jonas Wood’s Five Bonsais (2024) for “around” $125,000 and Peter Doig’s Almost Grown (2001) for “around” $45,000.
Nara Roesler sold a Sheila Hicks work for $120,000–$280,000. The gallery also placed Abraham Palatnik’s W-600 (2014) for $60,000, Marco A. Castillo’s Wakamba con facciones cartesianas 2 for $50,000, and two works by Manoela Medeiros for $9,000 and $22,000 each.
Mennour “nearly sold out” its booth, selling eight paintings by Dhewadi Hadjab for $110,000 each.
Miles McEnery Gallery’s sales were led by Inka Essenhigh’s Matisse’s Window (2026) for $110,000–$120,000. Other works included:
- Karin Davie’s Trespasser no. 2 (2025) for $80,000–$90,000.
- Two Jacob Hashimoto works for $75,000–$85,000 each.
- Tom LaDuke’s The River Doesn’t Move Like That (2026) for $55,000–$65,000.
- James Siena’s Hayes Pond (2026) for $35,000–$45,000.
- Raffi Kalenderian’s Christine Reading (2025) for $14,000–$24,000.
Matisse's Window, 2026
Inka Essenhigh
Miles McEnery Gallery
Trespasser no. 2, 2025
Karin Davie
Miles McEnery Gallery
Ludorff sold Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure: Small Head (1980) for €100,000 ($113,890), alongside two Josef Albers screenprints for $11,000 and $13,000, an Imi Knoebel for $22,000, a Katharina Fritsch resin work for $17,000, and a Frank Stella lithograph for $12,000.
Galerie Forsblom sold Hashimoto’s Ignition (2026) for $65,000, as well as three works by Iria Leino, two for $55,000, and the third for $62,000. Works by Rauha Mäkilä and Susanne Gottberg sold for $10,000 and $11,500, respectively.
Southern Guild sold an undisclosed number of works, including one by Roméo Mivekannin for $56,000 and another by Zanele Muholi for $52,000. It also sold a work by Amine El Gotaibi for $34,000, and one by Adebayo Bolaji for $28,000.
Aki Gallery reported approximately $210,000 in total sales from its presentation of works by Yang-Tsung Fan, Yih-Han Wu, Wei Lu, Willy Verginer, and Tsuchiya Yoshimasa.
Untitled, 2026
Pieter Vermeersch
P420
Ignition, 2026
Jacob Hashimoto
Galerie Forsblom
P420—another of Artsy’s best booths—led sales with Irma Blank’s Abecedarium, 7-2-91 (1991) for $160,000. The gallery also sold:
- Blank’s Gehen, Second life C-2, aprile 2018 (2018) for $12,000.
- Three Adelaide Cioni works for $5,000 each.
- Pieter Vermeersch’s Untitled (2026) for $35,000.
- Shafei Xia’s A toast to the past (2026) for $7,000.
- Xian Kim’s Object 401 (2026) for $15,000.
Other notable sales from The Armory Show 2026
Galerie Thomas Fuchs reported more than 30 sales, including three paintings by Rainer Fetting for $67,000–$85,000 each, five paintings by Yongchul Kim for $5,400–$21,600 each, 11 works by Carlo Krone for $1,700–$9,200 each, and 16 works by Logan T. Sibrel for $3,300–$16,500 each.
Rukaj sold paintings by Lester Johnson for $95,000, Roy Kiyooka for $65,000, Friedel Dzubas for $27,000, and William Perehudoff for $25,000.
Everard Read sold a Caryn Scrimgeour painting for $68,000, a work by Gerhard Marx for $30,000, and a Mary Sibande sculpture for $12,000.
Anat Ebgi sold Marisa Adesman’s Tug of War (2025) for $60,000 and Stargazer (2026) for $50,000, alongside three Marc Dennis paintings for $20,000, $28,000, and $55,000. It also sold two Tammi Campbell works for $25,000 each, an Erin Wright painting for $18,000, six Olive Diamond ceramics for $9,000–$18,000 each, and additional works by Anabel Juárez, Simon Haas, Ileana Garcia Magoda, and Veronica Fernandez for $4,500–$9,000 each.
Alzueta Gallery sold nine Maria Yelletisch paintings for $5,000–$15,000 each, five Claudia Valsells paintings for $2,500–$15,000 each, two Jordi Alcaraz resin works for $25,000–$30,000 each, and a Guim Tió Zarraluki painting for $35,000–$40,000.
Alisan Fine Arts sold works by Yang Yong Liang and Wesley Tongson for $25,000–$30,000 each, as well as two Li Hong Wei works for $16,000–$20,000 each.
Spinello Projects sold 13 works by Elliot & Erick Jiménez for prices ranging from “below” $10,000 to $20,000 each, in addition to an institutional placement in New York for $30,000–$50,000.
Suppoment Gallery sold six Hye Jo Kwon works for $3,000–$5,000 each, a Kong Mi Sook painting for $15,000, four Yoo Mi Seon works for $5,000–$15,000 each, and an Inseob Lee work for $7,000–$9,000.
EDJI Gallery placed the majority of the works it presented by Killion Huang, priced from $1,200 to $10,000.
As well as Zoë Pulley’s Elegance No. 1 (2026), Superposition sold Pulley’s Sandra (81) and Solid Winter (81) for $6,000 each.
Victoria Miro sold 18 works priced between $20,000 and $70,000 each by artists including Clare Woods, Tal R, Celia Paul, and Doron Langberg.
TERN Gallery sold three Gio Swaby works for $18,500–$65,000 each, alongside four Kachelle Knowles works for “around” $5,000 each. JO-HS sold three Morten Slettemeås paintings for “around” $20,000 each.
De Buck sold “multiple” large-scale paintings by Gommaar Gilliams in the $20,000–$30,000 range, along with works by Devan Shimoyama for $20,000–$60,000 and a Shirley Yang Crutchfield work for $10,000–$20,000.
Additional sales at The Armory Show 2026
Other sales reported by galleries at the fair included:
- Harper’s sold Marc Dennis’s Dragonslayer (2026) for $75,000.
- Perrotin sold six works by Kathia St. Hilaire for between $5,000 and $45,000 apiece.
- Vielmetter Los Angeles reported 10 sales ranging from $2,500 to $48,000.
- Gallery Dasun sold Choi Young Wook’s Karma (2026) for $46,000.
- K Contemporary sold four Diego Rodriguez-Warner paintings for $18,000–$75,000 apiece.
- Newchild Gallery sold out its booth of Andrew Sendor works, priced between $17,500 and $85,000.
- Fridman Gallery sold two new Nate Lewis works for $20,000–$40,000 each, a Remy Jungerman panel for $37,000, and three Laurena Fineus works for $6,000–$16,000 each.
The Chattering, 2026
Diego Rodriguez-Warner
K Contemporary
Dolores in Silk Under Slow Trees, 2026
Diego Rodriguez-Warner
K Contemporary
- Catharine Clark Gallery sold eight works from its Katherine Vetne solo presentation for between $1,500 and $20,000.
- Tanya Weddemire Gallery sold seven paintings by Austin Uzor and O’Neil Scott for between $8,000 and $14,000 each.
- EBONY/CURATED placed six ceramic vessels by Lisa Ringwood for $6,000–$9,000 each.
- Mindy Solomon Gallery placed nine Yanira Collado works for $2,000–$20,000 each.
- re.riddle sold five Summer Mei Ling Lee works for $5,000, $5,500, $7,500, $10,000, and $11,300 each.
Self Potrait: K.A- 18.07.26, 1-3, 2026
Kesewa Aboah
Hannah Traore
Forget Me Not, Series, 2, 2026
Kesewa Aboah
Hannah Traore
- Hannah Traore sold out its entire booth, where works were priced between $2,500 and $27,000.
- Yiwei Gallery placed six works for $7,000–$16,000 each.
- Pangée sold the “majority” of its booth, with works priced between $5,000 and $16,000.
- Andrew Reed Gallery sold three Gonçalo Preto paintings for $4,500–$6,000 each.
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