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Season Fair Announces Exhibitors for Its Second Edition at The Shepherd

The contemporary art fair returns September 11–13, 2026, with eleven exhibitors from Detroit, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., Aalborg, Denmark, and beyond, alongside the introduction of Form, a new section dedicated to sculpture and object-based practices.

Detroit, MI — June 23, 2026 — Season Fair returns to The Shepherd from September 11–13, 2026, for its second edition, bringing together eleven exhibitors from Detroit, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and Aalborg, Denmark. The fair's 2026 edition introduces Form, a new section dedicated to sculpture and object-based practices, expanding Season’s curatorial scope.

Detroit has long produced influential artists, galleries, and cultural institutions, yet opportunities for sustained exchange with collectors and exhibitors beyond the city have remained limited. Season was created to help fill that gap: offering a focused, highly curated environment where regional, national, and international voices meet in direct and sustained exchange.

Across painting, sculpture, textiles, and installation, the artists participating in Season ask a common question: How do we build meaningful lives amid change? Their works explore migration and intimacy, craft traditions and domestic life, aspiration and belonging — transforming everyday materials and personal histories into new forms of connection, and offering a portrait of contemporary life that is at once deeply personal and broadly shared.

“Detroit is a city that knows how to build. We're not interested in recreating the experience of a larger fair in a smaller city,” said Amani Olu, Founder and Curatorial Director, Season Fair. “Season is rooted in the belief that Detroit deserves its own model—one that reflects the city’s ambition, prioritizes close looking and thoughtful dialogue, and creates lasting relationships between artists, galleries, collectors, and institutions.”

Form brings together galleries presenting sculpture and object-based practices — artists who transform domestic materials, inherited craft traditions, and architectural forms into objects that invite reflection and discovery.

Held within The Shepherd, the restored Romanesque church and cultural campus on Detroit's east side, Season offers an experience shaped by the building's architecture and the ambition of the work. The fair’s second edition builds on the momentum of its inaugural year while continuing to ask a larger question: What does a fair look like when it’s built to serve a city whose creative output has long outpaced its collecting infrastructure?

Exhibitors

• Abattoir Gallery (Cleveland, OH)

• Chela Mitchell Gallery (Washington, D.C.) — Form

• Cruise (Minneapolis, MN) — Form

• Grüna Gallery x Buffalo Prescott (Grosse Pointe Park and Detroit, MI) — Form

• HAGD Contemporary (Aalborg, Denmark)

• Library Street Collective (Detroit, MI)

• M Contemporary (Ferndale, MI)

• Museum of Creative Human Art (Cleveland, OH)

• Nik Pence Gallery (Franklin, MI) — Form

• PLAYGROUND DETROIT (Detroit, MI) — Form

• Season Office (Detroit, MI)

Additional details regarding Detroit Presents, Season Talks, and public programming will be announced in the coming weeks.

Season Fair is made possible through the support of lead partners Jennifer Gilbert and ARTPOWER. Community partners eugenie, Planning Alternatives, and Gretchen Davidson join the fair in supporting Season’s mission to foster engagement with contemporary art.

Location:

The Shepherd
1265 Parkview Street
Detroit, MI 48214

Fair Hours:

• Friday, September 11
  VIP Preview: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.

• Saturday, September 12
  11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

• Sunday, September 13
  11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Tickets

VIP Preview: $100
General Admission: $40

Tickets available at

About Season

Season Fair is an annual contemporary art fair held in Detroit, organized by Season Contemporary, a nonprofit cultural initiative focused on building market infrastructure for artists, galleries, and cultural workers. The fair's inaugural edition generated $90,000 in verified art sales, supported 25 local jobs, and produced more than $360,000 in total economic impact. Learn more at season-fair.com. Produced by Olu & Company.

Press Contact

Aleiya Lindsey
Olu & Company
aleiya@olucompany.com
(313) 506-8699

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