Art Fairs Are Dead. Long Live Art Fairs.

Daniel Cassady is a reporter covering the business practices, money, and machinations of the art world. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Post, Forbes, and The Art Newspaper. He welcomes good conversation and heated debates. You can reach him at [email protected] and on Twitter @danielcassady.

Chris Sharp opened his gallery in Los Angeles in January 2021. Before that, he worked as a curator, art critic and editor, and co-founded the Mexico City project space, Lulu (2013-2023). In 2024, he initiated the art fair alternative, Place des Vosges, in Paris, coinciding with Art Basel, Paris. And in 2025, he initiated the boutique art fair, Post-Fair, in the old Santa Monica Post Office, which coincides with Frieze, LA and Felix.

Elizabeth Dee is the Founder, Creative Director and CEO of Independent, a mission driven organization serving galleries, collectors and institutions, established in 2010 with a critically acclaimed art exhibition at the former Dia Center for the Arts; Independent produces two landmark shows (Independent and Independent 20th Century), publishes editorial features and scholarship, and creates content programming on research based initiatives. For twenty years, Dee ran a New York gallery representing John Giorno, Miriam Cahn, Adrian Piper and Ryan Trecartin; curated and published historical surveys of the 20th Century; and co-produced ten films with Trecartin. From 2020 to 2022, she launched and directed the John Giorno Foundation, establishing its endowment. Her publications include The New York Art Market Report, Ryan Trecartin, Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years After Infotainment, and With the Eyes of Others. Dee has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Vogue, and has curated more than 25 art fairs and 250 exhibitions.

Yng-Ru Chen (she/her) is the Founder and CEO of the Boston-area-based Praise Shadows Art Gallery, and is a co-founder of the new Arrival Art Fair taking place in 2025 in North Adams, MA. She sits on the Board of Trustees of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. She previously worked at MoMA P.S.1, Sotheby's, Asia Society, and Tattly.