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Clio Art Fair Returns to New York with Double Edition

and Groundbreaking Performance Project
 

May 1–4 & May 8–11, 2025

528-532 West 28th Street, NYC

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New York, NY — Clio Art Fair, the leading independent art fair that champions self-represented artists, returns to Chelsea this spring with two consecutive editions: May 1–4 and May 8–11, 2025. Each week will feature a completely new roster of 35+ international artists, offering collectors, curators, and the public a fresh and diverse experience across both weekends.

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Now in its celebrated tradition of innovation, Clio Art Fair presents “Behave As If God Exists”, a special performance project exploring inclusivism, spiritual, social, and existential themes through live actions and interventions by emerging and mid-career artists. This curated segment will unfold across both weekends, engaging viewers in dialogue and presence beyond the visual.

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Clio Art Fair continues to break the mold of traditional art fairs by providing a high-visibility platform for artists without exclusive gallery representation. Focused on direct connection, authenticity, and discovery, Clio has become a must-attend event for those seeking what’s next in contemporary art.

 

📍 Location 

528-532 West 28th Street
Chelsea, New York City

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🗓️ Dates & Hours:

• Edition May 1-4: May 1 (Press & VIP Preview $ 35.00), May 2–4 (General Admission: FREE Entrance)

• Edition May 8-11: May 8 (Press & VIP Preview $ 35.00), May 9–11 (General Admission: FREE Entrance)

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🎟️ Admission

Free for Press and Art Professionals: reach out to art@clioartfair.com.

Tickets available here

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🎨 Selected Artists and Logos

Luis A. Gutierrez - Born in Cali, Colombia, 1990; lives and works in Queens, NY

Julia Rivera - Nuyorican born in the Bronx, 1965; lives and works in New York.

Qinza Najm - Born in Lahore, Pakistan, 1976; lives and works between New York and Lahore.

Hera Kim - Born in Seoul, South Korea, 1986; lives and works in Aldie, Virginia.

Danae Nunez (exhibited in September 2024) - Born in Mexico City, 1994; works and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

For photos and logo, click here.

For all the images, all rights are reserved to Clio Art Fair.

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PRICE RANGE:

250+ artworks by 70+ independent artists will be on show between the two weeks of the fair. The showcased art will be priced between $250.00 and $25,000.

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MORE INFO ABOUT CLIO ART FAIR:

Clio Art Fair is a contemporary art fair held biannually that focuses on showcasing independent artists without exclusive gallery representation in NYC.

Clio is an alternative to larger, historical art fairs which are often dominated by blue chip galleries and high-priced artworks.

Clio Art Fair aims to create an intimate and approachable environment for both artists and collectors. Each independent artist is given their own exhibition space and the possibility to interact directly, without filters, with the collectors and art lovers that visit the space. The fair features a diverse range of contemporary art, including painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and installations. It also offers a performance program.

Adding to the innovative nature of our vision, Clio is the first art fair to accept the primary crypto-values as a form of payment: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, since 2017.

 

WHAT'S DISTINCTIVE:

Clio Art Fair has gained a reputation for being a supportive and welcoming environment for emerging artists, and has been praised for its inclusivity and diversity. It has attracted a growing audience of art collectors, curators, and enthusiasts who are looking for a fresh and outside of the box perspective on the contemporary art world. Overall, Clio Art Fair is a must-see event for anyone interested in art.

The fair is known for its democratic and inclusive approach to art and its emphasis on collaborating with artists from a wide range of backgrounds and styles. We also pride ourselves on being very attentive to the architecture of our venues, thus not creating booths, but trying to respect as much as possible the spaces that host us. Finally, one of the most distinctive features of our fair is that we are born and we proudly still are a small and intimate fair, in opposition to the infinite isles of blue-ship fairs. Nevertheless, Clio Art Fair was born with a big challenge: empower independent artists and give them a spotlight in the NYC Art Week. We firmly stand by what the Italo-French Art Historian Philippe Daverio once said:

 

People walk into museums and look at 400 paintings in one hour and a half. Then they head over to grab a Coke once they head out, with their swollen feet, trying to forget the whole experience. [...] Similarly to libraries, Museums hold hundreds of works, but they are not intended to be looked at all together, just as libraries hold thousands of books, but who walks in is not meant to read them all. [...] The artist who has painted a work of art might have taken months or even years to finish:

what gives us the right to look at it for no more than 5 seconds?

MORE INFO ABOUT "BEHAVE AS IF GOD EXISTS" PERFORMANCE PROGRAM:

The performances at Clio Art Fair explore the future of humanity between artificial intelligence and religious morality.

“Man is a rope tied between beast and Overman, a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling, and a dangerous halting. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end!” — Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

In an era marked by the rise of artificial intelligence, the very concept of humanity is wavering. If, as Nietzsche suggested, man is something to be overcome, what happens when he is no longer the one making this crossing, but has already been surpassed? And if technology becomes the new divinity, what will be the fate of dominant moralities shaped by millennia-old religions?

Clio Art Fair, a long-standing hub for independent artists and unconventional voices, dedicates its upcoming performance series to this very question with “Behave as if God exists”. Through immersive, provocative, and visionary artistic actions, we will explore the boundaries between the sacred and the profane, between genetic code and binary code, between faith and algorithm.

The next two editions of Clio Art Fair will not only be a celebration of contemporary art but also a laboratory of ideas, where the audience will be invited to question the future of ethics, spirituality, and identity in the post-human era.

 

​​​​​Performance program and schedule:​​

Holly Crawford | I'm Almost Human, Please Plug Me In | Friday, May 2nd, 6:30pm

Liz Miller | Ritual | Saturday, May 3rd, 7:00pm​

Denita Benyshek | Calling Down The Gods | Thursday, May 8th, 7:00pm

Alexandra Holownia | Impossible | Friday, May 9th, 7:00pm

Alexandra Holownia | Change | Saturday, May 10th, 7:00pm

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​​For additional information, please reach us at art@clioartfair.com​​​​​​​​​​​

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