Dallas Art Fair wraps up its 16th edition with strong sales.

As the 16th edition of the Dallas Art Fair closed its doors on Sunday, the echo of strong sales and the Texan art market’s continuous expansion was present. The fair featured 91 galleries at the Fashion Industry Gallery, a 74,000-square-foot mid-century building in the heart of Dallas’s downtown art district.

This year, galleries reported several significant sales to private collectors and local institutions that reflect the vibrant and growing interest in contemporary art across the state and beyond. Additionally, the fair is gradually returning to its pre-pandemic scale of nearly 100 exhibitors.

Meanwhile, the fair almost aligned with the total solar eclipse on April 8th, which was anticipated to attract an extra million tourists to Texas. This influx was forecasted to inject $1.4 billion into Texas’s economy, with $500 million expected to benefit the greater Dallas area, the largest American metropolitan region directly in the eclipse’s path.

A buzzy highlight of the fair included The Hole’s presentation of Andy Dixon’s Moschino Zip-Up (2021), a giant Moschino jacket adorned with painted angels and a giant ceramic zipper, which caught the eye of many with its unique appeal. The jacket was offered at $45,000.

Here, we offer a rundown of the reported sales at the Dallas Art Fair 2024.

Reported VIP Preview Sales:

• Luis de Jesus Los Angeles sold June Edmonds’s Montgomery Flag (2024) for $40,000; two Jean Lowe papier-mâché sculptures, Bouquet and Think Big (2022), in the $4,000–$5,000 range; and Evita Tezeno’s collage painting No one else makes me feel the colors that you bring me (2024) is slated to be acquired by a major Texan museum for approximately $30,000.
• Half Gallery sold Maud Madsen’s Minnows (2024) to a Nasher Museum Board Member.
• Saenger Galería sold Yoab Vera’s Semana Serenata: Amar Mediterráneo (2023).
• Nicodim sold Thania Petersen’s Sjambokland (2022) to the Dallas Museum of Art for $60,000; four works by Chantal Khoury, ranging from $15,000–$25,000 per piece; four works by Agnieszka Nienartowicz, ranging from $20,000–$30,000; and a piece by Ángeles Agrela for $55,000.
• Sundaram Tagore Gallery sold a Robert Natkin oil painting (ca. 1960) and Miya Ando’s multi-panel painting from her cloud series, with sales totaling around $300,000.
• McClain Gallery sold three Dorothy Hood paintings for $76,000, $36,000, and $30,000; a large work on paper by Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin; and four paintings on paper by Bruna Massadas.
• Piero Atchugarry Gallery sold five pieces for a total of $65,300.
• Keijsers Koning sold a piece by Rush Baker IV to a prominent Dallas collection and a piece by Kate barbee to a California collector.
• Inman Gallery sold JooYoung Choi’s The Table of Love (2022) to the Dallas Museum of Art and placed Alexis Pye’s Lost (2023) in a private collection.
• Management Gallery sold Tim Brawner’s Pim (2024) for $14,000.
• Ronchini Gallery sold Elizabeth Abel’s Waterbabies (2023) and Rebecca Ward’s bend (mauve and pink) (2023).
• Praise Shadows Art Gallery sold six of the 12 “MAMA Drawings” by Crystalle Lacouture during the VIP preview, as well as four of the artist’s woodblock prints and House Jewelry (n.d), an interactive installation made from beads embedded with binary code.

Reported End-of-Fair Sales:

• Berry Campbell Gallery sold Lynne Drexler’s Spent Ball (1967) for $175,000; Yvonne Thomas’s Crusade (1963) for $85,000; Susan Vecsey’s Yellow / Blue (2023) for $32,000; and Emily Mason’s Unitled (Venezia) (1957) for $16,000.
• Berggruen Gallery reported sales of works by artists including David Bates, Heather Day, Matt Kleberg, Michael Gregory, Stephanie H. Shih, Linda Ridgway, and Tom McKinley.
• James Barron Art sold Colombe bianche (ca. 1930–40) by Luigi Zuccheri; two untitled works by Vera Girivi; Roscoe Hall’s Living off Borrowed Time (2023–24); Alison Hall’s A Ballad (for the damsons) (2022); and Francesco Polenghi’s Purple Fantasy (2003).
• TAFETA reported that 11 works were sold by six different artists, including local Dallas artist Austin Uzor.
• Deli Gallery’s booth sold out, including six Sergio Miguel paintings, priced at $15,000–$20,000 per piece; five Andrea Smith paintings, priced at $3,000 each; and two India Balwin Sachi paintings, priced at $4,000–$10,000 each.
• Fabienne Levy sold Alina Frieske’s Rehearsing (one) (2023) for $19,000.
• Mrs. Gallery sold two Chris Bogia “bonsai” sculptures for $8,000 each and an $80,000 Carolyn Salas sculpture.
• SOCO Gallery reported strong sales across the booth, with works sold by Dashiell Manley, Lauren Luloff, Halsey Hathaway, Alison Hall, and Brian Rochefort.
• Alexander Berggruen sold works by Sholto Blissett, Anna Kunz, Madeline Peckenpaugh, and Madeleine Bialke to Texas-based collectors.