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In 2025, Manchester Art Fair welcomed over 10,000 visitors and generated almost £1 million in art sales showing a clear signal of the fair’s strong commercial impact and growing reputation among collectors.
Building on this success, Manchester Art Fair 2026 will run across four days, starting with a Thursday evening preview followed by three full public days. This expansion reflects the fair’s ongoing growth and increasing demand from collectors, curators, corporate buyers and art lovers from across the UK.
A Cultural Partnership
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Partnerships In Action
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Boodles
As part of their sponsorship of the 2025 fair, Boodles used the Collector Lounge to display their Play of Light collection inspired by the National Gallery and presented a talk by Director of Design Rebecca Hawkins.
Boodles invited 15 of their clients to join them for a lunch at the fair hosted by Michelin starred chef Paul Leonard from The Forest Side in the Lake District followed by front row seats at Rebecca’s talk.
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Porsche
Celebrated for its iconic design, Porsche Centre Preston and Porsche Centre Bolton expanded on their Associate Sponsorship with an experiential installation designed to fuse creativity, culture and performance. This exclusive look at the luxury automotive brand’s one of a kind Art Car - a Porsche Macan EV transformed into a vibrant rolling canvas of colour and creativity by renowned British Artist Sophie Tea took centre stage within the fair’s Art Bar. Acclaimed artist Carla Raads also spoke to a packed audience in a session hosted by Manchester Art Fair about her collaboration with Porsche, Dream in Full Colour’, which saw Raads completely transform a Porsche in the brand’s iconic colours.
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Manchester School of Art
Manchester Art Fair continues to champion new voices through collaboration with Manchester Art School showcasing graduate work within the fair.
In 2025 the Collector Lounge was decorated with the work of MA Fine Art student Sagnick Bhowmick with his work chosen from the Degree Show.
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Soho House
in 2024, Soho House supported the Collectors’ Lunch, inviting 20 guests to dine with collectors and gallerists from the fair. All guests were provided with a complimentary welcome postcard featuring artwork from one of the fair’s exhibiting artists.
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Torevell & Partners
Asset management company Torevell & Partners have been associate sponsors of Manchester Art Fair since 2022 benefiting from its unique opportunity to host and entertain clients at the fair over at the Collector Preview and over the weekend.
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The City of Manchester
With an international reputation for the visual arts and institutions such as Manchester Art Gallery, The Whitworth, HOME, Manchester International Festival, The Lowry and Aviva Studios, Manchester is the ‘original modern city’.
Manchester has been named as one of 25 global destinations to be included in the Where to Go 2024 list by prestigious US travel publication AFAR, has been named in the New York Times’ 52 Places to Go list for 2024 and is the only UK city in National Geographic's influential ‘Best of the World’ list which annually sets out 25 of the must-see places to visit around the globe.
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The Venue
The fair’s venue, Manchester Central, is an iconic award winning venue in the heart of the city. Once a Victorian train station, the vast space has been transformed into the world-class home of prestigious events.
The venue is served by its own dedicated tram stop, free city centre shuttle buses and on-site parking for 700 cars.
Once the fair’s doors close at the end of a successful day the city centre’s restaurants, bars and theatres are on your doorstep to enjoy!
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