The Discovery Art Fairs


Discovery Art Fair Cologne at COLONEUM Cologne

23 – 25 April 2027 | Opening 22 April 2027

Friday – Saturday: 11 am to 8 pm | Sunday: 11 am to 6 pm

Galleries, professional artists and art projects can now apply
HERE for the Discovery Art Fair Cologne 2027.


Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt at Messe Frankfurt

Save the Date | 19 – 22 November 2027 | Opening 18 November 2027

Discover the art of tomorrow – before anyone else.

Discovery Art Fair Cologne and Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt are Germany’s leading discovery fairs for international contemporary art.

Our carefully curated fairs showcase outstanding, fresh art and attract new audiences to contemporary art: accessible, vibrant and free from speculative pricing. We combine curiosity with surprising trends, new faces and influential works.

We foster direct dialogue between audiences, artists and gallerists. Our fairs turn art into an accessible experience beyond the museum and everyday life. Each event presents more than 100 international exhibitors to an audience of over 15,000 art enthusiasts.

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Spotlight Positions for Young Emerging Artists – Curated for You

The main goal of the Discovery Art Fairs is to present art as affordable, lively and exciting. Exhibiting the budget friendly and subtly extravagant artworks, the fairs give visitors a chance to explore, meet artists, gallery owners, and other art enthusiasts and go on a journey of discovery. Over the years the fairs evolved, grew and developed, but the main concept has never changed – our mission is to exhibit the latest pieces of contemporary painting, graphic art, illustration, sculpture, new and classical photography, large-scale artworks and small pocket-size editions, and to make art affordable again. The Discovery Art Fairs team is proud to have experienced collectors on board, and to welcome art students from any creative field, first-time visitors, critics, amateurs, and cultural thrill seekers.

Media

    Now, a “discovery art fair” makes you want to buy young contemporary art at – yet – affordable prices. Or in short: art collecting for everyone.
    art kaleidoscope
    Art should be fun, sensual and sometimes even crazy: If you are looking for the extraordinary, it might be worthwhile to […] visit the new Frankfurt art fair.
    newspaper Frankfurter Neue Presse
    The success […] is not only due to the low threshold of the offer, but also to the unique concept: in addition to a classic section with galleries and project rooms, individual artists may also present themselves with their work.
    Handelsblatt
    At the forefront of current developments in the art market, it (the Discovery Art Fair) offers direct access to recently created works.
    kunst:art
    Unlike the Art Cologne, the Kölner Liste offers the opportunity not only to see exclusive works of art, but also to acquire new art at low prices.
    art magazine Zeitkunst
    The hall was crowded. Art hung on art. Cubist photography, three-dimensional wall decorations vis à vis the dark blue cyanotypes, street art not far from Picasso apologists and Basquiat successors. Wonderful. […] The “Kölner Liste” is one of the most successful new exhibitions in the metropolis of the fine arts at the Rhine river. More fair than show, people bought like crazy. Young audience, many gallery owners, self-confident artists.
    Süddeutsche Zeitung
    An innovative concept, lots of space for contemporary and affordable in the classy setting of the historical mail- and railway station XPost: this is how Kölner Liste presents itself in 2017
    Kunnst
    KÖLNER LISTE has long established itself as a satellite fair to Art Cologne.
    Kulturletter Köln
    The quality of an artistic work can not only be derived from its price. Often, young artists, who are not yet established, create extraordinary compositions. The 13th Berlin list presents this works by emerging international artists at affordable prices.
    Der Kunsthandel
    Here, art is sold at moderate prices and a place for experiments is available to emerging artists.
    Kulturnews
    The organizers proofed to have the right flair to put on a show inviting artists and galleries The focus is clearly on European art, but there are also pieces from Taipei or Los Angeles.
    Sleaze Magazin
    Berliner Liste unites galleries and individual artists under one roof, giving them a wonderful opportunity to exhibit their art and share their visions.
    artprice
    What distinguishes this fair is the diversity of the art shown; and the continued collaboration with curator Peter Funken not only sucessfully maintains a leitmotiv for the art, but it keeps the Liste’s presentation-footing true to the unique aesthetics of both local Berlin, German, and international art.{…} Discovery truly is the name of the game.
    EXBERLINER
    Moderate pricing and young emerging artists make Berliner Liste, that takes place in tandem with Berlin Art Week, a tour of discovery for contemporary art.
    kunnst
    Here young, less established artists find opportunity to find a broad selection of potential buyers. For them, chances to find pieces whose value will increase in the future are very good as well.
    Zeitkunst

Of course we are not doing everything by ourselves. Thanks to our network of industry leading partners and media outlets we are able to put together exactly the type of art fair and trade show we want to visit ourselves.