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100 emerging artists will convert a vegetable stall into a re-imagined version of their home studio.

100 Pop-up Artist Studios

Feb 6-9, 2026

One of the world's oldest markets transformed into a temporary city of artist studios and tiny art bars.

Proposals for studio designs and artwork to be created welcomed

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We seek to subvert both the art fair and the art studio. By transplanting the act of creating into a public market, we play with the conditions under which art is produced and consumed.

Vision

No finished artwork here. It's all a work in progress.

Here, art is conceived and made. Process takes precedence over product.

It's a rejection of the static art object in favor of the unfolding and the yet-to-be-determined

100

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Emerging artists creating art from inside their studio over three nights

Total stalls and puestos in the Tepito market, Mexico's oldest and largest

Only vegetable turned art market with artists creating in real time

Facts

15,000

30

Mini art bars custom designed and staffed by gallerists

Features

Studio

City

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Artist studios

Blocks of studios will alternate between silent and open studio. Artists can also fill their workspace with detritus and ephemera that can be given away to the general public.

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Tepito market

As one of the largest markets in the world, Tepito is a city within a city. And within this city, we want to create yet another ephemeral city.

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Tiny art bars

Like Tokyo's Golden Gai district of mini bars, these pop-ups will reflect the personalities of the galleries they represent, and allow for engagement with the public in novel ways.

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Late-night art

Art, when removed from the constraints of the daytime fine art world, becomes more intimate, immersive, and unpredictable. The bars also help.

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Live auction

Artists who opt-in can participate in an art installation in which their single piece of work is silent auctioned in real-time as they make it, with price reflected on a public leaderboard.

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No sale of art

By enforcing a no commercial transaction policy during the duration of the exhibition, we seek to shift the engagement to the process instead of the finished products.

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Contact

@novo.coll

hi@novocollective.org