Detroit’s First Contemporary Art Fair Kicks Off Tomorrow at Michigan Central

Starting today, Michigan Central Station will open its doors to Season Fair, Detroit's first major art fair. The restored building is hosting 11 art dealers and 10 local creators in a three-day showcase (September 25-28, 2025) that marks the city's entry into the commercial art scene, as per Axios.

The event is being held on the sixth floor of the building, which features a special display area, Detroit Presents, that's an enticing blend of art and merchant spaces. In this innovative venture, art dealers from Michigan join others from New York, Pittsburgh, and Toronto.

This fair stems from Detroit Art Week's success since 2018. "I was looking at market consolidation," said founder Amani Olu to The Art Newspaper. "The future of fairs is going to be smaller and regional."

Artist Cydney Camp sees big changes ahead. "This is a new level of engagement with the art world in Detroit," Camp told Axios. "We have an amazing breadth of talent across the city, but our arts, economy, and cultural infrastructure just needs more."

Local stars take center stage at the event. Collage and mixed media works by Jamea Richmond-Edwards draw from myths and family trees. He goes back in time to find unique perspectives and told Axios, "What happens when you do that, it shifts this black-and-white narrative that we're fed about history. It's quite a bit of nuance." 

Fresh paintings on custom wallpaper come from artist Amna Asghar's studio, where she references her Pakistani heritage and love of Disney to create singular works of art.

What Pipeline gallery's co-founder Daniel Sperry points to the event location's meaning:"The train station has been an icon of many different chapters in Detroit, from its industrial heyday to its abandoned state for many decades as an icon of blight," he told The Art Newspaper.

Talks about art access are interspersed with unique displays throughout the space. Look for Hannah Rose Dumes's paintings and Kat Quay's server rack sculptures in the large-scale works section.

The fair's doors are open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with shorter hours on Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. Basic entry costs $30, while VIP access runs $75. Buy art on-site or through online viewing for two weeks after closing.