Sponsorship

Sponsorship provides a great platform for the profile and positioning of your brand and offers extensive opportunities for corporate hospitality and CSR aims.

Partnerships with the fair provide an opportunity to connect with a growing, affluent and culturally engaged audience with integrated branding, activations, programmes and VIP events.

Manchester Art Fair’s audience includes business leaders, high-net-worth-individuals, collectors, gallery owners, curators, artists, art lovers and media.

Manchester Art Fair 2024
Raise brand awareness and associate your brand with one of the best visual arts events in the UK.
Leverage value from an extensive marketing and PR campaign.
With art in the background and a talking point, it is an ideal event for corporate hospitality and networking.
Engage staff and clients with exclusive tours of The Manchester Contemporary led by the fair curator.

Manchester Art Fair 

The Manchester Contemporary

An Established Fair

111,000
Visitors since launch
£7m
Art sales since launch
17
Years since launch

Partnerships In Action

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.

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.

Williams BMW

Williams BMW's presence at the 2023 fair was part of their support for the Peak District National Park and The Recharge in Nature Project. Featuring works by Peak District artists they created a mesmerising backdrop for the BMW i5 and BMW iX1 electric models.
Collectors' Lounge

Gusbourne

A boutique English winery in Kent. Gusbourne produces the most awarded English Sparkling wine. In 2024, Gusbourne sponsored the Collectors' Lounge providing their wine for VIP guests to enjoy throughout the weekend.

2024 Audience Overview

11,072

visitors attended in 2024

£781k

spent on art during fair

93%

spend up to £5,000 a year on art

98%

come from the North of England

Manchester

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.

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!

2024 Sponsors

Sponsors 2024

Sponsorship in 2025

To discuss a bespoke sponsorship package and place your brand in front of our unique audience please get in touch

Manchester Art Fair 2024

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