Frieze week brought more than Frieze itself to London this October. A run of new art fairs debuted across the city, each with its own model, its own price bracket and its own idea of who it was for. Minor Attractions also returned for a fourth edition, this time in a new venue. We asked Darren of London Art Roundup to provide a short synopsis of each
Read MoreAfter what has been a troubling few years for the art market (at home and abroad), Frieze London & Frieze Masters have brought a sense of unexpected joy and magic both in the art on the wall and in the sales that have followed. We’ve compiled a compact shopping list filled with all the art we can't stop thinking about….
Read MoreAs Frieze draws to a close, FLO London turns its attention across the Channel to the fairs unfolding alongside Paris Art Week, and to what this November’s Paris Photo has in store. Whether you’ve already planned your next trip on the Eurostar or need some convincing, we’re here to tell you Art Basel isn’t the only fair you should have on your radar…
Read MoreFrieze London and Frieze Masters closed on 18 October after five days at The Regent's Park, with both fairs reporting sales from four figures to seven…
Read MoreLondon has one of the largest collections of free museums and galleries in the world, and a lot of its most interesting shows cost nothing to see. Each month we pick two free exhibitions worth making time for. Here are our highlights for October.
Read MoreThis year Wheely, the luxury services company and Official VIP Chauffeur Partner of Frieze, partnered with French artist Guillaume Sardin to unveil its very first artist collaboration for the fair…
Read MoreWith 172 exhibitors at Frieze London alone, that’s a lot of booths, and you only have so many hours to spend time in them all. Our top ten ranges from the heavyweight blue chips to younger galleries, and from big-ticket showstoppers to the stands that literally made us stop mid-sentence…
Read MoreFor anyone drawn to the mountains for sport, wellness, and culture, there is The Lodge, the only Alpine address in Virgin Limited Edition, Sir Richard Branson's collection of nine private retreats. The location is ideal, the village and the lifts are mere minutes away, which puts the sculpture park, the festival and the trailheads within reach of a morning…
Read MoreYou have your Frieze Exhibitions Guide. You have your Frieze Music Nightlife Guide. But what about all the other collateral events and activations around the city? Lo and behold, there are many. Luckily for you, we’ve compiled a separate list of events to keep on your radar this Frieze Week, from a knit-and-sip crochet club to the Frieze London opening parties everyone is invited to.
Read MoreLondon is one of the cities she keeps coming back to, which is why we asked her for thirteen places in it, one for every ROOM, to fill the hours around Frieze London and Frieze Masters in The Regent's Park from 14 - 18 October. Here are her thirteen, in her order, in her words.
Read MoreMorus Art Group, a London cultural initiative founded by Alya Entts, makes its first public appearance in the city on 15 October with Out of the Blue, an exhibition that follows an artistic career through its first phases, from early promise to a first award, guidance from others and the point at which an artist begins working independently…
Read MoreIf you want a brief history of Western modern art, Painting the French Riviera at the Royal Academy of Arts is unexpectedly good for that. Featuring all your favourite names from Claude Monet to Pablo Picasso, the exhibition examines why artists were lured by the Côte d'Azur and its brilliant blue seas in the South of France.
Read MoreBloc is back for one night in March 2027, marking twenty years since the first Bloc Weekender and ten since the last. The reunion will take over The Cause in Docklands on Saturday 6 March. The first wave of artists has just been announced…
Read MoreIronworks is the latest venture from LWE and PROJEKT, transforming a historic industrial warehouse on the banks of the Thames in East London into a next-generation electronic music venue. Spanning more than 150,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space, Ironworks has the capacity for 7,000 people…
Read MoreThe Hayward Gallery has announced the largest UK solo exhibition to date by Chinese multimedia artist Cao Fei, which is to open in April 2027. The survey will chart her practice from the early 2000s to the present…
Read MoreRenoir and Love opens at the National Gallery, bringing together the artist's multifigure compositions in the first exhibition to focus on this part of his work. It follows the show's debut at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and looks at how Renoir painted romantic love, family life, and affection between colleagues and strangers…
Read MoreKistefos, an hour north west of Oslo in Jevnaker, pairs a preserved wood pulp mill with one of Europe's most ambitious sculpture parks. The industrial museum keeps its machinery turning, while 60 works, almost all of them site specific, are spread along the Randselva river. Here is a guide to the sculptures not to miss…
Read MoreFrieze London and Frieze Masters run from 14 to 18 October 2026 in The Regent's Park, marking the 24th edition of the contemporary fair and the 14th of its historical counterpart. Between them they bring 318 galleries to north London for five days, and with them the annual reordering of the city's cultural calendar that is Frieze Week…
Read MoreSince April, Winsor & Newton's Art Mail has gathered over 6,000 postcards from artists in more than 40 countries, set to go on show at Saatchi Gallery, with a New York edition at Drawing Room in Brooklyn and an auction to follow in aid of Hospital Rooms. We spoke to Holly Shires, Global Head of Creative at Winsor & Newton and the mind behind the project…
Read MoreOlympia has announced a 12-month partnership with the Design Museum, bringing a programme of free cultural activations to the West London destination across 2026 and 2027. Announced on 24 September, the collaboration draws on the museum's exhibitions and creative programme, positioning the 140-year-old site as one of the capital's newest cultural hubs…
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