The UK's premier contemporary art fair Frieze London has announced the galleries for its 19th edition this year (12-16 October). This will be its first event since all Covid-19 measures were lifted by the British government.
On the surface, not much has changed compared to previous years: 162 international galleries including Carlos/Ishikawa, David Kordansky and Max Hetlzer will gather in the fair tent at Regent's Park (for comparison, 159 galleries attended the 2021 edition; 160 in 2019). As per usual, galleries younger than 12 years, like Tiwani Contemporary and Emalin, will stage solo artist presentations in the dedicated Focus section.
Across the park, its sister fair Frieze Masters—dedicated to art made before 1980—will celebrate its 10th edition with 129 exhibitors such as Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books, Ronchini and Skarstedt. (Full exhibitor lists for both fairs can be found at the bottom of this article).
Eva Langret, Frieze London's new director. Courtesy of Frieze
While this is the first Frieze London since Victoria Siddall stepped down as global director of all Frieze fairs, the event will retain Eva Langret as its head, with her title having changed from artistic director to director. Langret's role therefore appears similar to last year, except now she will work across "all aspects of the fair", she says, maintaining many key relationships herself, rather than in tandem with Siddall. Frieze Masters will be led by Nathan Clements-Gillespie, who was appointed as the director last year following two years serving as artistic director.
But outside the fair tent, the sands are ever-shifting. Frieze will have held its inaugural Seoul event a month before (2-5 September). And its main competitor Art Basel will open the first edition of its Paris fair soon after London, adding greater stakes to the mounting rivalry between the UK and French capitals as hubs of the European art trade.
Indeed, the UK art market's position on the world stage appears to be of key concern to Frieze, with the announcement of the exhibitor list accompanied by a statement from Langret assuring that this year's fair will not only "celebrate the cultural life of London, but also showcase its global reach" and reflect "the city's position as an international centre".
This might be easier said than done, as Brexit continues to complicate international shipping and wreak havoc on the nation's supply chains. In the last edition of Frieze London—the first since Brexit was effected in January 2020—a number of exhibitors spoke of red tape issues and shipping delays causing last-minute headaches. Langret says Frieze is now discussing October plans with its galleries "to best help them navigate the logistics and understand their needs, so it can continue to advocate on their behalf".
Meanwhile, the UK's rising interest rates are projected to increase to 2% by next year, as the Bank of England attempts to curb spending and subdue soaring inflation, which could deter collectors from buying art. Earlier this month, the UK's inflation rate hit a 40 year high of 9.1%, the highest of all G7 nations, according to the Office for National Statistic. Langret says that Frieze is "sensitive to the pressures that are affecting everyone" and which the art market is "not immune to". Nonetheless, demand to participate in the fairs "remains strong", she adds.
Stand prices in the main section are now £540 per sq. m, compared to £524 in 2021, representing a 3% increase. Prices for the Focus section range between £248 to £348 per sq. m.
Perhaps also doubling down on the UK's strategic and pivotal place in the global market, this year's Frieze London will have its specially curated section focus on ideas of interconnectedness, lifted from strands of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. Indra's Net will be organised by Sandhini Poddar, an adjunct curator at the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, and emphasises that "all sentient life is interdependent. Shifts to one atom subtly alter the rest". Ten galleries will take part including Silverlens from Manila and Saskia Fernando Gallery from Colombo, which will present works by the Sri Lankan activist artist Chandraguptha Thenuwara that comment on the nation's current political turmoil.
Meanwhile, two curated section will take place at Frieze Masters. The first, organised by Camille Morineau, co-founder and research director of Aware (Archives of Women Artists, Research, and Exhibitions) will be dedicated to 28 women artists born between 1900 and 1951. They include Sonia Balassanian, Wook-Kyung Choi, Nike Davies-Okundaye and Leonor Fini. The other, organised by the director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Luke Syson, will focus on "global exchange" and challenge hierarchies of functionality and decorativeness in art objects.
Galleries taking part in Frieze London 2022
1 Mira Madrid, Madrid
47 Canal, New York
VI, VII, Oslo
Adams and Ollman, Portland
Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
The Approach, London
Arcadia Missa, London
Athr, Jeddah
Gallery Baton, Seoul
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York
blank, Cape Town
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, Aspen
The Breeder, Athens
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Carlos/Ishikawa, London
ChertLüdde, Berlin
Clearing, Brussels, New York, Beverly Hills
James Cohan, New York
Sadie Coles HQ, London
Pilar Corrias, London
Galeria Vera Cortês, Lisbon
Corvi-Mora, London
Crèvecoeur, Paris
Croy Nielsen, Vienna
Thomas Dane Gallery, London, Naples
Dastan Gallery, Tehran
dépendance, Brussels
Don Gallery, Shanghai
Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin, Leipzig
Experimenter, Kolkata
Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Frith Street Gallery, London
James Fuentes, New York
Gagosian, London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Athens, Geneva, Basel, Gstaad, Hong Kong
Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, Palm Beach
François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, New York
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Cape Town, London
Alexander Gray Associates, New York, Germantown
Grimm, Amsterdam, New York
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
Kavi Gupta, Chicago
Hales, London, New York
Hauser & Wirth, London, New York, Somerset, Los Angeles, Zurich, Gstaad, Hong Kong,
St. Moritz, Menorca, Southampton, Monaco
Herald St, London
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Paris, London
High Art, Paris, Arles
Hollybush Gardens, London
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, New York
Ingleby, Edinburgh
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
Alison Jacques, London
Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai
Kadel Willborn, Dusseldorf
Casey Kaplan, New York
Karma, New York
Sean Kelly, New York, Los Angeles
Tina Kim Gallery, New York
König Galerie, Berlin, Vienna, Seoul
Kendall Koppe, Glasgow
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, New York
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Busan
Simon Lee Gallery, London, Hong Kong
Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, London
Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, Paris
Josh Lilley, London
Lisson Gallery, London, New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Los Angeles
Kate MacGarry, London
Maisterravalbuena, Madrid
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, Los Angeles
Victoria Miro, London, Venice
Modern Art, London
The Modern Institute, Glasgow
mor charpentier, Paris, Bogota
Morán Morán, Los Angeles, Mexico City
mother’s tankstation, Dublin, London
Nature Morte, New Delhi
Night Gallery, Los Angeles
Galleria Franco Noero, Turin
Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome
OMR, Mexico City
P.P.O.W, New York
P420, Bologna
Pace Gallery, New York, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, Geneva, Seoul,
Palo Alto, Palm Beach, East Hampton
Maureen Paley, London, Hove
Peres Projects, Berlin, Seoul, Milan
Perrotin, Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai
Project 88, Mumbai
Project Native Informant, London
Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City
Almine Rech, Paris, Brussels, London, New York, Shanghai
Thaddaeus Ropac, London, Paris, Salzburg, Seoul
Lia Rumma, Milan, Naples
Ryan Lee Gallery, New York
Esther Schipper, Berlin
Seventeen, London
Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut, Hamburg
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
Société, Berlin
Southard Reid, London
Sprovieri, London
Sprüth Magers, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, New York
Stevenson, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Amsterdam
The Sunday Painter, London
Timothy Taylor, New York, London
Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Vermelho, São Paulo
Michael Werner, New York, London, East Hampton
White Cube, London, Hong Kong
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna
David Zwirner, New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong
Focus section:
80M2 Livia Benavides, Gabriel Acevedo Velarde, Lima
Addis Fine Art, Selome Muleta, London, Addis Ababa
Nir Altman, Josephine Baker, Munich
Helena Anrather, Jennifer Carvalho, New York
Blindspot Gallery, Trevor Yeung, Hong Kong
Matthew Brown, Kenturah Davis, Los Angeles
Company Gallery, Hayden Dunham, Women’s History Museum, New York
Damien & The Love Guru, Emanuele Marcuccio, Brussels, Zurich
Derosia, Zoe Barcza, New York
Edel Assanti, Marcin Dudek, London
Emalin, Daiga Grantina, London
Gianni Manhattan, Barbara Kapusta, Vienna
Ginsberg, Daniel De La Barra, Lima
Green Art Gallery, Maryam Hoseini, Dubai
Gypsum, Mahmoud Khaled, Cairo
Hot Wheels, Marina Xenofontos, Athens
Hua International, Rafael Domenech, Berlin, Beijing
In Lieu, Maren Karlson, Los Angeles
Galerie Noah Klink, Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann, Berlin
LambdaLambdaLambda, Tatjana Danneberg, Prishtina, Brussels
Kiang Malingue, Nabuqi, Hong Kong, Shanghai
Marfa’, Rania Stephan, Beirut
Microscope Gallery, Peggy Ahwesh, New York
Édouard Montassut, H.l.ne Fauquet, Paris
PM8 / Francisco Salas, Elena Narbutaitė, Vigo
Dawid Radziszewski, Tatjana Danneberg, Warsaw
Soft Opening, Rhea Dillon, London
Sweetwater, Jesse Stecklow, Berlin
Sophie Tappeiner, Angelika Loderer, Vienna
Temnikova & Kasela, Kaarel Kurismaa, Tallinn
Tiwani Contemporary, Joy Labinjo / Umar Rashid, London, Lagos
Union Pacific, Agnieszka Polska, London
Gallery Vacancy, Michael Ho, Shanghai
Vitrine, Tarek Lakhrissi, London, Basel
Wschód, Joanna Woś, Warsaw, Cologne
Editions Section
Borch Editions, Copenhagen, Berlin
Cristea Roberts Gallery, London
Knust Kunz Gallery Editions, Munich
Paragon | Contemporary Editions, London
STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery, Singapore
Indra's Net section:
Cecilia Brunson Projects, Patricia Dominguez, London
Commonwealth and Council, Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio & Clarissa Tossin, Los Angeles
Copperfield, Jamilah Sabur & Oscar Santillán, London
Jhaveri Contemporary, Muhanned Cader, Mumbai
Kerlin Gallery, Dorothy Cross, Dublin
Lisson Gallery, Shirazeh Houshiary, London, New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Los Angeles
Peana, Tom.s D.az Cede.o, Mexico City, Monterrey
Galerie Quynh, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City
Saskia Fernando Gallery, Chandraguptha Thenuwara, Colombo
Silverlens Galleries, Martha Atienza, Manila
Athr*, Ayman Zedani, Jeddah
Experimenter*, Prabhakar Pachpute, Kolkata
Grimm*, Claudia Mart.nez Garay, Amsterdam, New York
Lehmann Maupin*, Teresita Fernandez, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, London
Kate MacGarry*, Goshka Macuga, London
Jack Shainman Gallery*, Richard Mosse, New York
Vermelho*, Claudia Andujar, São Paulo
Galleries taking part in Frieze Masters 2022
David Aaron, London
Didier Aaron, Paris, London, New York
ACA Galleries, New York
Agnews, London
Almeida & Dale Galeria de Arte, São Paulo
Archeus / Post-Modern, London
Ariadne, London
ArtAncient, London
Emanuel von Baeyer, London
Bastian, London
Martin Beisly Fine Art, London
Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
BorzoGallery, Amsterdam (shared with The Mayor Gallery)
Bowman Sculpture, London
Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, Hong Kong, Palm Beach
Prahlad Bubbar, London
Galleria Tommaso Calabro, Milan
Cardi Gallery, Milan, London
Castelli Gallery, New York
Galerie Chenel, Paris
Stéphane Clavreuil Rare Books, London
Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Beijing, Les Moulins, Havana, Rome, São Paulo, Paris
Paul Coulon, London (shared with Eykyn Maclean)
Gisèle Croës - Arts d’Extrême Orient s.a., Brussels
Daniel Crouch Rare Books, London, New York
De Jonckheere, Geneva
Dickinson, London, New York
Charles Ede, London
Andrew Edmunds, London
Elliott Fine Art, London
Les Enluminures, New York, Paris, Chicago
Larkin Erdmann Gallery, Zurich
Eykyn Maclean, London, New York (shared with Paul Coulon)
Peter Finer, London
Sam Fogg, London
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Gagosian, London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Athens, Geneva, Basel, Gstaad, Hong Kong
Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London
Richard Green, London
Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
Grosvenor Gallery, London
Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books, Basel, Stalden
Johnny Van Haeften, London
Peter Harrington, London
Hauser & Wirth, London, New York, Somerset, Los Angeles, Zurich, Gstaad, Hong Kong, St. Moritz,
Menorca, Southampton, Monaco (shared with Moretti Fine Art)
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, London
Tristan Hoare, London
Michael Hoppen Gallery, London
Paul Hughes Fine Arts, Maiden Bradley (shared with Galeria MaPa)
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, New York
Lyndsey Ingram, London
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
Johyun Gallery, Busan
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Kasmin, New York
Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Beijing
Lampronti Gallery, London, Rome
Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam, Geneva
Lullo Pampoulides, London
Luxembourg + Co., London, New York
Yves Macaux, Brussels (shared with Richard Nagy)
Galeria MaPa, São Paulo (shared with Paul Hughes Fine Arts)
Marlborough, New York, London, Madrid, Barcelona
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
The Mayor Gallery, London (shared with BorzoGallery)
Mazzoleni, London, Turin
Van der Meij Fine Arts, Amsterdam
Kamel Mennour, Paris
Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
Galerie Mitterrand, Paris
Amir Mohtashemi, London
Moretti Fine Art, Monaco, London (shared with Hauser & Wirth)
Richard Nagy, London
Helly Nahmad, London
Ambrose Naumann Fine Art, New York
David Nolan Gallery, New York
Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London
Ortuzar Projects, New York
Osborne Samuel Gallery, London
Artur Ramon Art, Barcelona
Robilant+Voena, London, Milan, Paris, New York
Carlton Rochell Asian Art, New York
Ronchini, London
Shapero Rare Books / Shapero Modern, London
Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York
Shibunkaku, Kyoto
Skarstedt, New York, London, Paris
Stair Sainty Gallery, London
Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York
Tornabuoni Arte, Florence, Milan, Forte dei Marmi, Paris, Crans Montana
Van de Weghe, New York
Van Doren Waxter, New York
Axel Vervoordt, Wijnegem, Hong Kong
Waddington Custot, London
Offer Waterman, London
Wildenstein & Co., New York
David Zwirner, New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong
Spotlight section:
Ab-Anbar, Tehran, London Sonia Balassanian
acb, Budapest Margit Szilvitzky
Apalazzogallery, Brescia Lucia Marcucci
Galerie Bernard Bouche, Paris Marthe W.ry
Cecilia Brunson Projects, London Katie van Scherpenberg
Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, Saint-Etienne, Geneva, New York, Luxembourg, Lyon Orlan
DAG, New Delhi, Mumbai, New York Madhvi Parekh
Dirimart, Istanbul Fahrelnissa Zeid
Einspach Fine Art & Photography, Budapest Orshi Drozdik
England & Co, London Anne Bean
The Gallery of Everything, London Sister Gertrude Morgan
Henrique Faria, New York Susana Rodr.guez
Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, East Hampton Pat Passlof
Galerie A&R Fleury, Paris Genevi.ve Claisse
Frittelli Arte Contemporanea, Florence Lucia Marcucci
Herlitzka + Faria, Buenos Aires Susana Rodr.guez
Alison Jacques, London Ljiljana Blazevska
Galerie Knoell, Basel Dadamaino
kó, Lagos Nike Davies-Okundaye
Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Busan Wook-kyung Choi
Loeve&Co, Paris Leonor Fini
Pace Gallery, New York, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, Geneva, Seoul, Palo Alto, Palm Beach, East
Hampton Mary Corse
Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York Sylvia Snowden
Almine Rech, Paris, Brussels, London, New York, Shanghai Vivian Springford
Richard Saltoun Gallery, London Romany Eveleigh
Stephenson art, London Daniela Vinopalov.
Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York Mary Lucier
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Romainville Colette Brunschwig
Stand Out section:
Prahlad Bubbar, London
Gisèle Croës - Arts d’Extrême Orient s.a., Brussels
Peter Finer, London
Sam Fogg, London
Oscar Graf, Paris, London
Oscar Humphries, London
Lullo Pampoulides, London
Amir Mohtashemi, London
Raccanello & Leprince, London