Frieze London 2023
'The art fair is a market, not a museum'
As this year's calendar gets under way—next stops, Delhi and Los Angeles—Chibundu Onuzo reflects on her experience at Frieze London to assess what these global events offer
Christie’s brings in a solid £96.5m across back-to-back Frieze Week evening auctions in London
The evening kicked off with a sale of 20th- and 21st-century art, followed by works from the collection of the late businessman Sam Josefowitz
Frieze London diary: from a star-studded anniversary bash to Madonna's tribute to her son
Plus, artists on artists at the National Gallery, Maggi Hambling's eye-popping evocations and a sleepwalking sculpture in Regent's Park
For a new generation of artists, sex is back in fashion
At Frieze London this year, you are never far from naked bodies and erotic scenes, with young artists demonstrating a new confidence in expressing sexuality and desire
The ugly bug ball: insect-themed art takes over Frieze
While Paris hotels are reportedly crawling with bed bugs, the only critters we saw at Frieze London and Frieze Masters were in the exhibits
French government hosts London reception to boost visual arts relations
Event was held during a fortnight of back-to-back art fairs in the the UK capital and Paris
Art world figures snub UK prime minister's party for Frieze anniversary
Artist Ryan Gander, Sarah McCrory, the director of Goldsmiths’ Centre for Contemporary Art and Chisenhale Gallery director Zoé Whitley all decided not to attend
Rising talent: stand-out galleries from this year's Focus section at Frieze London
One highlight, East London’s Public Gallery, has won the 2023 Focus Stand Prize on its debut at the fair
Ragnar Kjartansson work that was withdrawn from show at Moscow's GES-2 House of Culture goes on sale at Frieze
The work was deaccessioned after the artist cancelled the exhibition in protest at the war in Ukraine
‘The first years were wild’: artists, gallerists and auction house specialists reflect on Frieze
Luminaries from across the art world look back over the London fair’s first two decades and tell us what makes the event so special
Emerging art collector Mauro Mattei discusses ‘golden showers’ and eating well at fairs
The party-loving tax adviser and Titian fan, who sponsors an annual prize for emerging artists, dedicates his time at Frieze London to the Focus section
Zak Ové: ‘I learned that the important thing is never to be shut down’
The artist’s rocket sculpture explores Black influences on the Western world
Frieze turns 20: what's next for the popular art fair?
Plus, we speak to the artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, who will be representing Iceland in Venice next year, and pick a work from the Matisse show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York
‘The market has changed’: Sotheby’s scrapes together £45.6m from Frieze Week double-header in London
The auction house’s The Now sale of ultra-contemporary art was a success, but its marquee contemporary art sale came up well short of expectations
Economic turmoil in China hits the country’s commercial galleries
Though the wealthiest collectors remain untroubled by recent jolts to the economy, many galleries and younger collectors are being hit hard
Blurred lines: are galleries and museums getting too cosy?
As public institutions are working more with the private sector, there are calls for greater transparency
Two art advisers on what they’d buy for under £10,000 at Frieze London
Jane Suitor has an eye on Andreas Schulze's paintings, while Benjamin Gosill's picks include work by Mariana Rocha
‘I can buy a work by looking at it on my phone‘: Nana Sao on being decisive with his collecting
The South African-born businessman, who helped bring a large-scale sculpture from Lagos to the Nevada desert, is developing a taste for tapestries
Claudette Johnson: ‘I’m trying to introduce another gaze—a Black feminist gaze’
The artist discusses her Courtauld show and why Black men became subjects for her work
New show at London's No.9 Cork Street opens doors to Australian art’s diversity
Australia’s new cultural initiative launches its international arm at Frieze London with a group show co-curated by the Indigenous artist Tony Albert
Beyond the white cube: galleries search for new and unusual places to show art
A former home for Huguenot refugees and a secret garden in the middle of Mayfair are among the venues used to host exhibitions in recent months—but public sculpture brings its challenges
Natural causes: artists address climate crisis in inventive ways
With world temperatures hitting record highs this summer, a plethora of exhibitions in London and beyond explore our relationship to the planet
Best in show: India's Experimenter gallery wins Frieze in London's top stand award
The gallery, which has spaces in Kolkata and Mumbai, is showing eight South Asian women artists on its roster at the fair
Frieze London diary: cute bomb dogs and a return to order in the VIP queue
Plus, a moving talk with artist Nick Cave and an unholy mistake at Allied Editions
Frieze boss says he will fight for London as rival Paris fair gains traction
Simon Fox also discusses the challenge of juggling multiple mega fairs at once and why London's art scene is still flourishing
Galleries rely on tried-and-tested names at Frieze London
Secondary-market dealing on the rise as interest in young talent cools
Tate, Fitzwilliam and Arts Council scoop up works at Frieze
Plus, the winners of prominent young and emerging artist prizes have been revealed
London's mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to build new artist studios
Khan spoke at Frieze about plans to partner with other stakeholders across the public and private sectors to build 71,000 sq. m of affordable workspaces by 2026
Despite economic headwinds, galleries continue to open in London
To the surprise of some, post-Brexit London is holding its own in the global art market, with new galleries setting up shop throughout the city, and long-term players opening new, larger venues
Georg Baselitz: ‘I continue despite an almost complete lack of pressure’
With a new show opening at the Serpentine, the German artist explains how the past continues to inform his work