Here Is Your Go-To Guide to All the Art Fairs in London During Frieze Week 2019

There is an overwhelming amount of art on view in London during
Frieze Week. To help you keep it all straight, we’ve assembled a
handy guide to the main events in NW1, the home of Frieze London
and Frieze Masters, as well as other neighborhoods.

For those interested in traversing the city, there is good news:
Earlier this month, Uber won an eight-week extension to its
provisional license to operate in London, so collectors won’t have
to worry about the ride-hailing app not working. (Brexit
uncertainty is bad enough.) And for art lovers that are eco-aware,
there is, of course, public transport. We have included the nearest
underground station to each fair venue in our listings. Happy
wandering!

Frieze London, Regent’s
Park 

WHAT: The 2019
edition of Frieze London will be its most international edition to
date, with 160 participating galleries from 36 countries. Frieze’s
director Victoria Siddall has also lured Cosmin Costinas, the
executive director and curator of Hong Kong’s leading nonprofit
Para Site, to organize a new section called “Woven.” Eight
galleries will each mount one solo presentation by an international
artist who works with textiles and weaving to engage subjects
including tradition, colonial context, and textile-industry policy.
Another novelty is a dedicated space for performance art.
Highlights include Thaddaeus Ropac gallery’s restaging of a Bauhaus
ballet by Oskar Schlemmer. Artists with solo presentations include
Turner Prize nominee Oscar Murillo, artist-turned-fashion designer
Sterling Ruby, the late, beloved painter Joyce Pensato, and Kara
Walker, who is debuting her Turbine Hall installation at Tate this
week. 

WHEN: Preview, Wednesday
October 2 (invitation only); preview, Thursday October 3, 12 p.m.–8
p.m.; private view, Thursday October 3, 5 p.m–8
p.m.; Friday October
4–Saturday October 5, 12 p.m.–7 p.m.; Sunday October 6, 12 p.m–6
p.m.

WHERE: Regent’s Park,
near Park Square West, NW1 4LL. Nearest underground stations:
Regent’s Park or Great Portland Street.

Frieze Masters, Regent’s
Park

WHAT: One
of this year’s main attractions to the even higher-brow sister of
Frieze London is a portrait by Botticelli with a $30 million price
tag on offer at Trinity Fine Arts. It has been on loan to the Prado
in Madrid for the past two decades. (Buyers, beware: the painting
can only leave Spain with an export license.) Make sure to also
seek out the “Spotlight” section of overlooked 20th century artists
organized by former MoMA curator and current Drawing Center
director Laura Hoptman. (Her inaugural version
earlier this year in New York was full of surprises.) Dealers
making their Frieze Masters debut at the 2019 edition include
contemporary specialists Galerie Perrotin, Mai 36 Galerie, and
Lisson. Helping correct the historic gender imbalance, some dealers
are focusing on female artists in particular: Lisson Gallery is
dedicating a solo booth to the artist Susan Hiller; Luhring
Augustine, Rachel Whiteread, and Kamel Mennour is presenting the
French artist Gina Pane, who was a member of the Body Art movement
in in the 1970s. 

WHEN: Preview,
Wednesday October 2 (invitation only); preview, Thursday October 3:
12 p.m.–8 p.m; private view, Thursday, October 3: 5 p.m.–8 p.m.;
Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 5: 11 a.m.–7 p.m.; Sunday
October 6: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

WHERE: Regent’s Park,
North-East corner, NW1 4HA. Nearest underground station: Camden
Town.

PAD,
Mayfair 

WHAT: The
13th edition of PAD, which pitches its elegant tent in the heart of
Mayfair, will again present a combination of Modern art and design,
decorative and tribal art, antiquities and jewelry. Of the 68
exhibitors, 11 are making their PAD London debuts. Cape Town’s
gallery of design Southern Guild brings new pieces by celebrated
African designers to London, as well as the first furniture
collection of the rising young fashion designer Rich Mnisi. The
Beautiful Watch of Paris, London, and Monaco is also making its
debut. 

WHEN: Collectors’
preview, Monday September 30, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; VIP opening, Tuesday
October 1, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Wednesday October 2–Saturday October 5,
11 a.m.–8 p.m; Sunday October 6, 11 a.m–6 p.m.

WHERE: Berkeley Square,
Mayfair, W1J 5AL. Nearest underground stations: New Bond Street or
Green Park.

1-54, Somerset
House 

WHAT: The leading
art fair of contemporary African art expands its program this year.
The event will welcome 45 international galleries from across
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East to Somerset House in central
London. More than 140 artists will be represented, while nine solo
exhibitions can be seen at the same time. Under the auspices of the
fair, the leading South African artist Mary Sibande is getting her
first solo show in the UK for her poignant photographs and
sculptures that deal with her own body. Sibane is also taking part
in the fair’s talks program, which is organized by the Tate’s
Kerryn Greenberg and dedicated to the late powerhouse Nigerian
curator Bisi Silva.

WHEN: Thursday October 3,
11 a.m.–7 p.m.; Friday October 4, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.; Saturday October
5, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.; Sunday October 6, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

WHERE: Somerset House,
the Strand, WC2R 1LA. Nearest underground station:
Embankment.

Sunday, Ambika P3,
Marylebone 

WHAT: To
encounter smaller art galleries that punch above their weight
and make new discoveries, head to the Sunday art fair. Held in the
cavernous basement of a University of Westminster building, it
is a short walk from Frieze London. On the occasion of its
tenth anniversary, Sunday is concentrating more than ever on
providing a platform for younger artists as well as artists who are
established in their own countries, but lesser known abroad.
Sixteen galleries out of 30 total are making their Sunday debuts.
The fair has asked gallerists and artists to make the most of the
full 14,000-square-foot space, so forget booths. Another bonus:
free entry.  

WHEN: VIP preview,
Thursday October 3, 12 p.m.–6 p.m. (invitation only); Thursday
October 3, 6 p.m.–9 p.m.; Friday October 4 to Saturday
October 5, 12 p.m.–8 p.m.; Sunday
October 6, 12 p.m.–6 p.m.

WHERE: Ambika P3,
University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road. Nearest underground
stations: Baker Street or Regent’s Park.

Moniker,
Chelsea

WHAT: The
Moniker Art Fair returns for the tenth time—but with a big
difference. This year, the street and urban art fair takes place in
the heart of Chelsea in West London, not out East in Shoreditch.
(It could be an expensive corrective Uber ride, if you have the old
address in smart phone.) To celebrate its tenth birthday, fair
director Tina Ziegler has organized some topical offerings, not
least the special presentation “George the Union is Cross.” Curated
by Berlin’s Urban Nation Museum, it will feature UK urban artists’
response to the Brexit crisis. The Spanish urban artist Okuda
San Miguel and the Cuban-American sculptor Sergio Garcia are
Moniker 2019’s official Spotlight artists.

WHEN: VIP preview,
Wednesday October 2, 3. p.m.–10 p.m.; public opening celebration,
Thursday October 3, 3 p.m–10 p.m.; Friday October 4, 1 p.m.–9 p.m.;
Saturday October 5, 12 p.m.–8 p.m.; Sunday October 6, 11 a.m.–6
p.m.

WHERE: The Chelsea
Sorting Office, 90-100 Sydney Street, SW3 6NJ. Nearest underground
station: Sloane Square.

British Art Fair, Saatchi
Gallery, Chelsea

WHAT: The British Art Fair, which was
established in 1988 but changed ownership last year, has been
undergoing big changes. It moved to the Saatchi Gallery in 2018 and
this year swapped dates to coincide with Frieze Week. Fifty dealers
will show works by many of Britain’s greatest Modern artists. Works
by David Inshaw can be seen in a solo presentation and the career
of the Scottish artist and abstract painter Alan Davie will be
explored in a mini-retrospective.

WHEN: Thursday October 3, 11 a.m.–9 p.m.;
preview (invitation only), 6 p.m.–8 p.m.; Friday
October 4, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.; Saturday October 5, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.;
Sunday October 6, 11 a.m–6 p.m.

WHERE: Saatchi Gallery, Duke of
York’s HQ, King’s Road, London, SW3 4RY. Nearest underground
station: Sloane Square.

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