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London hosts Frieze Week and major modern and contemporary art auctions
London’s Frieze Week runs from October 14 to 18, bringing together Frieze London and Frieze Masters.
The two fairs feature nearly 300 galleries from 48 countries, covering contemporary art as well as work from earlier periods.
Frieze London includes established galleries and exhibitors from Southeast Asia and the Middle East, as buyers from Asia are increasingly coming to London.
Frieze Masters includes a larger-than-usual section focused on 20th-century artists whose work has not been fully recognised.
A new fair-wide project also highlights artists often overlooked in traditional accounts of modernism.
Frieze Sculpture adds 11 works to Regent’s Park through November 1.
Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips are also holding modern and contemporary art auctions during the week, with Christie’s and Sotheby’s offering works by artists including Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky, Francis Bacon and Willem de Kooning.
London hosts Frieze Week from 14 to 18 October, bringing together Frieze London and Frieze Masters.
The two fairs feature nearly 300 galleries from 48 countries.
Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips are also holding modern and contemporary art auctions during the week.
Christie’s auction on 14 October includes works by Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky and Francis Bacon.
Frieze Sculpture presents 11 works in Regent’s Park until 1 November.
- Who
- Frieze London and Frieze Masters, alongside the auction houses Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips.
- What
- London hosts Frieze Week and modern and contemporary art auctions.
- When
- Frieze Week runs from 14 to 18 October 2026. The article was published on 12 October 2026.
- Where
- London, including Regent’s Park for Frieze Sculpture.
- Why
- The article describes London as the art market’s first major international autumn event and says the city is attracting Asian buyers.
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Frieze Week begins, and Christie’s holds its modern and contemporary art auction.
Sotheby’s holds its auction, featuring a 1977 work by Willem de Kooning.
Frieze Sculpture is scheduled to end its presentation in Regent’s Park.
- Frieze Week
- 14–18 October 2026
- Galleries
- Nearly 300 from 48 countries
- Frieze Sculpture
- 11 works in Regent’s Park, through 1 November
- Christie’s
- Piet Mondrian’s Composition III estimated at £20–30 million
- Christie’s
- Wassily Kandinsky’s La vie mélangée estimated at £18–25 million
- Sotheby’s
- Willem de Kooning’s Untitled (1977) estimated at £8–12 million
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