‘Focus’ Returns to Champion Young Galleries at Frieze London 2024
The section features 34 solo and dual presentations from artists and galleries spanning five continents, including new spaces defining London’s cultural scene
The section features 34 solo and dual presentations from artists and galleries spanning five continents, including new spaces defining London’s cultural scene
Focus returns to Frieze London from 9 – 13 October 2024, showcasing emerging talent from the UK capital and around the world.
Frieze’s longstanding section dedicated to fostering a community of young galleries is this year advised by Joumana Asseily (Founder, Marfa’), Piotr Drewko (Founder, Wschód), and Cédric Fauq (Chief Curator, CAPC musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux).
With a newly prominent placement right at the centre of the fair, Focus will feature numerous new spaces this year that define London’s vibrant young gallery scene, including Brunette Coleman presenting works by Nat Faulkner, Rose Easton with Eva Gold, Ginny on Frederick with Charlotte Edey, Harlesden High Street with Savannah Harris, Nicoletti with Divine Southgate-Smith, Public with Nils Alix-Tabeling, Soft Opening with Dean Sameshima, South Parade with Georgina Hill and Xxijra Hii with Hannah Morgan.
Complementing the strong contingent of local galleries, international exhibitors span five continents, with participants including 56 Henry (New York) showcasing works by Jo Messer, El Apartamento (Havana, Madrid) bringing Julia Fuentesal and Pablo M. Arenillas, Selebe Yoon (Dakar) showing Hamedine Kane, and Stars (Los Angeles) with Danny Bredar.
Focus is presented in collaboration with Stone Island, whose bursaries further aid young galleries’ participation in the fair alongside Frieze’s existing support.
PARTICIPATING GALLERIES AND ARTISTS
56 Henry, New York – Jo Messer
80M2 Livia Benavides, Lima – Rita Ponce De León, José Vera Matos
Nir Altman, Munich – Littlewhitehead (Craig Little & Blake Whitehead)
El Apartamento, Havana, Madrid – Julia Fuentesal, Pablo M. Arenillas
Gallery Artbeat, Tbilisi – Keti Kapanadze
Brunette Coleman, London – Nat Faulkner
Clima, Milan – Kelsey Isaacs
diez, Amsterdam – Sands Murray-Wassink
Rose Easton, London – Eva Gold
Franz Kaka, Toronto – Lotus L. Kang
Gianni Manhattan, Vienna – Kiki Furlan
Ginny on Frederick, London – Charlotte Edey
Gypsum, Cairo – Dimitra Charamandas
Harlesden High Street, London – Savannah Harris
Hot Wheels, Athens, London – CFGNY
Galerie Noah Klink, Berlin – David L. Johnson
Llano, Mexico City – Tania Ximena
Madragoa, Lisbon – Jaime Welsh
Marfa', Beirut – Stéphanie Saadé
Nicoletti, London – Divine Southgate-Smith
palace enterprise, Copenhagen – Benedikte Bjerre
petrine, Paris – Florence Carr
PM8 / Francisco Salas, Vigo – Gediminas Akstinas, Gediminas G. Akstinas
Public, London – Nils Alix-Tabeling
Selebe Yoon, Dakar – Hamedine Kane
Soft Opening, London – Dean Sameshima
Someday, New York – Peter Brock, Umico Niwa
South Parade, London – Georgina Hill
Stars, Los Angeles – Danny Bredar
Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna – Anna Schachinger
Towards, Toronto – Maria Trabulo
Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai – Sun Woo
Wschód, Warsaw, New York, Cologne – Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw
Xxijra Hii, London – Hannah Morgan
Further Information
Frieze London and Frieze Masters, 9 – 13 October 2024, The Regent’s Park, London.
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Main image: Eva Gold, Open (amber), 2024. Courtesy: the artist and Rose Easton, London. Photo: Jack Elliot Edwards
