Frieze London 2023

20 years since the transformative debut Frieze Art Fair, discover a city and a community as vibrant as ever

An anthropological narrative of migration seen through a landscape that was frozen during the last ice age but is now jungly and equatorial

A deeply personal retrospection on the influence of US foreign policy on the decades-long civil war in Angola  

Notions of authenticity and performance are questioned in a distortion of the conventional frameworks of narrative cinema

The Royal Academy curator takes us on a walk around her local hotspots, including a waterside café and area-defining east London galleries Maureen Paley, Herald St and Chisenhale Gallery

Referencing an iconic moment of frivolity in a time of revolution from art history, Kukama reinterprets a playful act into a critique of the power dynamics at play in contemporary Johannesburg

The curator and writer selects standouts from the section for emerging galleries, including the ‘uncompromising’ Adam Farah-Saad at Public, and Hot Wheels and Heidi ‘taking a risk’

Frieze 91 committee member, Jihaari Terry selects his highlights from the FOCUS gallery presentations and shares the third edition of the Frieze 91 Fair Playlist

The director of the Whitworth highlights avant-garde Korean artist JUNG Kangja, a poignant series by Barbara Walker, and a 'esoterically spiritual' film by Grace Ndiritu, amongst others

The artist discusses their new work And these deceitful waters and its themes of colonialization and transformation with art historian Edwin Coomasuru  

This year’s wide-ranging programme, showing at the ICA and online, ‘offers a thoughtful exploration of contemporary realities, encouraging viewers to engage critically with the world around them’

Celebrating new galleries and voices at the forefront of the global art scene, this year’s Focus explores desire, memory, environment, power and colonial history

Originating in an Underground station, Soft Opening is at the forefront of London’s art scene. Its founder Antonia Marsh gives a gallerist’s eye view of the capital

Two decades of the fair in moments, according to Cory Arcangel, Steven Cairns, Lubaina Himid, Mike Nelson, Sarah McCrory and others

Shoreditch-based Emalin is home to emerging artists with strikingly diverse practices. Its gallery team gives a street-eye view of the capital

New section Modern Women at Frieze Masters and much anticipated shows at the Barbican and Tate Britain in London offer unconventional histories of art by women

The inaugural Executive Director of Holt/Smithson Foundation pens a poetic response to the artist’s ‘living sculpture’

The artist’s digital worlds – on show at Frieze for BMW Open Work – use gaming environments to tell stories of male longing in the Magrehbi diaspora

Celebrating one year in London, GRIMM Gallery fosters community between artists. Its director gives a gallerist’s eye view of London

Available from October 4 – 18, visitors can preview and acquire significant artworks on our digital platform, with exclusive access to gallery presentations ahead of official opening