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Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2024: Cautious Optimism Amid Market Turmoil

festival-fair · 2026-04-26

The 21st edition of Frieze London and Frieze Masters opened on October 9, 2024, in Regent's Park, London, drawing crowds despite gray skies. The atmosphere was marked by cautious optimism, with subdued energy compared to previous years, reflecting recent art market turbulence—declining sales and increasingly cautious collectors. Frieze London featured thematic sections like "Smoke" dedicated to ceramic art, and works by Sun Woo (Gothic installation), Billy Childish (live painting performance), Dean Sameshima (queer and Asian representation), Nat Faulkner (memory and time), Eva Gold (voyeurism), and Charlotte Edey (identity). Frieze Masters offered a predictable mix of classical, old master, and modern works, with a notable increase in 20th-century modernist pieces by Picasso, Matisse, and Miró. Highlights included Waddington Custot's focus on Les Nabis, Anish Kapoor's sculpture at Axel Vervoordt, and David Aaron's display of a 7th-century BC Egyptian princess sarcophagus—the only one ever offered for sale. The overall trend toward established artists reflects economic uncertainty: slow global growth, volatile interest rates, and inflationary pressures. Brexit continues to pressure the UK art market through trade friction, VAT changes, and customs complications, while Paris rises as a competing art capital, with some galleries preferring fairs there shortly after Frieze. The question remains whether the art market will rebound in 2025 or continue its cautious approach.

Fatti principali

  • Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2024 opened on October 9, 2024, in Regent's Park, London.
  • The 21st edition of Frieze London featured thematic section 'Smoke' dedicated to ceramic art.
  • Artists included Sun Woo, Billy Childish, Dean Sameshima, Nat Faulkner, Eva Gold, and Charlotte Edey.
  • Frieze Masters showed increased modernist works by Picasso, Matisse, and Miró.
  • David Aaron gallery displayed a 7th-century BC Egyptian princess sarcophagus, the only one ever for sale.
  • Market conditions show cautious optimism due to declining sales and economic uncertainty.
  • Brexit continues to negatively impact the UK art market with trade and customs issues.
  • Paris is emerging as a competing art capital, attracting galleries after Frieze.

Entità

Artisti

Istituzioni

  • Frieze London
  • Frieze Masters
  • Waddington Custot
  • Axel Vervoordt
  • David Aaron
  • Hauser & Wirth
  • Christie's
  • Artribune
  • Frieze
  • Richard Saltoun
  • Vito Schnabel
  • Georg Laue
  • Swann
  • Nagel
  • Quittenbaum
  • Art Basel Paris
  • The New York Times
  • David Zwirner
  • Sprüth Magers
  • Gagosian
  • Thaddaeus Ropac
  • White Cube
  • Pace Gallery
  • Xavier Hufkens
  • Karma
  • GRIMM
  • Timothy Taylor
  • Lehmann Maupin
  • Kukje Gallery
  • Johyun Gallery
  • Maureen Paley
  • The Approach
  • Alison Jacques
  • Herald St
  • Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
  • Carl Freedman Gallery
  • Richard Saltoun Gallery
  • Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel
  • Berthold Pott
  • Pilar Corrias
  • Casa Triângulo
  • Carvalho
  • Union Pacific
  • The Sunday Painter
  • Arcadia Missa
  • Edel Assanti
  • Gianni Manhattan
  • a. SQUIRE
  • Harlesden High Street
  • Bukia Vakhania
  • Xxijra Hii
  • Diez
  • Niru Ratnam
  • Chemould CoLab
  • Ehrlich Steinberg
  • Eli Kerr
  • Alice Amati
  • Goodman Gallery
  • Bolanle Contemporary
  • Valentine
  • ROH
  • Misako & Rosen
  • LC Queisser
  • acb Gallery
  • Nonfrasa
  • Vadehra Art Gallery
  • Cob
  • Athr
  • Fort Gansevoort
  • Southern Guild
  • Cecilia Brunson Projects
  • Galerie Nordenhake
  • Sullivan+Strumpf
  • Victoria Miro
  • Piano Nobile
  • Vito Schnabel Gallery
  • Bastian
  • Jahn und Jahn
  • Osborne Samuel
  • Carlton Rochell Asian Art
  • Aina Gallery
  • DAG
  • Tomasso
  • Charles Ede
  • Kunstkammer Georg Laue
  • Colnaghi
  • Marc Selwyn Fine Art
  • Daniel Katz Gallery
  • Schoelkopf Gallery
  • Miles McEnery Gallery
  • Berry Campbell
  • Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
  • Patrick Bourne & Co.
  • Andrew Edlin Gallery
  • Gallery Moshe Tabibnia
  • Jacqueline Simcox
  • Shibunkaku
  • Tafeta
  • Each Modern
  • Alisan Fine Arts
  • Akar Prakar
  • Ab-Anbar
  • Agnews
  • Masa Galería
  • Erskine, Hall & Coe
  • Frieze Tate Fund
  • Contemporary Art Society
  • The Whitworth
  • Abbot Hall
  • The Women's Art Collection
  • Female Artists of the Mougins Museum
  • Arts Council Collection
  • Spirit Now London Acquisition Prize
  • V&A Photography Centre
  • Camden Art Centre
  • Fluxus-CPGA Prize
  • Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation
  • Roberts Art Foundation
  • Stone Island
  • Centraal Museum
  • Artlyst
  • Pace
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Courtauld Gallery
  • Hayward Gallery
  • Galleria Continua
  • Armory Show
  • Frieze Seoul
  • GAMeC

Luoghi

  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Regent's Park
  • Paris
  • France
  • Munich
  • Germany
  • New York
  • United States
  • Stuttgart
  • Harlaxton Manor
  • India
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • Korea
  • UAE
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Kendal
  • Utrecht
  • Kraków
  • Margate
  • St Ives
  • Mathura
  • Miami
  • Los Angeles
  • Copenhagen
  • Singapore
  • Dubai
  • Zurich
  • Indonesia
  • Scandinavia
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Marylebone
  • Camden
  • Mayfair
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Rome
  • Italy
  • Rione Regola
  • Bagnacavallo
  • Vigne Nuove
  • King's Cross
  • St. Pancras

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