The return of Frieze Art Fair means things are about to get busy for the London art world.
Here's our guide to the best shows and events for art fans to cram into the biggest seven days of the year.
Regent’s Park, NW1. Oct 3-6
Pacita Abad, L.A Liberty (1992), courtesy Silverlens Galleries and Frieze
Silverlens Galleries and Frieze
A gathering of all the world’s top contemporary art galleries in one tent, with most works for sale. Check out the special sections for new galleries too, as well as the programme of talks and events.
Regent’s Park, NW1. Oct 3-6
This sister event across the park covers art from the ancient world, Old Masters and 20th-century modern stars.
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
Somerset House, WC2. Oct 3-6
Nnenna Okore, Cycles and Cyclones
The seventh edition of the fair dedicated to sales of new work from Africa and its diaspora.
Saatchi Gallery, SW3. Oct 3-6
Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney and Grayson Perry are among those featured in this event dedicated to 20th-century and contemporary British art.
Berkeley Square, W1. Sept 30-Oct 6
Classic modernist and contemporary furniture are the stars of this annual design and decorative arts fair.
Museums and major public galleries
Tate Modern, SE1. Oct 2-Apr 5
.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&width=960)
A Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby 2014
The American artist known for her paper cut-outs dealing with race and gender takes on the annual Turbine Hall commission.
Into the Night: Cabarets & Clubs in Modern Art
Barbican Art Gallery, EC2. Oct 4-Jan 19
Rock up for this show exploring some of the most creative meeting spaces of the 20th century, from Berlin to New York.
Royal Academy, W1. Until Dec 3
PA
Part of the RA is flooded with seawater for this major retrospective of the Angel of the North artist’s work.
Mark Leckey: O’ Magic Power of Bleakness
Tate Britain, SW1. Until Jan 5
The Turner Prize-winning artist presents a show featuring new films and a reconstruction of a motorway bridge.
Mary Sibande: I Came Apart at the Seams
Somerset House, WC2. Oct 3-Jan 5
Mary Sibande, I'm a Lady, 2009. Copyright of the artist
The South African artist uses photography and sculpture to explore postcolonial narratives.
Serpentine Galleries, W2. Oct 2-Feb 2
The German artist’s interpretation of the Rothko’s chapel in Texas is the centrepiece here.
Honey-Suckle Company: Omnibus
Retrospective of the Berlin art collective’s interventions into fashion, music and art.
Dulwich Picture Gallery, SE21. Oct 4-Feb 2
Collectie Six, Amsterdam
Landmark show looking at the great painter’s use of light to mark 350 years since his death.
Whitechapel Gallery, E1. Until Jan 12
Art made out of mud features in the first major retrospective of the Brazilian artist’s 60-year career.
Fitzrovia Chapel, W1. Oct 2-5
Interact with the artist’s intimate four-poster bed in the resplendent setting of the Fitzrovia Chapel, presented by Stephen Friedman Gallery.
Grayson Perry: Super Rich Interior Decoration
Victoria Miro Mayfair, W1. Until Dec 20
Britain’s top potter casts his mischievous eye on the uneasy relationship between money and art.
Victoria Miro, N1. Oct 2 - Dec 20
Zanele Muholi, Cebo II, Philadelphia, 2018
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Sonia Boyce feature in a group exhibition which borrows its title from bell hooks’ 2003 book.
David Zwirner, W1. Oct 3 to Nov 9
New paintings based on crime scene photos from the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
Lisson Gallery, NW1. Oct 2 - Nov 2
The Chinese dissident artist shows politically-charged works built from Lego alongside monumental sculptures made from tree roots.
Gagosian, W1. Sep 30 - Dec 21
Rare show of sculpture by the late, great American painter, who died in 2011.
White Cube Bermondsey, SE1. Until Nov 3
New and recent work by the British-Palestinian artist known for her visceral installations, often about the uncanny space of the home.
