As this year's calendar gets under way—next stops, Delhi and Los Angeles—Chibundu Onuzo reflects on her experience at Frieze London to assess what these global events offer

Major deals suggest a shift in power between Paris and London, though some attendees noted an aesthetic conservatism in the French fair's offerings

The evening kicked off with a sale of 20th- and 21st-century art, followed by works from the collection of the late businessman Sam Josefowitz

Plus, artists on artists at the National Gallery, Maggi Hambling's eye-popping evocations and a sleepwalking sculpture in Regent's Park

At Frieze London this year, you are never far from naked bodies and erotic scenes, with young artists demonstrating a new confidence in expressing sexuality and desire

While Paris hotels are reportedly crawling with bed bugs, the only critters we saw at Frieze London and Frieze Masters were in the exhibits

Event was held during a fortnight of back-to-back art fairs in the the UK capital and Paris

Artist Ryan Gander, Sarah McCrory, the director of Goldsmiths’ Centre for Contemporary Art and Chisenhale Gallery director Zoé Whitley all decided not to attend

One highlight, East London’s Public Gallery, has won the 2023 Focus Stand Prize on its debut at the fair

The work was deaccessioned after the artist cancelled the exhibition in protest at the war in Ukraine

Luminaries from across the art world look back over the London fair’s first two decades and tell us what makes the event so special

The party-loving tax adviser and Titian fan, who sponsors an annual prize for emerging artists, dedicates his time at Frieze London to the Focus section

The artist’s rocket sculpture explores Black influences on the Western world

Plus, we speak to the artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, who will be representing Iceland in Venice next year, and pick a work from the Matisse show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

The auction house’s The Now sale of ultra-contemporary art was a success, but its marquee contemporary art sale came up well short of expectations

Though the wealthiest collectors remain untroubled by recent jolts to the economy, many galleries and younger collectors are being hit hard

As public institutions are working more with the private sector, there are calls for greater transparency

Jane Suitor has an eye on Andreas Schulze's paintings, while Benjamin Gosill's picks include work by Mariana Rocha

The South African-born businessman, who helped bring a large-scale sculpture from Lagos to the Nevada desert, is developing a taste for tapestries

The artist discusses her Courtauld show and why Black men became subjects for her work

Australia’s new cultural initiative launches its international arm at Frieze London with a group show co-curated by the Indigenous artist Tony Albert

A former home for Huguenot refugees and a secret garden in the middle of Mayfair are among the venues used to host exhibitions in recent months—but public sculpture brings its challenges

With world temperatures hitting record highs this summer, a plethora of exhibitions in London and beyond explore our relationship to the planet

The gallery, which has spaces in Kolkata and Mumbai, is showing eight South Asian women artists on its roster at the fair

Plus, a moving talk with artist Nick Cave and an unholy mistake at Allied Editions

Simon Fox also discusses the challenge of juggling multiple mega fairs at once and why London's art scene is still flourishing

Secondary-market dealing on the rise as interest in young talent cools

Plus, the winners of prominent young and emerging artist prizes have been revealed

Khan spoke at Frieze about plans to partner with other stakeholders across the public and private sectors to build 71,000 sq. m of affordable workspaces by 2026

To the surprise of some, post-Brexit London is holding its own in the global art market, with new galleries setting up shop throughout the city, and long-term players opening new, larger venues