Frieze week 2021

The Ascendents XIV (detail; 2021), Wangari Mathenge.

Frieze week highlights: Sickert’s portraits and Hampstead Garden Suburb in the 1970s

The painter’s brooding portraits and Wangari Mathenge’s colourful interiors are among the shows to see this year

7 Oct 2021
Oba Boss (detail; 2020), Patrick Akpojotor.

Beyond Frieze – London’s galleries put their best foot forward and 1-54 returns

Somerset House hosts the London edition of 1-54 and galleries across the capital make the most of the limelight

7 Oct 2021
Max’s Grill (1974; detail), John Baeder. Waddington Custot ($35,000).

Galleries are thinking bigger at Frieze Masters this year

With fewer but larger stands at the fair, prepare for more in-depth and showstopping presentations in Regent’s Park

7 Oct 2021
Nirit Takele painting ‘Human Pyramid (Last Bloom in July)’ (2021).

Frieze week highlights: contemporary African art comes to London

Addis Fine Art marks the opening of its London outpost with a show by the Ethiopian-Jewish painter Takele

7 Oct 2021
L.H.O.O.Q. (detail; 1964), Marcel Duchamp.

Frieze week highlights: poetry on demand and Duchamp’s readymades

John Giorno’s Dial-A-Poem hotline is now available in the UK – plus more projects and shows not to miss this year

6 Oct 2021