Among the world’s best art fairs, Frieze London and Frieze Masters brought collectors, curators, critics, and artists from around the world to Regent's Park from October 14 to 18, 2026. The 24th edition of Frieze London featured 176 galleries from 43 countries and regions, while the 14th edition of Frieze Masters welcomed 142 galleries from 33 countries and territories. The lively fairs drew 95,000 visitors from 108 countries and regions, including a record number of representatives from 426 institutions across 51 countries and constituencies.
“We have seen strong sales at every level of the market across both Frieze London and Frieze Masters,” said Kristell Chadé, Executive Director of Fairs, at the fairs’ close. “Collectors have responded to the extraordinary range of work, from emerging artists in the Focus section to exemplary works spanning thousands of years at Frieze Masters; that breadth is what makes these two fairs so special. London at its best makes you feel that anything is possible. This has been one of those weeks.”
Frank Walter at Andrew Edlin Gallery
A self-taught Caribbean artist who worked largely in isolation and used whatever everyday materials he could find, Frank Walter was descended from enslaved Africans and Scottish plantation owners. Born on the island of Antigua in 1926, he was highly educated and ambitious, becoming the first person of color on the island to manage a sugar plantation. He traveled to England to learn methods for modernizing the sugar industry and research his family history, but he faced racism while working odd jobs in Europe over the next decade-experiences that would greatly influence his future creative work. Later in life, he became a reclusive visionary, living in an isolated, self-built home and studio, completely devoted to his creative output.
Before his death in 2009 at age 82, Walter produced thousands of soulful paintings and drawings, hundreds of hand-carved wood sculptures, tens of thousands of pages of arresting writing, audio recordings, and photographs. His undated Untitled (Abstracted Face) painting, rendered on a found scrap of wood, is part of the Cowles-Hoard Collection, which comprises pieces acquired by the Cowles-Hoard family-close personal friends and the primary patrons during Walter's lifetime. At Frieze Masters, the gallery presented selections from the collection in a two-person exhibition alongside sculptural shack structures by Beverly Buchanan, the subject of a newly published monograph.
- Paul Laster