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Frieze Week is London's busiest week of the art year. This year it runs October 12–18, anchored by the 24th edition of Frieze London in The Regent's Park (October 14–18), with 171 galleries from 42 countries and a new invitational section, The Code Universe. Frieze Masters is across the park, bringing the combined total to almost 300 galleries from 48 countries. Around both events, the whole city fills in: gallery openings in Mayfair and Marylebone, PAD London in Berkeley Square, and museum shows from Kensington Gardens to Bankside. Here's what to see, split into what's exclusive to 100 collectors members and what's open to everyone.
DIGITAL ART EVENTS (MEMBER-ONLY*)
Please note that some events marked with an asterisk * are reserved to members of 100 collectors
This is where the week's digital art program lives. Alongside the fair, members have access to a private program across London: gallery visits and openings focused on art and technology, studio visits, a live performance in Shoreditch, and the Art Business Conference. Members also receive a curator's tour of Frieze London. RSVP details for each event are below, some reserved for 100 collectors members.
A Private Evening with Lawrence Lek*
MON, OCT 12 | 6:30-9PM
Alex Estorick and Marlene Corbun of 1|2 host an evening with the artist Lawrence Lek in conversation. Very limited space.
Member Gathering & Private Viewing at Disruptive Gallery*
TUE, OCT 13 | 6-8PM
Join other members and friends of 100 collectors for a nice drink and preview of the current group show at Disruptive Gallery featuring works by
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Guided Tour of the Frieze Art Fair with Fanny Lakoubay*
TUE, OCT 14 | TIME TO BE CONFIRMED
Meet 100 collectors co-founder, Fanny Lakoubay, for a casual tour of the fair with a focus on digital artworks. Email with preferred time.
Nguyen Wahed Full House*
OCT 15, 2026 | 6-9PM
Reception party on the occasion of Frieze London art week
Private Breakfast Preview to Degrees of Disruption: Vera Molnar and Generative Art at the V&A South Kensington*
OCT 16, 2026 | MORNING
Featuring over 50 works, this exhibition explores Vera Molnar’s lasting influence on contemporary artists working with computers and algorithms.
The Art Business Conference - Art+Tech Edition
FRI, OCT 16 | 8:30AM-5PM
In October, during Frieze London, The Art Business Conference also hosts an annual event dedicated to art and technology.
The Wedding Of OONA & David at Shoreditch Arts Club
FRI, OCT 16 | 4:30-7:30PM
THE WEDDING: OONA & DAVID, ’Til the Cameras Do Us Part, a live performance, will bring OONA’s Dear David: A Surveillance Love Story to its eighth and final chapter. The event is presented by HERVISIONS, The Second-Guess, and Shoreditch Arts Club. Dear David is powered by Art on Tezos.
3 Evenings at Somerset House (Wapping Hydraulic Power Station)
OCT 16-18 2026
Somerset House Studios turns 10 with three nights of experiments in performance and technology at East London’s Wapping Hydraulic Power Station.
SLIPSTREAM Exhibition at arebyte
ONGOING (SEPT 18, 2026-JAN 17, 2027)
SLIPSTREAM: Uncharted Realities & the Eternal Now is a group exhibition presenting the work of seven international artists at arebyte Digital Art Centre, Camden.
ART FAIRS IN LONDON
Beyond Frieze London itself, the fair calendar fills out fast. Frieze Masters runs alongside it in The Regent's Park for the same five days. At Somerset House, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair holds its 14th London edition (October 15–18), adding a new focus on Modernist artists from Africa and the diaspora. PAD London brings historical and contemporary design to Berkeley Square (October 13–18). And Fair Play opens its first edition at One Marylebone (October 15–18), showing around 70 independent artists picked by a selection committee rather than by who can pay for a booth. Here's where to find each.
FRIEZE LONDON
October 14–18, 2026 | The Regent's Park | More info
Frieze London is the city's leading contemporary art fair, bringing 171 galleries from 42 countries to The Regent's Park during Frieze Week, including the new curated, post-digital section The Code Universe.
100c members can request access to the fair (deadline Fri, Oct 2) and tickets will be sent directly from the fair.
FRIEZE MASTERS
October 14–18, 2026 | The Regent's Park | More info
Frieze Masters covers art from antiquity to the year 2000, showing historical works and modern masters across the park from Frieze London.
1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR
October 15–18, 2026 | Somerset House | More info
1-54 is the leading international art fair for contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, and its 14th London edition adds a new spotlight on African Modernist artists.
PAD LONDON
October 13–18, 2026 | Berkeley Square | More info
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PAD London is the UK's only fair dedicated to historical and contemporary design, held each October in a pavilion on Mayfair's Berkeley Square.
FAIR PLAY
October 15–18, 2026 | One Marylebone | More info
Fair Play is a new art fair for independent artists during Frieze Week, presenting around 70 artists chosen on merit, with no booth fees and a program of live performance and events.
Complimentary Member Access to Imprint Art Fair*
OCT 29-NOV 1, 2026
Imprint Art Fair is a contemporary art fair dedicated to original print and located in Lawrence Hall, Westminster
request your complimentary VIP ticket
MUSEUM SHOWS NOT TO MISS
London's museums save some of their biggest exhibitions of the year for Frieze Week. At Tate Modern, Tarek Atoui takes on the 2026 Hyundai Turbine Hall commission with a project built on sound. Serpentine North premieres a new seven-screen film installation by Amar Kanwar, and Whitechapel Gallery opens a six-decade survey of Cecilia Vicuña. The Barbican presents Robert Ryman's first major UK exhibition in more than 30 years, and the British Museum shows the Bayeux Tapestry in the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. Here are the museum shows not to miss in London this October.
AMAR KANWAR
September 23, 2026 – January 31, 2027 | Serpentine North | More info
The Indian artist and filmmaker premieres The Charcoal Man, a new seven-screen installation, alongside Such a Morning and The Peacock's Graveyard, poetic films that look at the long legacy of colonialism and Partition.
CECILIA VICUÑA
October 7, 2026 – February 14, 2027 | Whitechapel Gallery | More info
A six-decade survey of the Chilean poet and artist, built around her quipus, the knotted-cord system of the Andes, including the large wool installation Quipu Menstrual.
TAREK ATOUI
October 13, 2026 – April 11, 2027 | Tate Modern | More info
The French-Lebanese composer and artist takes on the Hyundai Turbine Hall commission, with a practice built on sound, invented instruments and live improvisation.
ROBERT RYMAN: THE REAL THING
October 8, 2026 – February 28, 2027 | Barbican | More info
Sixty works from across six decades make this the first major UK exhibition of Ryman's paintings in over 30 years, focused on his near-white palette and the materials he painted on.
CONTEMPORAY ART GALLERY SHOWS AND OPENINGS
The contemporary galleries are just as packed during Frieze London week. Gazelli Art House opens two solo shows in Mayfair, with Allen Jones's first exhibition at the gallery and new paintings by Dominic Myatt in the Project Space. Across town, the non-profit spaces are worth the detour: Delfina Foundation hosts Mohammad Alfaraj's first institutional solo show in Europe, South London Gallery gives Monika Sosnowska its Main Gallery and Fire Station, and Gasworks presents Paloma Contreras Lomas at the end of her residency. A rundown of what's on where.
Allen Jones at Gazelli Art House
October 12 – December 18, 2026 | Gazelli Art House | More info
The British Pop Art pioneer's first show with the gallery presents new shaped canvases set in the theatre, alongside key works from six decades.
Private opening on October 15, 6-8pm
Mohammad Alfaraj at The Delfina Foundation
September 29 – November 22, 2026 | Delfina Foundation | More info
The heart is a bird's nest, the brain is a spider web is the Saudi artist's first institutional solo show in Europe, with new commissions in installation, film, drawing and sculpture where humans, animals, insects and plants share one idea of home.
Monika Sosnowska at South London Gallery
September 10 – November 22, 2026 | South London Gallery | More info
The Polish artist's twisted steel staircases, masts and towers fill the Main Gallery and two floors of the Fire Station, as part of the gallery's 135th anniversary year.