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Viewing PAD London at Berkeley Square

The Wick Culture - PAD Collectors Preview 2025 at Berkeley Square, London

Above PAD Collectors Preview 2025 at Berkeley Square, London

Above PAD Collectors Preview 2025 at Berkeley Square, London.

The Wick Culture - Adrian Sassoon. Courtesy of PAD London

Above Adrian Sassoon. Courtesy of PAD London

The Wick Culture - Nilufar. Courtesy of PAD London

Above Nilufar. Courtesy of PAD London

The Wick Culture - Friedman Benda. Courtesy of Friedman Benda and Faye Toogood. Photography by Genevieve Lutkin

Above Friedman Benda. Courtesy of Friedman Benda and Faye Toogood. Photography by Genevieve Lutkin

Above PAD Collectors Preview 2025 at Berkeley Square, London

Above PAD Collectors Preview 2025 at Berkeley Square, London.

Above Adrian Sassoon. Courtesy of PAD London

Above Nilufar. Courtesy of PAD London

Above Friedman Benda. Courtesy of Friedman Benda and Faye Toogood. Photography by Genevieve Lutkin

PAD London

Berkeley Square
14 – 19 October 2025

If design is more your thing, be sure to visit PAD this week. The fair was founded in 2007 by renowned Parisian antique dealer Patrick Perrin and it’s still going strong almost two decades on with annual editions held in Paris (in April) and London. It is the only fair of its kind in London dedicated exclusively to historical and contemporary design and is the place to get familiar with the very best design from around the world.

It’s always an eclectic, diverse and surprising mix, allowing encounters with familiar and discoveries of the new. Highlights at this year’s London edition, which boasts eleven new galleries, included works by Faye Toogood at Friedman Benda’s booth, exquisite pieces by Alexey Drozhdin, who combines glass and charred oak, and a special selection of works from the Middle East, showing at the fair for the first time – we can’t wait to see the stunning ceramic and glass pieces by Lebanese designers at Beirut-based PIK’D’s presentation.

In all, 20 galleries feature this year, ranging from rare historical pieces to the new and never-seen-before. Perrin told AD magazine: “Galleries will showcase ground-breaking pieces combining masterful craftsmanship with innovative concepts, rare collectible pieces that are available for sale for the first time and will stage dialogues between works from various eras and cultures.”

Viewing 1-54 Art Fair at Somerset House

The Wick Culture - Monica De Miranda.Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

Above Monica De Miranda.Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

The Wick Culture - October Gallery. Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

Above October Gallery. Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

The Wick Culture - FILAFRIQUES. Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

Above FILAFRIQUES. Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

The Wick Culture - 193 Gallery. Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

Above 193 Gallery. Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

The Wick Culture - Afeez Onakoya, Wura III, 2025, Charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 92 x 61 cm. Courtesy of O'DA Art.

Above Afeez Onakoya, Wura III, 2025, Charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 92 x 61 cm. Courtesy of O’DA Art.

Above Monica De Miranda.Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

Above October Gallery. Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

Above FILAFRIQUES. Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

Above 193 Gallery. Courtesy of 1-54 and Jim Winslet

Above Afeez Onakoya, Wura III, 2025, Charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 92 x 61 cm. Courtesy of O’DA Art.

1-54 Art Fair

Somerset House
15 – 19 October 2025

Another must-see of Frieze week in London is 1-54 at Somerset House, the dedicated hub for contemporary art and galleries from across the African continent and diaspora. The 13th London edition of the fair include fifty galleries from thirteen countries, with a special curated section this year devoted to art from the Caribbean.

Special projects to hot foot it to this year include, ęmí: freedomsong, an audio-visual installation inspired by bell hooks’ All About Love and Camille Sapara Barton’s Tending Grief. Equally immersive is the salon installation by Le Tings, centred around the artistry of the hairdresser and the conversations that take place in the barbers chair. Meanwhile, The Inherited Counter-Archive presents a conceptual photo-studio and installation by Everyday Lusaka Gallery (Zambia), featuring work by veteran photographer Alick Phiri.

If you need another reason to visit: the iconic Neoclassical courtyard at Somerset House has been transformed by Mónica de Miranda into a social sculpture: Earthworks (2025). This site-specific project reimagines public space as “a living, collective, and sensory archive, an articulation of stage-sculptures and vertical gardens” that will be brought to life with performance, actions and conversations over the coming days. It’s inspired by Achille Mbembe’s idea of “terrestrial communities, where the human and non-human life are intertwined in care and shared survival, the project transcends soil and plant life into living archives of resistance.”

Viewing Frieze London & Frieze Masters at Regent’s Park

The Wick Culture - Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

Above Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

The Wick Culture - Viewing Frieze London & Frieze Masters at Regent's Park

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The Wick Culture - Frieze London 2025.
Photo by Linda Nylind 16/10/25. .

Above Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind 16/10/25. .

The Wick Culture - Gagosian, Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

Above Gagosian, Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

The Wick Culture - Ginny on Frederick, Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

Above Ginny on Frederick, Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

The Wick Culture - Harlesden High Street, Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

Above Harlesden High Street, Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

The Wick Culture - Frieze Masters 2025. Photo by Hugo Glendinning. Courtesy Frieze

Above Frieze Masters 2025. Photo by Hugo Glendinning. Courtesy Frieze

The Wick Culture - Frieze Masters 2025. Photo by Hugo Glendinning Courtesy of Frieze

Above Frieze Masters 2025. Photo by Hugo Glendinning Courtesy of Frieze

The Wick Culture - Gagosian, Frieze Masters 2025, Photo by Hugo Glendinning, Courtesy of Frieze

Above Gagosian, Frieze Masters 2025, Photo by Hugo Glendinning, Courtesy of Frieze

Above Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

Above Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind 16/10/25. .

Above Gagosian, Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

Above Ginny on Frederick, Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

Above Harlesden High Street, Frieze London 2025. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze

Above Frieze Masters 2025. Photo by Hugo Glendinning. Courtesy Frieze

Above Frieze Masters 2025. Photo by Hugo Glendinning Courtesy of Frieze

Above Gagosian, Frieze Masters 2025, Photo by Hugo Glendinning, Courtesy of Frieze

Frieze London & Frieze Masters
The Regent’s Park
15 – 19 October 2025

The visual arts event of the year returns to The Regent’s Park and it promises to be as spectacular as ever. Open to the public from today until Sunday, Frieze London and Frieze Masters bring the very best art, spanning a millennia, presented by institutions and galleries from around the world together under one temporary tented roof.

At Frieze London, the focus is contemporary, with a special section this year curated by Dr Jareh Das, who presents the unmissable Echoes in the Present exploring the intergenerational dialogue between contemporary artists from Brazil, Africa and their diasporas. Artist-to-artist returns, with six solo presentations selected by artists including Amy Sherald and Chris Ofili, and the Frieze Artist Award 2025 winner Sophia Al-Maria will install a makeshift comedy club within the fair. Don’t forget to head to the Deutsche Bank lounge too, to see a new work by Noemie Goudal.

At Frieze Masters, the home for work reaching as far back as a millennia ago, prepare to be dazzled by Studio presentations by the likes of Anju Dodiya and Samia Halaby, bringing historical work into dialogue with art by living artists, while at the fair also introduces its brand new section, Reflections, for showcasing decorative arts and objects. The inaugural edition is inspired by two world-leading collections, Sir John Soane’s Museum and Kettle’s Yard. Get ready to dive in and discover!