Thousands of years of artistic expression can be found under one roof at Frieze Masters, in a calmer, more manicured environment than the bigger, more contemporary Frieze London. Expect ancient artefacts, rediscovered sculptures and Old Masters mingling with modern icons and contemporary artists. Under the new leadership of Emanuela Tarizzo, Frieze Masters 2025 brings together 120 galleries from 26 countries, asserting its reputation as a must-see fair for museum-quality historical works. Twenty galleries are exhibiting at Frieze Masters for the first time. From ancient art to 20th-century icons, the fair showcase works that show the power of art history and connect across time and place.
Curated sections include; Studio, curated by Sheena Wagstaff; Spotlight, led by Valerie Cassel Oliver; and Reflections, a new section curated by Abby Bangser and inspired by the object collections of Sir John Soane’s Museum and Kettle’s Yard.
Here are 7 highlights to look out for:
Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth presents several 20th-century greats and enjoyed some of the top sales at the Frieze Masters VIP preview day, with Münter’s Der blaue Garten selling for $3 million. Other big sales included Magritte’s Le domaine enchanté (The Enchanted Domain)(1953), which sold for $1.6 million, Paul Klee’s Befestigter Ort (Fortified Place)(1929) which fetched €1.45 million ($1.68 million), and Marcel Duchamp’s Jaquette (Jacket) (1956), sold for $1.35 million.
Swiss-born, US-based artist Nicolas Party has curated a section of the booth, selecting a small number 19th and 20th-century paintings.
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The Gallery of Everything
The Gallery of Everything are presenting renowned 20th century female artist, Madge Gill (1882 – 1961) in the Spotlight section. Tate have acquired Madge Gill’s Untitled (Venus Mid Heaven),1920/ 30 ink on calico work for the National Collection and National Portrait Gallery purchased Gill’s Untitled, 1954, signalling a growing institutional interest in artists working outside of traditional art world frameworks.
James Brett, founder of The Gallery of Everything, said:
“This is a true cause for celebration — not just for Madge Gill, but for the thousands of image-makers who have long existed outside the art-historical canon. Gill represents the everywoman and everyman who create not because they were taught to, but because they are compelled to. Her inclusion in two of the world’s leading museum collections marks a profound shift towards recognising art born from inner drive, belief, and transcendence.”
frieze.com/gallery/gallery-everything
AGO Projects
There is an evident contemporary interest in textile practice on show at Frieze London, and this is also seen in several presentations at Frieze Masters. Proyectos Monclova is showing wool works by Mexican artist Eduardo Terrazas, and AGO Projects is showing Pedro Preux’s exquisite ‘La Tierra’ (1997).
Gallery Moshe Tabibnia
Milanese Gallery Moshe Tabibnia is presenting a display of exquisite antique tapestries, including a 15thCentury ‘Wild Man’ tapestry and 17th Century carpet with Cartouches and floral design.
frieze.com/gallery/gallery-moshe-tabibnia
Vito Schnabel Gallery
Vito Schnabel Gallery’s inaugural Frieze Masters exhibition spans eight decades and explores the influence of Man Ray, Giorgio de Chirico, and Francis Picabia on later 20th-century figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, and Francesco Clemente.
frieze.com/gallery/vito-schnabel-gallery
Bowman Sculpture
Bowman Sculpture is presenting Echoes in Form: Sculpture Across Time, a major showcase of sculpture spanning more than 150 years. Standout sculptures on display include Edgar Degas’s Danseuse saluant (Deuxième étude), a rediscovered bronze of museum calibre from the artist’s heirs; Ossip Zadkine’s Sculpture pour jardin, where Cubist fracture collides with mythological tradition; and Sarah Bernhardt’s unique plaster Autoportrait, a singular self portrait that collapses the boundary between performer and subject. The narrative continues with Dylan Lewis’s Leopard sleeping in a tree, an exceptional big cat sculpture from his most sought after series; Arnaldo Pomodoro’s Giroscopio, studio, an endlessly rotating cosmic mechanism and the ultimate executive object; and Emily Young’s lunar form I, carved from white onyx and sourced from the finest years of her practice, offered by Bowman Sculpture as the leading secondary market authority for her work.
frieze.com/gallery/bowman-sculpture
David Aaron Ltd
David Aaron Ltd presents A Goddess Rediscovered, featuring an exquisitely carved Egyptian statue long misattributed, now identified as a masterpiece of Late Period sculpture by the elusive Greywacke Master (c. 570–526 BC). The exhibition centres around a powerful and enigmatic bust of A Goddess by the Greywacke Master, dated to the reign of Amasis II (570–526 B.C.), Dynasty XXVI. Carved from a fine dark stone called metagreywacke, the piece has emerged from decades of obscurity and misunderstanding to reclaim its place as one of the finest Egyptian sculptures of its kind in private hands today.
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Frieze Masters runs from 15th to 19th October in Regent’s Park frieze.com/frieze-masters
