Founded in 1989 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, the London Art Fair has evolved into a premier platform for Modern and Contemporary Art. From its humble beginnings with 36 UK galleries, the fair now hosts over 100 galleries and attracts 25,000 visitors annually. Showcasing both Modern British Art and international contemporary perspectives it facilitates art appreciation and acquisition at all levels. Notable sales include works by renowned artists such as Andy Warhol and David Hockney.
The fair nurtures emerging talent and has recognized artists like Chris Ofili and Jenny Saville with ‘rising star’ awards. With a diverse lineup ranging from emerging talents to established favorites, London Art Fair offers a dynamic experience. In addition to curated talks and panel discussions, the fair features critically acclaimed spaces like Encounters, Photo50, and Platform, offering insights into contemporary art trends.
London Art Fair collaborates with regional museums to showcase unique exhibitions, highlighting the heritage and significance of collections. In 2022, The Women’s Art Collection celebrated women’s creativity, featuring works by artists like Maggi Hambling and Eileen Cooper.
Excitingly, for 2024, London Art Fair partners with Charleston, the modernist home of the Bloomsbury group painters, to mark its 50th anniversary.
20 January 2025 • Mark Westall
Independent curator, facilitator, and cultural consultant Becca Pelly-Fry is the curator of Platform 2025. Becca Pelly-Fry’s work stands at the intersection of… Read More
30 December 2024 • Mark Westall
Christmas is over – family, food, presents just ahead of the New Year here’s a list of Art Fairs for you to see in London, Los Angeles & Geneva.
12 December 2024 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair returns from 22nd-26th January 2025 with Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich.
19 January 2024 • Charlotte Rickards
When Virginia Woolf sat down to write Orlando, she wasn’t writing it with an abstract readership in mind. Really, she was thinking only of one person: her lover, Vita Sackville-West. We just got to be able to read it.
18 January 2024 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair kicked off on Wednesday evening, but unfortunately, I couldn’t attend as I spent the entire day in… Read More
11 January 2024 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair has partnered with Charleston, the modernist home and studio of painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, for… Read More
8 January 2024 • Mark Westall
Ahead of her first solo exhibition at Pipeline Contemporary and a presentation of her work at London Art Fair, I managed to ask a few questions of up & coming artist Matilda Sutton.
1 January 2024 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair 2024 is ready to kick start the new art season, showcasing premier galleries from the UK and beyond.
1 January 2024 • Mark Westall
We are getting ready for Christmas and New Year and starting to look forward to 2024 so before we go here are 7 Museum exhibitions and two Art Fairs*s you should visit in early 2024.
25 May 2023 • Mark Westall
Identified as ‘one to watch’ at this year’s London Art Fair, featured in the Financial Times and with work already in the collection of Charles Saatchi and a decorative mural commissioned by Brad Pitt at Chateau Miravel, Marie-Elisabeth Merlin’s (b.1968) debut London solo show – Mondes Hypothétiques – is hotly anticipated.
18 January 2023 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair 2023 opens today its 35th edition, to help you navigate the fair we have chosen seven artists that you should try and track down.
28 December 2022 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair returns to its traditional January slot.
22 April 2022 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair returns this year sees over 100 galleries from around the world, with the usual mixed bag of art. So to help you navigate here are seven artists you have to see.
21 April 2022 • Paul Carey-Kent
The first post-pandemic edition of the London Art Fair is set in April (20th-24th) rather than the usual January, the mix is as before: plenty of bad or predictable material mixed in with enough good stuff to make for an interesting visit.
19 April 2022 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair returns from 20-24 April 2022, highlighting a selection of the best galleries from the UK and beyond…. Read More
24 January 2021 • Tabish Khan
Fast cars and the natural world in 5 online exhibitions for your weekly art fix.
20 January 2021 • Paul Carey-Kent
The London Art Fair’s online edition runs 18th-31st Jan. As in the physical versions, the best material is fairly evenly split between 20th century British classics and contemporary work – so here are two picks from each category:
23 January 2020 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair 2020 is now open and to help you navigate the 100+ galleries we have picked 8 of our favourite booths.
16 January 2019 • Mark Westall
London Art Fair opens to the public today and we have chosen a few artists for you to go and check out on Level 1 of the fair.
16 January 2019 • Paul Carey-Kent
There are no mega-galleries or old masters at the London Art Fair (16-20 Jan), but there is a lot of pretty much everything else.
10 January 2019 • Mark Westall
Art Projects returns to London Art Fair 2019 offering a platform for emerging galleries to showcase the freshest contemporary art from across the globe.
19 January 2018 • Mark Westall
This weekend you should head to the London Design Centre for the London Art Fair (celebrating their 30th year) for great talks, performances and more – but don’t forget the artists below we pick six artists that show you breadth of art on show and also to take you round the whole fair – have FUN.
19 January 2018 • Mark Westall
Nilbar Güre?, represented by Galerie Tanja Wagner, has won the De’Longhi Art Projects Artist Award at London Art Fair 2018.
17 January 2018 • Lee Sharrock
London Art Fair has remained true to its origins and celebrates 3 decades as the first pit stop of the year for collectors of Modern British Art.
