Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2026

Dates, opening hours, tickets, how to get there and what to see at the two fairs in The Regent’s Park.

By the London BGTC Society editorial desk · Updated 13 September 2026

Frieze London and Frieze Masters return to The Regent’s Park from 14 to 18 October 2026. Wednesday 14 October is an invitation-only preview, and both fairs open to ticket holders from Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 October. Between them they bring almost 300 galleries from 48 countries and regions to London. Frieze says they draw more than 85,000 visitors each year.

The two fairs sit in different corners of the same park and cover different ground. Frieze London shows contemporary art, mainly made after 2000. Frieze Masters covers everything from ancient art to the 20th century. A free shuttle runs between them, and Frieze Sculpture, free and open to all, fills the English Gardens in between. For what those five weeks do to the city rather than to the market, read Maria Bregman on what the fairs do to London.

At a glance

Opening hours

Last entry is 30 minutes before closing. On Thursday, Frieze London’s general admission window is only four hours, closing at 5pm, while Frieze Masters stays open until 7pm. If you plan to see both that day, start at Frieze London.

Tickets

ArtCulture’s survival guide to a first Frieze London covers what a first visit actually costs in time, money and stamina. Frieze sells tickets only online and in advance. Entry is for a set date and time, and there is strictly no re-entry on general admission tickets, so plan lunch inside the fair. Early bird tickets have sold out. Prices are shown on Frieze’s ticketing site when you choose a day.

• Thursday and Friday preview tickets: single entry from 1pm on Thursday 15 October or from 11am on Friday 16 October.
• General admission: single entry from 11am on Saturday 17 or Sunday 18 October.
• Combined tickets: both fairs on the same day at a discount. Visit the fairs in the order printed on your ticket.
• Students: student tickets are combined tickets, bought online in advance. Bring valid student ID.
• Children: under-twos go free. Children aged 2 to 17 need a child ticket bought in advance, and child tickets are sold only for the weekend from 2pm.
• Carers: companion and carer tickets are free. Book your own ticket, then contact Frieze’s ticket service to add one.
• Membership: Frieze Connect members get access from 11am on Wednesday 14 October with unlimited re-entry to both fairs for themselves and a guest. Frieze Insider offers multi-day access with a guided tour.

Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable, and there are no group discounts. Applications for complimentary tickets have closed, and Frieze will notify successful applicants by 5 October.

Getting there

Frieze London is in the south of The Regent’s Park, with the entrance off Park Square West (NW1 4LL). Regent’s Park station is less than five minutes’ walk away, and Baker Street and Great Portland Street are close by.

Frieze Masters is on Gloucester Green, at the north-east corner of the park near London Zoo (NW1 4HA). Camden Town and Mornington Crescent stations are about ten minutes’ walk away.

The two fairs are about 15 minutes apart on foot. A free shuttle bus leaves roughly every 15 minutes from outside each fair’s entrance. There are bike racks at both entrances and a small number of pay-and-display spaces in the park. Coaches are not allowed in; the nearest drop-off is Baker Street station.

Before you go

• Bags larger than 40 x 20 x 40 cm are not allowed, and backpacks must be carried by hand, not worn.
• The coat check has very little space, and umbrellas cannot be left there.
• You cannot bring in food, open drinks, alcohol, glass or sharp items. Both fairs have food and licensed bars.
• Buggies and strollers are allowed. The fairs are accessible for people with reduced mobility, with wheelchairs available first come, first served.
• Frieze runs guided tours of both fairs, including tours in British Sign Language.

What to see at Frieze London 2026

Frieze London’s 172 galleries include a strong London contingent: The Approach, Arcadia Missa, Carlos/Ishikawa, Corvi-Mora, Thomas Dane Gallery, Frith Street Gallery, Herald St, Pippy Houldsworth, Alison Jacques, Kate MacGarry, Maureen Paley and Timothy Taylor, among others. Leading international names include Sadie Coles HQ, Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Lisson, Victoria Miro, Pace Gallery, Perrotin, Thaddaeus Ropac, Sprüth Magers, White Cube and David Zwirner.

Creativitys looks at how a fair stages a market in the theatre of the new art market, which is worth reading before you walk the aisles. For the third year, two gallery presentations greet visitors at the entrance: Fortes d’Aloia & Gabriel with Márcia Falcão, and Berthold Pott with Agata Ingarden.

The curated sections together hold 50 presentations:

• The Code Universe is new this year. Curated by Carol Yinghua Lu, director of Beijing’s Inside-Out Art Museum, it looks at how artists respond to mass culture, from consumer goods to media imagery. Artists include Shinro Ohtake, Nikita Kadan, Carolyn Lazard and Selma Selman.
• Artist-to-Artist, in its fourth edition, has seven solo presentations. In each, an established artist picks a peer they think deserves wider recognition. This year’s nominators include Yinka Shonibare, Otobong Nkanga, Firelei Báez, Jeffrey Gibson and Louise Giovanelli.
• Focus is the fair’s section for younger galleries and experimental programmes. New participants include 243 Luz, Chemould CoLab, eastcontemporary, Galerina, Linseed and Theta. Since 2023, with support from Stone Island, Focus has featured 136 galleries across 246 presentations. VisionaryArt writes about the other end of the same ecology, the quiet power of the artist-run space.
• Editions sells limited-edition works by leading artists at more accessible prices. Participants include Cristea Roberts Gallery, Paragon and STPI.

What to see at Frieze Masters 2026

Frieze Masters shows work made before 2000, or before 2010 if the artist was born before 1950. How that recent history still prices the British market is the subject of Creativitys on the YBA effect. Its nearly 140 galleries cover ancient art, Old Master paintings, sculpture and decorative arts, works on paper, modern British and postwar art, and the historical arts of Asia.

• Spotlight, running since 2012, returns in its largest edition yet under new curators Dr Devika Singh and Dr Sofia Gotti of the Courtauld Institute of Art. It presents solo shows of 20th-century artists, with a focus on mid-century work from South Asia, South America, Europe, North and West Africa and East Asia. Artists include Pacita Abad, Ernest Mancoba, Anwar Jalal Shemza and Emma Reyes.
• Queering Modernism: Visual Languages of the 20th Century is new, conceived by curator Anke Kempkes. Instead of one section, it is spread across the fair, with work by Alice Neel, Claude Cahun, Judy Chicago, Lotte Laserstein and Glyn Philpot, among others.
• Reflections, curated by Abby Bangser, returns for a second edition. It takes its cue from two homes: Casa Luis Barragán in Mexico City and The Cosmic House in London, the former home of Charles and Maggie Jencks.

Frieze Masters Talks, presented with dunhill and curated by Arturo Galansino of Florence’s Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, run from 14 to 16 October under the title "Breaking the Mould". Highlights include Es Devlin in conversation with Tim Marlow (Wednesday 14 October, 5pm), and Grayson Perry with Iris Moon on ceramics past and present (Thursday 15 October, noon). The recordings go online afterwards.

Frieze Sculpture: free and open now

You do not need a ticket to see Frieze Sculpture. The free outdoor exhibition runs from 16 September to 1 November 2026 in the English Gardens at the south end of the Broadwalk, between the two fairs. Its 14th edition, curated for the fourth year by Fatoş Üstek, shows work by 11 international artists, including Angel Otero (Hauser & Wirth), Conrad Shawcross (Victoria Miro), Tarini Sethi and Ivana Bašić.

Our guide to Frieze Sculpture 2026 lists all eleven artists, their works and galleries, and how to plan the walk; ArtCulture reads the same eleven works as one argument about hybridity in the English Gardens. Free curator-led tours start at the St Andrew’s Gate entrance, and a free audio guide narrated by Üstek is available on the Bloomberg Connects app. Frieze Sculpture is also part of London Sculpture Week, 19 to 27 September 2026, alongside the Fourth Plinth, East Bank, Sculpture in the City and The Line.

A short history of Frieze

Frieze began as a magazine. Amanda Sharp, Matthew Slotover and Tom Gidley launched frieze magazine in 1991, and Sharp and Slotover founded Frieze London in 2003. Frieze Masters followed in 2012, the same year as Frieze New York. In October 2021 Frieze opened No.9 Cork Street in Mayfair, a permanent space for visiting international galleries. Frieze now runs fairs in cities including London, New York, Los Angeles, Seoul and Abu Dhabi.

Planning a Frieze week

• See Frieze Sculpture first. It is free, it is open weeks before the fairs, and it gives you a sense of the park layout.
• Pick your fair by interest. Frieze London is the place for new and recent work. If you prefer art history, antiquities or modern British painting, start at Frieze Masters, and use a combined ticket if you want both.
• Families should aim for the weekend afternoons, the only time child tickets are sold.
• Build a gallery day around the fair. Our guide to London’s museums and galleries helps fill the rest of the week, and Creativitys sets out why Frieze week matters more than ever for the autumn season.

The London BGTC Society’s view

Frieze week is when the international art world is most concentrated in London, and for members interested in art, collecting or the creative economy, it is the season’s main event. This year’s editions lean towards discovery: new curated sections, young galleries in Focus, and 20th-century artists being re-examined at Frieze Masters. The free sculpture park means the week is not only for ticket holders. Whether all this adds up to a city gaining or losing ground is argued out by Creativitys in London’s art scene is shrinking, or is it.

Frequently asked questions

Official visitor information: frieze.com/fairs/frieze-london-frieze-masters/visitor-information

Sources

• frieze.com — visitor information for Frieze London and Frieze Masters
• artculture.uk — how to survive your first Frieze London
• londonsociety.uk — our guide to Frieze Sculpture 2026, free in The Regent's Park
• creativitys.uk — why Frieze week matters to London's autumn season
• frieze.com — frequently asked questions about the two fairs
• frieze.com — ticket types, prices and conditions of entry
• frieze.com — the 2026 galleries, artists and histories, in brief
• frieze.com — the curated sections of Frieze London 2026
• frieze.com — how the curated programme at Frieze Masters rewrites art history
• frieze.com — the Frieze Masters Talks programme for 2026
• frieze.com — the Frieze Sculpture 2026 announcement, 20 July 2026
• creativitys.uk — why the British market still feels the YBA effect
• visionaryart.uk — the quiet power of the artist-run space
• creativitys.uk — inside the theatre of the new art market
• frieze.com — about Frieze: the magazine, the fairs and their history
• creativitys.uk — Maria Bregman on what the fairs do to London
• royalparks.org.uk — Frieze in The Regent's Park, from the park's own listing
• creativitys.uk — is London's art scene shrinking, or changing shape
• artculture.uk — the eleven works in the English Gardens, read as one argument

This is an independent informational guide compiled by the London BGTC Society for its members; we are not affiliated with, nor the organiser of, this event. All booking and official information lives on the organiser's website, linked above. Dates and programmes are subject to change — always confirm on the official site before making plans.