Frieze Sculpture returns to London’s Regent’s Park this September for the fourteenth year running. The free open-air exhibition opens on September 16 and runs until November 1, 2026. For the fourth year in a row, it’s curated by London-based curator Fatoş Üstek, this time featuring eleven artists from around the world.
Part of the Bigger Fairs
The exhibition overlaps in timing with Frieze London and Frieze Masters. Both fairs take place in the same park, from October 14 to 18. The sculptures act as an extension of the fairs’ reach. They carry contemporary art directly to the public, beyond gallery walls and admission fees.
Hybridity as the Edition’s Theme
This year’s edition is built around the theme of hybridity. The sculptures here don’t function as isolated objects on pedestals. Instead, they act more like a living web of relationships between material, story, and the natural environment around them. Curator Fatoş Üstek describes it as an invitation to step outside the rhythm of everyday life and into the park. In her view, art here opens up new ways of thinking and feeling. Hybridity isn’t something to be explained, but rather something to be experienced.
Artists Worth Remembering
Serbian artist Ivana Bašić presents her 2025 work Metanoia, a monumental brutalist piece. She’s represented by London gallery Albion Jeune. Colombian artist Carolina Aguirre, meanwhile, presents a new work titled Held, from 2026.
It was created in collaboration with gallery Ruttkowski;68, which operates across Bochum, Cologne, Düsseldorf, New York, and Paris.
Czech artist Matyáš Chochola brings three works at once, BRUTALIST, METEOR, and MACE II, all from 2024. He’s showing them in collaboration with Prague’s The Chemistry Gallery.
British sculptor Conrad Shawcross rounds things out with his 2026 work Eye of the Needle (Time Pebble (E30A13)). He’s represented by London’s Victoria Miro.
Part of London Sculpture Week
Frieze Sculpture is also part of a larger citywide initiative called London Sculpture Week. It runs from September 19 to 27. It brings together five major public art projects, namely Fourth Plinth, East Bank, Sculpture in the City, and The Line.
Getting Into the Park
Admission to the exhibition is free. Free curator-led tours will also be running in September and November, starting at the St. Andrew’s Gate entrance. Visitors can also explore the works through the digital guide Bloomberg Connects. This year, for the first time, it also offers a dedicated family version with audio guidance.
