Frieze London and Frieze Masters return to The Regent’s Park from 14 to 18 October, with 176 galleries from 43 countries. One of the programme’s most distinctive features is the Artist-to-Artist section, supported for the second year by Official Partner Tiffany & Co. Its premise is simple. Seven international artists have each been nominated not by a curator or a gallery, but by another, world-renowned artist. The section has been a cornerstone of the fair’s artist-led programme since it launched in 2023.
Tiffany & Co. and a Roof by OMA
The partnership with Tiffany & Co. (founded 1837) is no coincidence. The brand transformed its New York headquarters, The Landmark, into what architect Peter Marino himself calls a ten-storey gallery.
A glass addition was added to the building’s roof by OMA, the firm co-founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas, a name we’ve mentioned before in connection with Lafayette Anticipations and Martin Margiela.
Jorge González Santos, Nominated by Gala Porras-Kim
Puerto Rican artist Jorge González Santos will bring together collaborative weaving and smoke-dye drawings rooted in Puerto Rico’s material culture, landscape and history. He’s represented by the gallery Embajada.
He was nominated by Gala Porras-Kim (b. 1984, Commonwealth and Council, Sprüth Magers, Kukje Gallery). She has long asked who objects in museums actually belong to. In one 2021 work, she attempted to reach the spirits of people whose remains now sit in a museum in Gwangju, South Korea, to ask where they’d rather rest.
Caroline Monnet, Nominated by Jeffrey Gibson
Caroline Monnet will present sculptural works that bloom in fractal-like formations, at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge and contemporary form. She’s represented by Blouin Division.
She was nominated by Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Roberts Projects, Stephen Friedman Gallery). He blends Indigenous beadwork and hide-work with modernism and the energy of 1980s club culture, and he’s known, among other things, for his beaded punching bags. In 2024, he became the first Indigenous artist to have a solo exhibition in the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Paul Robas, Nominated by Louise Giovanelli
Vienna-based artist Paul Robas (b. 1989, Romania) will present intimate, multi-layered paintings exploring memory and human experience. He’s represented by Alice Amati.
He was nominated by Louise Giovanelli (b. 1993, White Cube, GRIMM, Workplace). She paints large-scale, almost devotional canvases drawn from film stills and Renaissance painting, and made her debut at Manchester Art Gallery in 2019.
The Rest of the Section
Eusung Lee, nominated by Ayoung Kim, explores the human figure within the history of sculpture. He’s represented by the Seoul gallery Cylinder.
Eilen Itzel do Espírito Santo, nominated by Firelei Baez, will present paintings and sculptures inspired by the Yoruba story of Obatala. She’s represented by Bolanle Contemporary. Baez, for her part, paints maps, bodies and textures that link Caribbean history to invented landscapes, and her work has also appeared at the Whitney Biennial.
Jota Mombaça, nominated by Otobong Nkanga, continues the ongoing project MUD/EMBANKMENT. He’s represented by Galeria Jaqueline Martins, which operates in both São Paulo and Brussels. Nkanga, meanwhile, works with earth, minerals and textile, examining the relationship between resource extraction and the human body, and she represented Nigeria at the Venice Biennale.
Unathi Mkonto, nominated by Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, builds on his recent exhibition about Johannesburg. He’s represented by Goodman Gallery, founded in 1966 by Linda Givon, during the apartheid era. Shonibare (Goodman Gallery, James Cohan) is known for sculptures draped in African wax-print fabrics, Dutch in origin yet bound up with colonial trade.
Studio Lenca Returns to Frieze
Deutsche Bank continues this year as Global Lead Partner, for the 23rd consecutive year. In the lounges at both fairs, it will present a new work by Salvadoran artist Studio Lenca titled Ojalá, which we covered separately.
The Regent’s Park, London. Frieze London and Frieze Masters, 14 to 18 October 2026.
