Artlyst has compiled a comprehensive guide to the London Art Fair season to help you navigate this hectic time of year in the art fair calendar. We will be publishing a separate comprehensive guide to Frieze Week soon.
London Design Festival
13-21 September 2025
various venues across London
London Design Festival celebrates and promotes the city as a design capital on the global stage.
London Design Festival was launched by Sir John Sorrell CBE and Ben Evans CBE in 2003. Building on London’s existing design activity, their concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city’s creativity, drawing in the country’s greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to a deliver an unmissable celebration of design.
The 2025 programme will feature several key hubs of activity that will serve as focal points for visitors. The Festival’s longstanding partner, the V&A, continues to play a central role with a curated programme of exhibitions and installations. The Design Museum will also present major exhibitions and displays, while Space House – one of London’s most iconic modernist buildings – joins as an exciting new venue hosting Material Matters. The programme will also feature Design Districts that highlight creative clusters spanning London, and the Global Design Forum, a series of thought leadership talks and conversations bringing together creative leaders to explore and propose solutions for pressing global issues.
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British Art Fair
25-28 September 2025
Saatchi Gallery
The 2025 fair is set to showcase the greatest names in British Art, exhibited by the UK’s leading dealers, who will be on hand to offer their specialist advice on collecting.
Highlights of the British Art Fair 2025 include a special exhibition ‘Unsung’, which brings to light overlooked Modern British artists. The SOLO Contemporary section highlights the exceptional talent of Britain’s leading artists, and, building on its inaugural success, Digitalism returns to showcase innovative digital art at the forefront of contemporary practice.
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Frieze London
15-19 October 2025
The Regent’s Park
The fair is one of the world’s most influential contemporary art fairs, focusing only on contemporary art and living artists, and takes place each October in The Regent’s Park, in the heart of London. The 2025 edition will feature a groundbreaking floor plan by design practice A Studio Between. The reconfigured layout and entrance give greater prominence to the fair’s curated sections, including Artist-to-Artist and this year’s new themed section, Echoes in the Present.
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Frieze Masters 2025
15-19 October 2025
The Regent’s Park
Frieze Masters offers a unique contemporary perspective on thousands of years of art history, from collectable objects to significant masterpieces from the ancient era and Old Masters to the late 20th century. The 2025 edition of the fair will feature over 130 of the world’s most significant galleries.
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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
16 – 19 October 2025
Somerset. House
The leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, 1-54 London 2025 will welcome more than 50 international exhibitors, based across 13 countries.
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Focus London
16-19 October 2025
Saatchi Gallery
FOCUS London returns for its 4th edition at the Saatchi Gallery, continuing to highlight the energy and diversity of contemporary Asian art.
As a leading Asian contemporary art fair, FOCUS connects emerging and established artists from across Asia with global audiences. Through curated exhibitions and programs, it aims to amplify Asian voices and foster cultural dialogue within the international art scene.
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Echo Soho
16-19 October 2025
Artist’s House, Manette Street
A new satellite art fair founded by and for female-led galleries. Taking place from 16 to 19 October 2025 at Artist’s House, Manette Street, Echo Soho offers a bold and accessible alternative to the traditional fair model, with practical support for exhibitors including on-site art handling, booth photography, and shared VIP outreach.
Founded by gallerist and art fair veteran India Rose James, the fair champions under-represented artists through a curated programme spanning two floors of a historic Soho townhouse. Timed to coincide with Frieze Week, the fair brings together a next-generation crowd of collectors, curators, and cultural voices.
Confirmed exhibitors include Pipeline, Wondering People, Gillian Jason Gallery, and AWITA.
Highlights include an AWITA-curated presentation selected via open call performances, workshops, and a special preview hosted by the Contemporary Art Society.
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The Other Art Fair
9-12 October 2025
The Truman Brewery, E1 6QR
The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art, returns to London, where the art fair originated, marking over a decade of pioneering efforts in democratising the art world by connecting emerging and independent artists with art buyers globally.
Celebrating the largest edition to date, 175 game-changing artists will showcase their original yet affordable artworks combined with exclusive Guest Artists, interactive installations, performances, plus local bites, brews, and drinks.
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Affordable Art Fair
Battersea
15-19 October 2025
The fair will showcase a world of art from over 100 leading galleries from all over the globe. Highlights will include a special installation, the annual Graduates exhibition, curated displays for Black History Month, as well as special events, workshops and more.
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PAD London
14-19 October 2025
Berkeley Square
PAD London is the only fair in the UK exclusively dedicated to historical and contemporary Design. PAD fairs have become a byword for connoisseurship, exquisite taste and curatorial flair, showcasing the very best in modern and contemporary design and historical design from the world’s leading galleries. With their distinct approach to collecting, PAD fairs epitomise how artistic genres across time and periods interact to reveal astonishing combinations and create the most individual and striking interiors.
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LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair
28 October -2 November 2025
Berkeley Square
Over eighty exhibitors present work from across the art, antiques, design and decorative arts spectrum, including jewellery, furniture, carpets, tapestries, antiquities, clocks, ceramics, silver and fine art. Authenticity is assured thanks to a 70-member specialist committee pre-vetting everything on sale. With prices ranging from £500 to £500,000 and above, sought-after pieces appeal to both the established collector and first-time buyer alike.
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