Frieze London: 15 I’d Buy (2026)
This post isn’t about the names, the hype or the hottest trends in art. It’s not about the installations designed with social media in mind.
This is about my personal taste as a collector, and which 15 works I’d buy if money and wall space were unlimited. I could sit and stare at these all day long.
Images shown roughly in the order in which I saw them.
NOTE: Details listed are per the booth display text, which wasn’t always fully detailed.
1️⃣
Farrokh Mahdavi
Untitled, 2026
Acrylic on canvas, 25 x 25 cm
Dastan Gallery (A6)
2️⃣
Anna Gonzalez Noguchi
V. Rothschildiana ‘Chiryu’, 2026
Orchid book cutting, button, pencil, aluminium, brass and
nylon fixings, 15 x 21 x 2 cm
Gallery Vacancy (F35)
3️⃣
Rachel Whiteread
(title not listed)
Bronze (dimensions not listed)
Galleria Lorcan O’Neill Roma (C9)
4️⃣
Mario Garcia Torres
“Gettare la spugna” installation
Bronze, dimensions variable
Galleria Franco Noero (B4)
5️⃣
Koak
A Long Warm Spell, 2026
Flashe, acrylic, chalk from Seven Sisters Cliffs and casein on linen, 61 x 114..3 x 4.4 cm
Union Pacific (C13)
6️⃣
Kennedy Yanko
LAW I, 2026
Pigmented multilayered handmade paper
46.8 x 39.2 x 3.8 cm (framed)
Cristea Roberta Gallery (A3)
7️⃣
Minyoung Choi (b.1989)
Dream About Me, 2026
Oil on linen, 110 x 85 cm
Gallery Baton (B28)
8️⃣
Ha Chong-Hyun (b.1935)
Conjunction 23-85, 2023
Oil on hemp cloth, 227 x 182 cm
Kukje Gallery (B24)
9️⃣
Ken Nwadiogbu
Maiden in Transit, 2026
Oil and Acrylic on Akwete Fabric, 100 x 70 cm
Degussa Lounge / Young Generation Art Award
🔟
Gideon Rubin
(title not listed)
n iGouache on cardboard (dimensions not listed)
Anat Ebgi (D3)
1️⃣1️⃣
Nicole Eisenman
Drawing for the Stack, 2022
Charcoal and ink on paper, 314.3 x 275.6 cm
Hauser & Wirth (D20)
1️⃣2️⃣
Rose Wylie
BlackBerry, 2026 and Daisy, 2026
Oil on canvas, 184.5 x 86.4 cm
David Zwirner (D15)
1️⃣3️⃣
Bae Yoon Hwan (b.1983)
The Studio Eats the Sofa 2, 2026
Oil, acrylic on canvas, 162.2 x 130.3 cm
Gallery Baton (B28)
1️⃣4️⃣
Helen Chadwick (1953-1996)
Piss Flowers, 1991-1992
Bronze and cellulose lacquer
Twelve parts, each approx. 70 x 65 x. 65 cm
AP2 of edition of 5 + 3 APs
Richard Saltoun Gallery (C23)
1️⃣5️⃣
Marcin Dudek
Klatka IX, 2026
Oil paint, image transfer, paper, glass, steel, medical tape, UV varnish on wood
Open: 77.5 × 65 × 15.5 cm
Closed: 47.5 x 23 x 3 cm
Edel Assanti (D17)
Plan your visit
‘Frieze London’ ran from 14-18 October, 2026.
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