FRIEZE 2026

 

English Gardens, Regent's Park, until November 1. It's free!

      On what was officially the last day of the summer I didn't need an excuse to visit Regent's Park. 
      But I had one anyhow ...
 
 Agony in the Garden, Elena Nemkova                           Eye of the Needle, Conrad Shawcross             

Brutalist,  Matyáš Chochola

Mace II                                            Meteor
    Three sculptures in Chocola's 3D-printed reimagining of the 'Virtues and Vices' series by Matthias Bernard Braun.

WYRM, Catriona Robertson
Papercrete, rubble, reclaimed corrugated metal, plywood, timber, welded steel and spray paint.

The Sun Bathes Its Friends and Neighbours, Tarini Sethi

Possibilities for a Sculpture (Millicent), Özlem Günyol & Mustafa Kunt
The idea is you stand on the slab, follow the instructions, and become a human statue. But us Brits are far too reserved for that sort of malarkey. 

                    Held, Carolina Aguirre                  Warrior Figure, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran       

            Dreams and Salt, Angel Otero                                                   Black Palm, Douglas White
                          Wood, metal, laminated glass                                                    Tyre fragments and steel                    

Metanoia, Ivana Bašić
 Concrete, blown glass, car exhaust manifolds, breath (!!), wax, copper, grounding rods, dust and pressure.

Previously ...                                                                                          
Frieze 2023
     Yggdrasill/Books, Yuichi Hirako                           The Mothership Connection, Zak Ové

Sleepwalker, Tony Matelli

My body my choice, Ghada Amer

All Power to All People, Hank Willis Thomas

Frieze 2022
      
Hercules Meets Galatea, Matthew Darbyshire

Imperial Love, Robert Indiana                                      Tunnel-Tell, Alicja Kwade

     Speaker's Corner, Pablo Reinoso                                           Curvae in Curvae, Beverly Pepper                           

Red Stack, Shaikah Al Mazrou

Book of Boredom, Ida Ekblad                                     Drench, Ro Robertson             

Sim and the Yellow Glass Birds, Peju Alatise

Signs for a Park, John Wood and Paul Harrison

Frieze 2019
Mnemonic Vehicle No. 2,  Vik Muniz

  Usagi Kannon II, Leiko Ikemura                             Banana Guitar, Lars Fisk                    

       
            Cloud Study (Partner Dance), Charlie Godet Thomas       Laura Asia's Dream, Jaume Plensa          

    Autonomous Morris, Zak Ové                       ONE through ZERO, Robert Indiana                    

When I Sleep, Tracey Emin                                              Tudor Ball, Lars Fisk
Frieze 2017
         Endless Column (22 Totems), Hank Willis Thomas                   Vulcan, Eduardo Paolozzi

Standing Figure with Wheel, Magdalena Abakanowicz                             Stroke, Tony Cragg                        

            Wheelbarrow (red), Michael Craig-Martin                                      FIDDLERSFORTUNE, Chamberlain

Numen (Shifting Votive One, Two and Three), Thomas J Price

FINAL DAYS, Kaws


Comments

  1. Zorro23 September 2026 at 17:49

    i like the last one, but don't 'get' most of 'em

    ReplyDelete
  2. Bob of the Shires23 September 2026 at 22:46

    I agree. Sculpture gardens can be a bit mixed.

    ReplyDelete

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