London Art Fair 2026
21 January 2026 – 25 January 2026
Business Design Centre, London, United Kingdom
London Art Fair is a modern and contemporary art fair held each January at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. The 2026 edition, its 38th, ran from 21 to 25 January with a VIP preview on 20 January and featured over 100 galleries, the curated sections Platform (curated by Dr Ferren Gipson, titled The Unexpected) and Encounters (curated by Dr Pryle Behrman, on the theme of Radical Care), a museum partnership with the National Trust, and a programme of talks, tours and performances.
65 sessions · 62 speakers
Organiser (1)
Media Partners (11)
Culturalee · FAD Magazine · Aesthetica · Country Life · ArtTactic · Rosa Magazine · Artprice · Apollo Magazine · The Art of Seeing · ArtReview · London Review of Books
Sponsors (15)
Sherrards · Cancer Research UK (CRUK) · Artpakk · Adnams · ArtAML · North London Framing Co. · Visit Tampa Bay · Sotheby's Institute of Art · TM Lighting · ArtTactic · Savills · Artsy · ArtSVP · Apollo Magazine · Sipsmith
Association Partner (1)
Association of Women Art Dealers
Exhibitors (87)
Freya Mitton · Goose & Varley · Open Doors Gallery · Crane Kalman Gallery · Black Liquid Art Gallery · Dalloz Contemporary · James Freeman Gallery · Mollbrinks Gallery · Ripple Verse Gallery · Flying Colours Gallery · Peter Harrington Gallery · The Lane · Stow Art House · Crane Kalman Brighton · Thompson's Gallery · Ruup & Form · Rabley Gallery · Ed Cross Fine Art · Long & Ryle · The Stratford Gallery · Catto Gallery · Gilden's Art Gallery · K:art Studio · Milieu Studios · Eames Fine Art Gallery · A.MORE Gallery · Middlemarch Fine Art · Julian Page Projects · Gerrish Fine Art · Benjamin Rhodes Arts · DA Gallery · Mulryan Gallery · CHARLIE SMITH LONDON · Galerie Olivier Waltman · Astray Gallery · VVArts · Gala Fine Art · The Hyde Gallery · HARRY MOORE-GWYN · Henry Miller Fine Art · Bluerider Art · Bruno Art Group · James Hyman Gallery · Gallery Kitai · Siger Gallery · Alveston Gallery Notting Hill · Pigment Gallery · Portland Gallery · Amanda Aldous Fine Art · Mobb Art Club · The Drang Gallery · Adam's Gallery · Gallery Different · Austin / Desmond Fine Art · Milly Green Gallery · Galleri Kroken · Helvetika 1575 · The Wall Art Gallery · Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery · Pangolin London · Jonathan Clark Fine Art · Advanced Graphics London · Blond Contemporary · Castlegate House Gallery · Osborne Samuel · David Messum Fine Art · Winsor Birch · Stoney Road Press · The Pedestal Gallery · Christopher Kingzett Fine Art · Glasgow Print Studio · GBS Fine Art · Wizard Gallery · Secteur Privé · Alan Wheatley Art · Powderhall Bronze Editions · Duncan R Miller Fine Arts · Moniker Projects · Nadia Waterfield Fine Art · Redfern Gallery · Narrative Gallery · TAG Fine Arts · John Martin Gallery · NewingerART · CIRCLE Contemporary · Darl.e and the Bear · Thomas Spencer Fine Art
Supporting Partners (3)
The Ingram Collection · Own Art · Art Fund
Speakers (62)
- Dr Pryle Behrman Curator, Encounters
- Fiona McKenzie Johnston Writer and journalist
- Nathan Barker Jenna Burlingham Gallery
- Caroline Worthington Director, Royal Society of Sculptors
- Lucy Porten Senior National Curator, National Trust
- Nico Kos Earle Writer and Curator
- Rafik Ferrag Head of Creative Design, Guangzhou Design Centre, XPENG
- Arthur Byng Nelson Private Wealth Team and Head of Art & Heritage, Sherrards Solicitors LLP
- Carole Ellis Artist
- Clio David Director
- Dr Sonya Hessey Clinical Lecturer
- Helen Anahita Wilson Artist & Composer
- Isabel de Vasconcellos Writer & Curator
- Paul Carey-Kent Writer, critic and curator
- Sarah Newman Legacy Product and Programme Manager for High Value and Professional Audiences, Cancer Research UK
- Sue Sims Melanoma Awareness Advocate
- Tabish Khan Art critic, writer, speaker, podcaster and curator
- Waterflower Artist
- Xie Rong Artist
- ‘Coco’/Max Norman Actor and Comedian
- Anastasiya Levashova Artist, IDENTITY, Ukrainian Artist Collective
- Anders Petterson CEO & Founder, ArtTactic
- Anna Brady Editor at Large, The Art Newspaper
- Bisila Noha Artist, Thrown Contemporary
- Charlotte Stewart Managing Director, MyArtBroker
- Dr Ferren Gipson Art historian, Writer & Curator of Platform 2026
- Edward Behrens Editor & Publisher, Apollo
- Emily Ponsonby Artist, Gillian Jason Gallery
- Jane England Director, England & Co Gallery
- Jean Minguet Head of Department of Econometrics, Artprice
- Jim Foy Assistant Director for London, National Trust
- Jonathan Huxley Artist, Crane Kalman Gallery & Galerie Olivier Waltman
- Juliana Cavaliero Co-Founder & Director, Cavaliero Finn
- Katie Wignall Historian, Look Up London
- Laetitzia Campbell Artist, Ed Cross Fine Art
- Laura Moseley Assistant Curator, Womens Art Collection & Founder of Common Threads Press
- Len Gordon Curator & Writer, Art Plugged
- Lindsay Dewar Head of Analytics, ArtTactic
- Lucy-Anne Garnett Independent Art Advisor and Director, Garnett Advisory Ltd.
- Melanie Gerlis Author, Freelance writer FT, and Editor-at-large, The Art Newspaper
- Murakiit (Carolina Ontiveros) Artist, Avant.Dev
- Natalia Revoniuk Artist, IDENTITY, Ukrainian Artist Collective
- Orly Kritzman Visual Artist
- Rebecca Byrne Artist, Zarastro Art
- Richard McVetis Artist, Cavaliero Finn
- Rose Electra Harris Artist
- Sandy Nairne Art Historian, Curator & Deputy Chair, National Trust
- Santiago C. Corrada President and CEO, Visit Tampa Bay
- Sarah Posey Director of Cultural Property, Arts Council England
- Sheena Carrington Market Editor, MyArtBroker
- Stéphanie Quantin-Biancalani Curator of Architecture, Musée National d’art Moderne, Centre Pompidou
- TF Chan Director, COLLECT
- Varuna Kollanethu Founder & Director, Ruup & Form
- Verity Babbs Art Historian, Author & Comedian
- Victoria Comstock-Kershaw Editor, FETCH London
- Will Hall Comedian
- Andrew Molyneux Co-Founder, TM Lighting
- Harry Triggs Co-Founder, TM Lighting
- Hatty Buchanan Artist (2025 Ingram Prize Alumni)
- Jennifer Nieuwland Artist (2025 Ingram Prize Alumni)
- Jo Baring Director, The Ingram Collection
- Tonye Ekine Artist (2025 Ingram Prize Alumni)
Agenda
- FIRESIDE CHATS: ART & INTERIORS-COLLECTING FOR THE HOME 20 January 2026 · VIP Lounge, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- ART & INTERIORS – COLLECTING FOR THE HOME: INTERIOR DESIGNERS RECEPTION 20 January 2026 · VIP Lounge, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- IN CONVERSATION WITH EDWARD BEHRENS & SANDY NAIRNE 20 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- ARTTACTIC PANEL: COLLECTIVE FUTURES: MUSEUMS AND THE COMMERCIAL ART WORLD 20 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0Q3
- THE PERIMETER – DAVID OSTROWSKI EXHIBITION TOUR 21 January 2026 · The Perimeter, 20 Brownlow Mews, London WC1N 2LE
- UNCOVERING AND MANAGING THE YASMIN DAVID ESTATE 21 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- VIP GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS TOUR 21 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge (meeting point)
- COLLECTORS’ GUIDE TO THE PRINT MARKET: PRESENTED WITH MYARTBROKER 21 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- FIRESIDE CHAT & ARTIST SHOWCASE TOUR: CAROLE ELLIS | PRESENTED BY CANCER RESEARCH UK 21 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- ENCOUNTERS TOUR WITH CURATOR PRYLE BEHRMAN 21 January 2026 · Staircase in Encounters section
- GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS TOUR 21 January 2026
- INSIDE TWO MODERNIST ICONS: HIDDEN GEMS AT 2 WILLOW ROAD & THE HOMEWOOD 21 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- VIP CONTEMPORARY ART TOUR 21 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge (meeting point)
- CONTEMPORARY ART TOUR 21 January 2026
- ARTTACTIC ANNUAL ART MARKET REPORT: 2026 LOOK-AHEAD 21 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- BOOK SIGNING | BRENDAN BURNS – THE SPACE BETWEEN 21 January 2026 · Osborne Samuel, Stand 40, Encounters, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- 美丽的和平 / BEAUTIFUL PEACE 21 January 2026 · Siger Gallery, Stand E5, Encounters, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES TOUR 21 January 2026
- NATIONAL TRUST THROWDOWN! WITH VERITY BABBS 21 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- PRINTS & EDITIONS TOUR 21 January 2026
- Waterflower Performance Piece 21 January 2026 · Metamorphika Studios Stand E13, Encounters, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- CANCER RESEARCH UK: THE GIFT OF LEGACY 22 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- PANEL DISCUSSION | ENCOUNTERS: RADICAL CARE 22 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- ENCOUNTERS TOUR WITH CURATOR PRYLE BEHRMAN 22 January 2026 · Staircase in Encounters section
- VISIT TAMPA BAY PANEL: ART WITHOUT BORDERS 22 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- CONTEMPORARY ART TOUR 22 January 2026
- PANEL DISCUSSION WITH NATIONAL TRUST AND PARTNERS: 20TH CENTURY ART AND OBJECTS 22 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- CONTEMPORARY ART TOUR 22 January 2026
- FIRESIDE CHATS: LIVING SYMBOLS-THE CONTEMPORARY LIFE OF ANCIENT CODES 23 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- APPLIED ARTS & MATERIAL INNOVATION TOUR 23 January 2026
- PLATFORM: MATERIAL INNOVATION & THE UNEXPECTED 23 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- MODERN BRITISH ART TOUR 23 January 2026
- PLATFORM: MATERIAL MEANING & THE UNEXPECTED 23 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- ENCOUNTERS TOUR WITH CURATOR PRYLE BEHRMAN 23 January 2026 · Staircase in Encounters section
- IN CONVERSATION: CRAFTLAND × PLATFORM 2026 – MATERIAL, IDENTITY & THE UNEXPECTED 23 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- CONTEMPORARY ART TOUR 23 January 2026
- MODERN BRITISH ART TOUR 23 January 2026
- APPLIED ARTS & MATERIAL INNOVATION TOUR 23 January 2026
- PLATFORM: COLLECTING THE UNEXPECTED 23 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES TOUR 23 January 2026
- PRINTS & EDITIONS TOUR 23 January 2026
- VIP MODERN BRITISH TOUR 24 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge (meeting point)
- GALLERIES TO GO – IN CONVERSATION WITH PAUL CAREY-KENT 24 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES TOUR 24 January 2026
- VIP GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS TOUR 24 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge (meeting point)
- YEAR OF THE HOME: SUPPORTING SCULPTURE AND THE FUTURE OF DORA HOUSE 24 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- FIRESIDE CHAT & ARTIST SHOWCASE TOUR: HELEN ANAHITA WILSON | PRESENTED BY CANCER RESEARCH UK 24 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- MODERN BRITISH ART TOUR 24 January 2026
- ENCOUNTERS TOUR WITH CURATOR PRYLE BEHRMAN 24 January 2026 · Staircase in Encounters section
- GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS TOUR 24 January 2026
- VIP CONTEMPORARY ART TOUR 24 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge (meeting point)
- XPENG: ART IN MOTION – DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY 24 January 2026 · Talks Theatre, Business Design Centre, Islington, N1 0QH
- CONTEMPORARY ART TOUR 24 January 2026
- VIP EMERGING ARTISTS TOUR 24 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge (meeting point)
- APPLIED ARTS & MATERIAL INNOVATION TOUR 24 January 2026
- APPLIED ARTS & MATERIAL INNOVATION TOUR 24 January 2026
- VIP GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS TOUR 25 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge (meeting point)
- VIP EMERGING ARTISTS TOUR 25 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge (meeting point)
- GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS TOUR 25 January 2026
- ENCOUNTERS TOUR WITH CURATOR PRYLE BEHRMAN 25 January 2026 · Staircase in Encounters section
- VIP CONTEMPORARY ART TOUR 25 January 2026 · VIP Collectors Lounge (meeting point)
- MODERN BRITISH ART TOUR 25 January 2026
- CONTEMPORARY ART TOUR 25 January 2026
- FIRESIDE CHATS: INGRAM PRIZE EXHIBITION TALK
- LIGHTING SCULPTURE IN THE HOME – TM LIGHTING X ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS