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Following a very successful 2024, London Art Fair will return from 22-26 January 2025 to the Business Design Centre in Islington, highlighting a selection of the best galleries from the UK, France, Iran, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, and more. The Fair will offer both seasoned and aspiring collectors a diverse presentation of modern and contemporary art and an inspiring programme of talks, panel discussions and artist insights.

Among the leading modern and contemporary art galleries returning to this year’s edition are Alan Wheatley Art, Castlegate House Gallery, Galerie Olivier Waltman, James Freeman Gallery, Portland Gallery, Tin Man Art, Jealous Gallery, and many others, showcasing works spanning painting, photography, sculpture, and design. Modern British art will be well represented at the
fair by galleries such as Jenna Burlingham, Crane Kalman, Osborne Samuel, and Willoughby Gerrish.

MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP

London Art Fair continues its celebration of regional museums through its annual Museum Partnership, which this year will be with the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich.
Founded in 1973 when Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury donated their art collection to the University of East Anglia, the Sainsbury Centre has grown into a museum for world art, celebrating a diverse range of artistic periods, styles and materials. Housed in an iconic grade II* listed building designed by architect Norman Foster, the collection is made up of both recognised masterpieces from twentieth century European art and historic works from across the globe.

Home to a world class collection of art and artefacts ranging from prehistory to the late 20th century, the Sainsbury Centre will show highlights of its remarkable British art and international artefacts in the display for London Art Fair. As the world’s first museum to recognise artworks as being alive, it will present a display entitled Living Art, challenging visitors to reevaluate their relationship with art by encouraging them to meet the works on display not as inanimate objects but as they would with another person. The display will include an immersive installation where visitors can experience what it’s like to be an artwork trapped in a museum case, and be gazed upon by iconic works from the collection, reversing the traditional boundaries that confine art. Championing innovative ways of engaging with art, the Sainsbury Centre will also incorporate films and audio experiences to share stories about the artworks in the presentation.

Jago Cooper, Director of the Sainsbury Centre, said: “We are very excited to be the Museum Partner of London Art Fair 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the Sainsbury Centre’s collection at one of the most important art platforms in the UK and we hope visitors of London Art Fair will find new and meaningful ways to connect with art through our Living Art exhibition. The Sainsbury Centre was founded with the radical idea of removing the barriers that exist between art and people, and between artworks themselves. We continue to honour that radical intent with everything we do and we can’t wait to showcase that at London Art Fair.”

PLATFORM

2025’s edition of the Fair’s annual curated section Platform will be curated by independent curator, facilitator, and cultural consultant Becca Pelly-Fry, whose work stands at the intersection of contemporary art, healing practices and ecology. The section, entitled Today for you, tomorrow for me, takes inspiration from the practice of ‘ayni’, common among the Q’ero people of Peru, which proposes a reciprocal relationship between humans and the natural world as a way of keeping in balance with the land, other beings and each other.

Drawing from Indigenous knowledge which has found resonance in Western science, Platform will showcase the complex interwoven ecosystems, mycelial networks and interspecies communication that make up the natural world, suggesting an interconnectedness between all living things, and recognising the exchanges of energy that permeate the world. With a focus on ecofeminism, mythology, ancient stories, and folklore, Today for you, tomorrow for me will attempt to re-wild visitors’ imaginations, returning them to a more reciprocal relationship with nature.

Sarah Monk, Director of London Art Fair, said: “London Art Fair is very excited to work with Becca Pelly-Fry on this project and to see the exhibit come to fruition at the Fair in January. We look forward to seeing what new insights are raised by the exhibition’s content and providing visitors with the timely opportunity to reflect on their relationship with the natural world at a time when so many habitats and ecosystems are under threat.”

ENCOUNTERS

Established in 2005 to support emerging artists and galleries, with participation in the section subsidised by London Art Fair, Encounters returns to showcase the freshest contemporary art from across the globe. Curated by Dr Pryle Behrman, the section will include new and upcoming artists showing at both local and international galleries from Dublin, Istanbul, Paris, Prague, Tehran, Tokyo, and more.

PRINTS AND EDITIONS

This year’s Fair will also see the return of London Art Fair’s Prints and Editions section, which launched at the 2024 edition to great success and highlights galleries whose displays will focus solely on prints and editions. All levels of collectors will be catered for, from those new to print collecting to connoisseurs of the medium, with featured artists ranging from emerging printmakers to household names.