Frieze London and Frieze Masters wrapped up their 2025 editions on Sunday, October 18th, bringing to a close an optimistic week for the city’s art scene. There were long lines and crowds at the two fairs over the weekend, and dealers reported stronger-than-expected engagement from visitors.
“The strength of the international collector base and the fair’s efforts in developing regional institutional leads have been impressive,” Nick Olney and Eric Gleason of New York gallery Olney Gleason (formerly Kasmin), which made its first public outing at the fair, told Artsy. “It’s been a week of very strong sales and many new opportunities developed.”
Hosting more than 280 exhibitors between its two fairs, booths at this year’s event ranged from the ancient art and antiquities on view at Frieze Masters to experimental presentations at Frieze London’s Focus section of young galleries. (Read Artsy’s round-up of best booths from the fairs here.) Celebrities were spotted almost every day of the events, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Helena Bonham-Carter, and Madonna in attendance.
Beyond the Frieze fairs, London once again proved itself a haven for art lovers. Standout museum shows such as Kerry James Marshall’s major show at the Royal Academy and “Nigerian Modernism” at Tate Modern were complemented by an array of impressive shows on view at commercial galleries. Across town, there were several other buzzy art fairs: Minor Attractions, 1-54 London, and newcomer Echo Soho. (See Artsy’s artwork picks from these fairs here.) In all, the sheer quantity of events and art to see over the week reflected the dynamism and communal spirit of London today.
“London’s art scene is bubbling with the most excitement since a long time,” London-based advisor Daniel Malarkey told Artsy. “It’s more a community than a tournament, and there is a sense that art has its own mind, so it’s not for art to bend to the collectors’ tastes but rather the sense that collectors can catch up with these changing times.”
As collectors’ attention turns to Art Basel Paris, which is getting underway later this week, London’s Frieze Week once again served as a reminder of the strength of the city’s art scene. And if the fairs themselves were anything to go by, this is only likely to continue.
Here, we round up the key sales reported by galleries across Frieze London and Frieze Masters.
Top sales at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2025
Perdu CCXII, 2025
Lee Bul
Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth led reported sales from the fair with Gabriele Münter’s Der blaue Garten (Mein Gartentor) (1909) for CHF2.4 million ($3.01 million) at its Frieze Masters booth. Other sales reported by the gallery across Frieze Masters and Frieze London presentations included:
- René Magritte’s Le domaine enchanté (1953) for $1.6 million.
- Paul Klee’s Befestigter Ort (1929) for €1.45 million ($1.69 million).
- Marcel Duchamp’s Jaquette (1956) for $1.35 million.
- Alina Szapocznikow’s Sculpture-lampe (1970) for $1.2 million.
- A Jack Whitten work for $750,000.
- A Man Ray work for €380,000 ($443,099).
- Ellen Gallagher’s Lips & Paper (1993) for $950,000.
- Avery Singer’s Lost Boccioni (2025) for $800,000.
- Francis Picabia’s Les rochers à Saint-Honorat (ca. 1924–1925) for an undisclosed price and another work by the artist for €325,000 ($378,966).
- Henry Taylor’s painting Untitled (Portrait of Reign Judge) (2025) for $300,000.
- Keith Tyson’s Still Life Emerging From The Rocks Of The Earth (2022) for $300,000.
- Angel Otero’s Childhood in the Mirror (2025) for $285,000.
- George Rouy’s DESIRELINE II (2025) for $275,000.
- Lee Bul’s Perdu CCXII (2025) for $260,000.
- Takesada Matsutani’s Propagation 25-B (2025) for $250,000.
- George Condo’s Head Composition (2025) for $200,000.
- Cindy Sherman’s Untitled #650 (2023) for $200,000.
- Two works from Hans Emmenegger for CHF160,000 ($201,612 and CHF110,000 ($138,608) apiece.
- A work by Anj Smith for $170,000.
- A work by Lorna Simpson for $150,000.
White Cube—one of Artsy’s best booths from the fair—led sales with a £850,000 ($1.14 million) Antony Gormley work. The gallery also reported the following:
- Two Tracey Emin works for £425,000 ($570,647) and £95,000 ($127,556).
- A Shao Fan work for $350,000.
- Two Cai Guo-Qiang pieces for $280,000 and $195,000 apiece.
- Nine Marguerite Humeau pieces for prices ranging between £40,000–£200,000 ($53,708–$268,540).
- A Harland Miller work on paper for £120,000 ($161,124).
- A Howardena Pindell work for $150,000.
- Two Sara Flores canvases for $70,000–$115,000 apiece.
- A Tunji Adeniyi-Jones painting for $90,000.
Thaddaeus Ropac’s sales were led by a Robert Rauschenberg mixed-media work for $850,000. Other sales reported by the gallery included:
- An Antony Gormley sculpture for £500,000 ($671,350).
- A Daniel Richter painting for €420,000 ($489,741).
- A Tony Cragg wooden sculpture for €360,000 ($419,778).
- An Erwin Wurm aluminum sculpture at Frieze Sculpture for €330,000 ($384,796).
- A Gilbert & George work for $225,000.
- A Liza Lou work for $225,000.
- A Joan Snyder painting for $175,000.
- Two paintings by Megan Rooney for £90,000 ($120,843) each.
- A Zadie Xa painting for £90,000 ($120,843).
- Additional works by Hans Josephsohn, Oliver Beer, Gormley, and Snyder also sold for five-figure sums.
The Collector's Visit, 2019
Steven Shearer
David Zwirner
David Zwirner’s sales at Frieze London were led by a Chris Ofili painting for $700,000. Other leading sales reported by the gallery included:
- A Steven Shearer painting for $550,000.
- Two paintings by Lucas Arruda in the $320,000 to $350,000 range apiece.
- A work on paper by Elizabeth Peyton for $300,000.
- A work on paper by Lisa Yuskavage for $180,000.
- Two works by Wolfgang Tillmans in the $115,000 to $250,000 range.
- Works by Kerry James Marshall, Christopher Williams, Huma Bhabha, Sosa Joseph, and Frank Walter also sold for five-figure sums.
Karma’s reported sales at Frieze London were led by Manoucher Yektai’s painting Untitled (1987) for $475,000. The gallery also reported sales including:
- Reggie Burrows Hodges’s Botanist Moon: Sonrae Arrow (2024) for $350,000.
- Gertrude Abercrombie’s Snail Shell with Flags (1956) for $225,000.
- Jeremy Frey’s Chaos (2025), Ann Craven’s Pink Dahlias (Pink Moon, Again) (2023) and Jane Dickson’s Out of Here, Thanksgiving 2 (2008–24) for $75,000 apiece.
- Sales at Karma and Salon 94’s shared Frieze Masters booth were led by Sally Gibori’s Dibirdibi Country for $800,000 and five Shoko Suzuki ceramics, ranging from $24,000 to $46,000.
Robilant+Voena sold Lucio Fontana’s Concetto Spaziale, Attese (Spatial Concept, Waiting) (1965), which had an asking price of €1.6 million ($1.86 million). It also sold two additional works by Fontana, one for €895,000 ($1.04 million) and another with an asking price of €200,000 ($233,210), and a work by Stephen Appleby-Barr for an asking price of £15,500 ($20,811).
Ben Brown Fine Arts sold an undisclosed number of works at its Frieze Masters booth—one of Artsy’s 10 best from the fair—including works by Lucio Fontana, Claude Lalanne, and François-Xavier Lalanne, with prices ranging from $300,000 to $800,000.
Croco Seat, 2007/2018
Claude Lalanne
Ben Brown Fine Arts
Concetto spaziale, Attese (Spatial Concept, Waiting), 1960
Lucio Fontana
Robilant+Voena
Lisson Gallery’s sales were led by a tapestry by Otobong Nkanga for $600,000. Other sales included a Ryan Gander sculpture for £85,000 ($114,129) and two Sarah Cunningham works for $26,000.
Tina Kim Gallery’s sales were led by Ha Chong-hyun work for $550,000. It also sold two paintings by Kibong Rhee for $100,000 and $80,000 each, a textile work by Lee ShinJa for $70,000, a work by Pacita Abad for $35,000, and a painting by Maia Ruth Lee for $24,000.
At Frieze Masters, Annely Juda Fine Art placed a Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart painting for £400,000 ($537,080).
Schoelkopf Gallery reported selling “numerous” works by Andrew Wyeth in its Frieze Masters booth for prices ranging between $40,000 and $395,000.
Kukje Gallery’s sales were led by two Ha Chong-hyun paintings for a price “in the range of” $230,000–$313,600. Other sales included a Kibong Rhee work for $90,000–$108,000, a Kim Yun Shin work for $20,000–$24,000, and a Julian Opie work for £65,000–£78,000 ($87,275–$104,730).
Pace Gallery sold eight works from their solo presentation of William Monk at Frieze London for prices in the range of $30,000 to $295,000.
Maruani Mercier Gallery sold an undisclosed number of works at its Frieze Masters booth, including works by Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, and Francis Picabia for prices in the range of €200,000–€300,000 ($233,210–$349,815) each.
Lawrie Shabibi sold Mona Saudi’s Mother/Earth (1981) for $280,000, as well as a sculpture by the artist for $168,000 and an Iranian travertine work by the artist for $70,000.
Piano Nobile sold a work by Michael Andrews for a price “in the range” of £200,000 ($268,540) and a work by Walter Sickert for a price between £150,000 and £180,000 ($201,405–$241,686)at its Frieze Masters booth.
Sold out booths at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2025
Out of Chaos XIV (Venetian Green), 2025
Daniel Crews-Chubb
Timothy Taylor
Several galleries at the fair reported selling out their booths. These included:
- Timothy Taylor’s presentation of Daniel Crews-Chubb—one of Artsy’s best booths from the fair—with prices ranging from £70,000–£95,000 ($93,989–$127,556) apiece.
- Gagosian’s solo booth of works by Lauren Halsey for undisclosed prices.
- El Apartamento’s presentation of artists Ariamna Contino and Alex Hernández, in the fair’s Focus section, with prices for works ranging from $6,000–$55,000.
- Other galleries reporting sell-out booths in the fair’s Focus section included Brunette Coleman, Ginny on Frederick, King’s Leap, and Harlesden High Street.
More key sales from Frieze London 2025
Secret Sunset, 2025
Diana Al-Hadid
Olney Gleason
Olney Gleason reported selling some 17 works from their booth. Sales were led by a Robert Indiana work for $200,000, and other sales included a work by Diana Al-Hadid for $90,000, three works by Sara Anstis for $10,000 to $50,000 apiece, two works by Cynthia Daignault for $18,000 and $50,000, and two paintings by Alexis Ralaivao for $20,000 and $40,000 each. The gallery also sold a work by vanessa german for $32,000 and a work by Lyn Liu for $12,000.
Stephen Friedman Gallery sold two paintings by Sarah Ball for prices in the range of £15,000–£150,000 ($20,140–$201,405) apiece, as well as Ball’s work Petros (2025) to the Frieze Fund of the Arts Council Collection for an undisclosed sum. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s Trade Canoe: King of the Mountain (2025), showing in Frieze Sculpture, was also sold for an undisclosed sum in a co-presentation with Garth Greenan Gallery.
Sprüth Magers’s sales were led by a George Condo work for $600,000. Other sales reported by the gallery included a work by Gala Porras-Kim for $100,000, a work by Jon Rafman for $45,000, two works by Gary Hume for $90,000 each, an Anne Imhof work for $55,000, and 21 works by Marcel Van Eeden in the price range of €2,400 to €14,000 ($2,798–$16,324) each. It also sold works by Henni Alftan, Rosemarie Trockel, John Baldessari, and Pamela Rosenkranz for undisclosed prices.
Emma F, 2025
Sarah Ball
Stephen Friedman Gallery
More sales reported by galleries at the fair are as follows:
- Nature Morte sold an oil painting by Subodh Gupta for €200,000 ($233,210) and a painting by Raghav Babbar for an undisclosed price.
- Southern Guild’s sales were led by a work by Zizipho Poswa for $90,000. It also sold three Zanele Muholi works for prices ranging from $22,000 to $80,000 each, and two Chidy Wayne works for prices ranging from $9,500 to $26,000.
- Nara Roesler’s sales included four works by Alberto Pitta in the curated Echoes in the Present section, with prices ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 each.
- In the same curated section, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel sold “a significant number” of works from their solo presentation of Tadáskía, with each priced at $45,000.
- Galerie Nordenhake placed an Elena Damiani work for $35,000. It also sold four Spencer Finch works and a work by Meuser for undisclosed prices.
- Jane Lombard Gallery sold a work by Jane Bustin for a price in the range of $15,000 to $25,000.
- Carl Freedman Gallery’s sales included two works by Billy Childish at £40,000–£70,000 ($53,708–$93,989) each, four pieces by Lola Stong-Brett for £20,000 ($26,854) each, nine ceramics by Lindsey Mendick for £8,000 ($10,741) each, and eight works by Studio Lenca between £5,000 and £21,000 ($6,713–$28,196) apiece.
- P420 sold an undisclosed number of works by Shafei Xia, with prices ranging from €5,000–€30,000 ($5,830–$34,981) apiece.
- Public Gallery sold seven works by Xin Liu, with prices ranging between £5,000 and £15,000 ($6,713–$20,140) apiece.
Sleep, 2025
Xin Liu (b. 1991)
Public Gallery
Sailing in the mirror, 2025
Shafei Xia
P420
- Anat Ebgi sold multiple works from its dual presentation of Robert Russell and An Te Liu, for prices ranging between $12,00 and $16,000.
- ATHR sold 10 works, including Daniah Al Saleh’s A Palette's Stone 1 (2024) for £5,500 ($7,384) and Tayma 3 (2025) for £4,700 ($6,310).
- TAFETA’s sales included two pieces by Bunmi Agusto for undisclosed prices.
- Lehmann Maupin reported the sale of more than 15 works by Do Ho Suh for undisclosed prices.
More key sales from Frieze Masters 2025
Untitled, 1972
Bertina Lopes
Richard Saltoun
Other sales reported by galleries at Frieze Masters included:
- DAG’s sales included an undisclosed number of works by J. Sultan Ali for $91,000 apiece and Jamini Roy for $45,000 apiece.
- Stephen Friedman sold out its presentation of paintings by Anne Rothenstein in the fair’s Studio section. Prices ranged from £40,000 to £75,000 ($53,708–$100,702) each for paintings, and £7,000 to £15,000 ($9,398–$20,140) each for collage works.
- Richard Saltoun’s sales included two pieces by Bertina Lopes, priced between £65,000 and £85,000 ($87,275–$114,129) apiece.
- Harper’s reported sales included two works by Iria Leino for $60,000 and $68,000, respectively.
- Berry Campbell—one of Artsy’s best booths from the fair—reported the sale of 12 works in their solo presentation of works by Janice Biala, with prices ranging from $18,000 to $55,000 apiece.
- Pace Gallery’s solo presentation of Peter Hujar yielded six sales for prices between $25,000 to $45,000.
- BASTIAN sold a Cy Twombly photograph for €40,000 ($46,642).
- Vadehra Art Gallery’s presentation of new works by Anju Dodiya—another of Artsy’s best booths from the fair—in the Studio section sold for $50,000 each.
- The Gallery of Everything reported that seven works from its solo booth of Madge Gill had been sold on the fair’s opening day. This included one work acquired by the Tate collection and another by the National Portrait Gallery for undisclosed prices.
- Osborne Samuel’s sold works included a polished bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth for an undisclosed sum.
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