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Vanity Fair

Despite an art market downturn, London put on a great week of business that reminded everyone why Frieze has been a pillar of the global art circuit for more than two decades. Herewith, a tale of Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Degas, Hockney, Odundo, Whitten, and more.

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London put on a great week of art, one that reminded everyone why Frieze has been a pillar of the global art circuit for more than two decades. Photo: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images)
Marion Maneker
October 13, 2024

If the London art trade is in some kind of a crisis, there were few signs of it this past week. The city was filled with art in museums and galleries and, of course, in the large white tents set up in Regents Park for Frieze London—not to mention in the endless communicating rooms at Somerset House, which was home to the 1-54 Art Fair for contemporary African art.