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BRITISH ART FAIR 2024 | 33rd Edition | 26 - 29 September 2024 | Saatchi Gallery London. The result is a niche event of the highest quality.

Founded in 1988, British Art Fair is the only fair dedicated to Modern and contemporary British art. Each year, fifty leading dealers exhibit paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures covering all the important artistic movements of the past 100 years: from the early modernists to the YBAs to contemporary street art. Most of the great names of 20th century British art are represented: Bomberg, F

reud, Frink, Frost, Hepworth, Hockney, Lowry, Moore, Nash, Piper, Riley, Spencer and Sutherland alongside contemporary names such as Grayson Perry, Banksy and many others of the 21st century. Much of the work is privately sourced and fresh to the market and dealers keep work back for the fair. NEXT EDITION: Autumn 2023, Saatchi Gallery, London (TBA)

05/11/2024

Has Long and Ryle got bigger?

No, the Pimlico gallery hasn’t had an extension: they are currently showing the latest exhibition of the painter John Monks, a modern master of perspective. Nearly filling the far wall is a huge oil painting – featuring the interior of the dining room of a grand mansion, dominated by a chandelier – which leads the eye to a backlit open doorway on the far side.

Unlike the chic gallery, the imaginary room is in a mess: more a case of derelict than faded grandeur, as if Miss Havisham had just nipped out to make a cup of tea. The painting draws you towards it: you feel like you could walk into it, then walk through it, treading ever so carefully. What lies beyond that mesmerising doorway?

‘Palette’ is the seventh exhibition Long and Ryle has held of John Monks’ work, over a 22-year period. Monks’ interiors and landscapes need to be seen in the flesh to appreciate the extent of their dark beauty. The interplay of tones and colours emanating from his wild, impasto brushstrokes; the complementary contrast of rough and smooth, dark and light; the crafty use of glazes to create that space-defying depth of field.

The paintings are unpeopled, which adds to their mystery: a grey building seen through a hollow of trees; a grand piano angrily strewn with a clutter of music scores; a four-poster bed shy of its mattress. There are paintings within the paintings, landscapes within the interiors. Move real close, and you realise each piece could be cut into sections, jumbled up, and presented as a series of abstract-impressionist works.

Palette runs until January 10

01/11/2024

British Art Fair exhibitor is celebrating twenty five years of art dealing this week with an online exhibition. To also mark their special anniversary, the gallery are offering a 25% discount on all works included in the exhibition to the first five purchasers. ⁠
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Founded in 1999, and based in St James’ and Mayfair for the majority of the last quarter of a century, the gallery has shared the same founding principle as British Art Fair, and champions British art with a particular focus and speciality in 20th Century British and figurative art. The gallery has played an instrumental role in promoting art since the Second World War, and has presented numerous important historical exhibitions of the Geometry of Fear sculptors, the Kitchen Sink painters, The School of London; and British Pop Art. ⁠
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As well as major group shows, the gallery has also presented solo shows from numerous leading Modern British artists including Francis Bacon, Edward Burra, Lucian Freud, Bridget Riley, Eduardo Paolozzi, as well as supporting a younger generation of figurative painters such as Lewis Chamberlain and Ben Spiers. ⁠
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To view the exhibition, head to our link in bio. ⁠
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Leon Kossoff (1926 - 2019), Rosalind II, 1980, Charcoal and coloured chalk on paper, 100.3 x 68.2 cm⁠
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Robert Medley (1905-1994), Self Portrait, c. 1950, Oil on canvas, 33 x 22.9 cm⁠
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Peter de Francia (1921-2012), Lavender distillery with worker, 1956⁠
Oil on canvas, 41 x 30.5 cms⁠
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Images courtesy James Hyman Fine Art⁠
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31/10/2024

British Art Fair exhibitor is celebrating twenty five years of art dealing this week with an online exhibition. To also mark their special anniversary, the gallery are offering a 25% discount on all works included in the exhibition to the first five purchasers.

Founded in 1999, and based in St James’ and Mayfair for the majority of the last quarter of a century, the gallery has shared the same founding principle as British Art Fair, and champions British art with a particular focus and speciality in 20th Century British and figurative art. The gallery has played an instrumental role in promoting art since the Second World War, and has presented numerous important historical exhibitions of the Geometry of Fear sculptors, the Kitchen Sink painters, The School of London; and British Pop Art.

As well as major group shows, the gallery has also presented solo shows from numerous leading Modern British artists including Francis Bacon, Edward Burra, Lucian Freud, Bridget Riley, Eduardo Paolozzi, as well as supporting a younger generation of figurative painters such as Lewis Chamberlain and Ben Spiers.

To view the exhibition, head to our link in bio.

24/10/2024

“I work towards such an interdependence of parts that nothing could be added or taken away: a kind of absolute. When it happens, the eye and the spirit join up, just at the ear and soul do when you listen to a fine song” - John McLean

The Fine Art Society, winners' of this year's 'Best Curated Stand' at British Art Fair, are currently showing 'Pleasure Garden', an exhibition of works by John McLean. Regarded as one of the outstanding abstract painters of his generation, John McLean, who died in 2019, left a rich and substantial legacy, with colour, form, and space at the core of his work.

Works spanning four decades of McLean’s career are on show, marking a route from expansive gestural abstraction to delineated geometry. Ranging from works on paper, to sculpture, the exhibition deftly highlights the cohesion of his work, and emphasis on visual spaciality across large and small scales, in two and three dimensions.

Visit the exhibition at The Fine Art Society's Edinburgh gallery until 9 November.

John McLean, Pleasure Garden, 1998/2003, acrylic on canvas, 28 ¼ x 54 ¾ inches. Image courtesy The Fine Art Society

19/10/2024

Caro | Moore is a major survey highlighting the relationship between two of the most important British sculptors of the twentieth century, Henry Moore and Anthony Caro.

The exhibition explores how they were responsible for changing the face of sculpture on an international level, and who were each regarded in their own generations as leading ambassadors of British Modernism.

The two men first crossed paths in 1951 when Caro was a young student at the Royal Academy, at which time he knocked unannounced on Moore’s farmhouse door in Hertfordshire. Within six months, he became Moore’s part-time studio assistant. Staying in this capacity for two years, the two men’s working relationship flourished.

The exhibition assesses this relationship between student and mentor and explore’s Caro’s dramatic shift in style following the development of his friendship with American art critic, Clement Greenberg, and also sheds a new light on Caro’s divergent abstractions whilst calling attention to the continued significance of Moore’s figurative works.

Caro | Moore is on view at Willoughby Gerrish’s new Savile Row gallery, until 22 November.

Artwork Credits:
Henry Moore, Family Group, 1945/1946, Bronze, 14 x 11.4 x 7.5 cm
Anthony Caro, Seated Figure, 1955, Bronze, 39.4 x 37.5 x 47 cm
Images Courtesy Willoughby Gerrish

17/10/2024

'The Six Seasons’ is an exhibition of new digital collages by the British artist Emily Allchurch at James Freeman Gallery.

Inspired by Bruegel’s ‘Seasons’ paintings from 1565, Allchurch’s archival prints reimagine Bruegel’s works as assemblages of thousands of contemporary photographs. By recreating Bruegel’s paintings with images from today, Emily looks at the central theme of the ‘Seasons’ – man’s relationship to nature and the land – and asks what has changed in the intervening centuries, and what has stayed the same.

The imagery for this work was taken in Somerset, particularly in the Mendips and the Somerset Levels. In Emily’s work, while the main thoroughfare still cuts a diagonal, as in Bruegel’s, what was once a river is now a motorway, the cattle have all but disappeared, and litter appears in the foreground as a marker of the contemporary everyday.

Allchurch’s collage also plays on the surreal quality of Bruegel’s landscapes, whose craggy cliffs and great circular lake were certainly not to be found in the flatlands of Flanders. Her work underlines both how fantastical these depictions of the landscape are, and how much has changed in the intervening centuries.

It’s the last week to catch the exhibition at James Freeman, open until 26th October.

Credit: Emily Allchurch ‘The Six Seasons - Autumn (after Bruegel), Archival C-type print, 124 x 105 cm . Courtesy James Freeman Gallery

14/10/2024

SOLO CONTEMPORARY, curated by returned for the third year at British Art Fair 2024, with a fantastic arrary of one-artist presentations by the UK’s most exciting galleries and dealers. This year, SOLO CONTEMPORARY extended to include SOLO Curated, which presented a further selection of works by artists exhibiting in the section. Together, the two zones represented the dynamism that continues to evolve within contemporary British painting.

Highlights incuded; a selection of .collings_ drawings depicting an alternative art history, presented by ; a group of paintings by .mccrickard made specially for stand bouncing off the famous Toulouse Lautrec canvas, “Le Lit”; and a series of recent works by inspired by his life in Nairobi, Kenya, where he spent his childhood, shown by Guerin Projects .llamas

On Friday night, we celebrated the annoucement of the SOLO CONTEMPORARY Award winner, which this year, went to , shown by and the . Drawing inspiration from Haitian Voodoo practitioners, painters of the Sacred Heart, anonymous African craftsmen, and his daily walks in Brixton, Odedina’s work revives and deconstructs classic themes. By blending ancient Greek and Yoruba mythologies with everyday life, he sparks dynamic narratives that bridge different eras and cultures.⁠

Discover all the SOLO CONTEMPORARY exhibitors at British Art Fair 2024 via the link in bio.

11/10/2024

We were delighted to welcome the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust as Exhibition Partner at British Art Fair 2024 for a special exhibition of works by the pioneering modernist artist.

Taking centre stage were three original works on paper made following Barns-Graham’s time spent in Switzerland between 1949-1950, alongside a spectacular new textile work made in collaboration between the Trust and Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios, presenting an interpretation of Barns-Graham’s Glacier Ice Face painting.

The exhibition also featured a selection of late screen prints by Barns-Graham as well as works by six contemporary artists supported by the Trust, , .e.mackenzie, , , and Clare Wardman

We had a wonderful time launching the book Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: The Glaciers, which provides the first comprehensive account on Barn-Graham’s unique and life-long artistic response to the Grindelwald Glacier. Thanks go to two of the books contributor’s .strang.art, who presented an insightful talk, and who performed poems from her recently published collection ‘End of the Glacier’, inspired by Barns-Graham’s Glacier works.

Read more about the exhibition in our British Art News piece ‘All Angles at Once’ via the link in bio.

04/10/2024

British Art Fair 2024 saw the launch of PIVOTAL: Digitalism, which marked the first time a UK art fair has dedicated an entire section to digital art.

Curated by , the ‘Digitalists’ who exhibited in the section reflect a pivotal moment in the rapid expansion of digital technologies, which are having a profound effect on contemporary art and culture, and defining a new ‘ism’. It was wonderful to see the enthusiam and interest from visitors throughout the week who engaged with the immersive digital experience.

We would like to thank Curator , the advisory board of digital luminaries, and all the exhibitors, for creating the first fantastic digital art experience at British Art Fair. Thanks also go to PIVOTAL’s partners, who brought the section to life; to , who designed and fitted out the dedicated immersive space; to , who supplied their specialist digital art frames; to .space , who delivered the AR (Augmented Reality) component of the show; and to , a pioneering digital arts platform that shares PIVOTAL’s mission to broaden the audience for digital art, and offered every visitor a free artwork.

If you missed PIVOTAL: Digitalism at British Art Fair this year, or would like to revisit the exhibition, you can discover all the exhibitors on the PIVOTAL: Digitalism website via the link in bio.

To invest in the ‘Digitalists’ at British Art Fair, and start building your digital art collection, please direct any sales queries to [email protected]

30/09/2024

That's a wrap on British Art Fair 2024! Another wonderful edition has come to an end, and on behalf of the whole team, we would like to thank our visitors, dedicated exhibitors, partners, collectors and staff for making this such a fantastic year.
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From food and drinks provided by , , and , which kept us fueled throughout the fair and allowed us to toast with friends old and new. To our tremendous charity partner for their inspiring auction to raise money and awareness on the sanitation crisis, and our Exhibition partner , for an important display of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's late screenprints and Glacier works.

Thanks also go to our Headline partner , and Collectors' Preview partner , and media partners: and
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Most importantly, thank you to our exhibitors, not only for all their hard work over the fair, but for bringing exciting, ambitious and rare works, making British Art Fair the place to acquire the very best pieces in Modern and Contemporary British art.⁠
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We hope you enjoyed your time at the fair and we look forward to seeing you again next year.⁠
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For now, be sure to sign up to our mailing list via the link in bio to be updated via our news channels, British Art News and BLAST Art Market Reports.⁠
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29/09/2024

Today is your last chance to visit British Art Fair 2024. Head to Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea to explore three storeys of elegant Modern and Contemporary British Art presentations.⁠
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We have our special exhibition with , exhibiting a selection of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's works alongside six contemporary artists supported by the Trust.

SOLO CONTEMPORARY, a platform for for cutting edge galleries and dealers exhibiting works by one star of the contemporary art world.

PIVOTAL: Digitalism, an innovative new section dedicated to the best digital art being created and exhibited in Britain today, brings together leading artists in the field, one space provides immersive experiences in digital art, and in the other, the opportunity to see the latest AI, AR, VR, digital sculpture, moving image, photography, and painting being created.

Find WaterAid's charity auction 'Best Seat in the House', on the second floor. 25 artists and celebrities have created one-of-a-kind toilet seat artworks to help raise awareness and vital funds to 'lift the lid' on the sanitation crisis.
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Find us today from 11am - 5pm for our final day. ⁠
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You can book tickets before you arrive via the link in bio or get them on the door. ⁠

26 – 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON⁠
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28/09/2024

British Art Fair SOLO Contemporary Artist Award 2024 - Winner Abe Odedina shown by Virginia Damtsa and the African Art Hub.

SOLO CONTEMPORARY Curator Zavier Ellis awarded a prize, sponsored by Winsor & Newton and Contemporary Art Academy, for the best artist in the SOLO Contemporary section of British Art Fair 2023. The winner - chosen by a panel of experts , .gibson and was , shown by and . The prize was awarded yesterday evening, and kicked off our wonderful Friday Late, which featured the ‘Meet the Artists’ event, where many artists attended to discuss their work with visitors.

You’ll find Abe Odedina’s work in the SOLO CONTEMPORARY section on the second floor of Saatchi Gallery at Stand SOLO 10, a project that launched in 2022 where cutting edge galleries and dealers exhibit a set of works by one star of the contemporary art world. A Ramsay Fairs initiative, curated by Zavier Ellis, SOLO is a continuation of British Art Fair’s founding principle to champion British art and artists. ⁠SOLO CONTEMPORARY has expanded this year to include SOLO Curated - together the two zones highlight the diverse and vibrant nature of contemporary painting in the UK today. Selected and curated by Zavier Ellis, the artists in SOLO Curated represents the dynamism that continues to evolve within contemporary British painting.

Abe Odedina, The Entomologist (Man drawing insects) 122 x 80 cm, 2024, Acrylic on Plywood

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26 – 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON⁠
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27/09/2024

Join us for an evening of art discovery until 9pm tonight for our Friday Late, with complimentary drinks served from our Partners , , . Open to all visitors, the evening will provide the opportunity to meet a variety of exhibiting artists, learn about their processes and creative inspirations, and discuss their work in informal ways.

Leading on from last year's success with winner , tonight will also feature the Contemporary Artist Award 2024. Artists exhibiting in SOLO CONTEMPORARY will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges and will be presented from 5pm. Prizes include a £2,500 material award sponsored by Winsor & Newton and a £1,000 voucher for online courses sponsored by Contemporary Art Academy.⁠

During the evening, make a stop at PIVOTAL: Digitalism, British Art Fair's innovative new section dedicated to the very best digital art being created and exhibited in the UK today. Curated by , PIVOTAL: Digitalism will provide visitors with immersive experiences in digital art, and the opportunity to see the latest AI, AR, VR, digital sculpture, moving image, photography and painting being created.

Book your Friday ticket via the link in bio.

26 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON⁠

27/09/2024

We are now open for the public days of British Art Fair 2024. We had a fantastic day yesterday for our Collectors' Preview and look forward to welcoming you over the coming days.

Since 1988 British Art Fair has been the flagship fair for Modern British art, representing celebrated artists including Bridget Riley, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney, Terry Frost, John Piper and many more. ⁠
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Join us at Saatchi Gallery this week to discover Modern British and Contemporary art, and discuss the paintings, sculptures and prints with our specialist dealers, who can advise you on all aspects of starting or building up a collection.⁠

Book your ticket online via the link in bio, or buy them on the door.
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26 – 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON⁠
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26/09/2024

British Art Fair 2024 is now open until Sunday 29 September.

Join us today for our Collector’s Preview in collaboration with 11am - 9pm 🥂

You can plan your visit by heading to our website, which includes all programming information, opening hours and instructions on how to get to Saatchi Gallery. Tickets are available via our bio, or on the door.

We look forward to welcoming you over the coming days.

26 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON

25/09/2024

Past meets present.

One of British Art Fair’s prime objectives is to highlight the synergy between contemporary and Modern British art; to draw a connection between the work of the country’s most promising emerging artists and the Mod Brit greats.

The work of painter Gavin Nolan exemplifies this synergy, as you can see from these two highlighted portraits, from a collection of his latest work which will be shown by CHARLIE SMITH LONDON in Zavier Ellis’ SOLO Contemporary section of the fair.

One, enigmatically entitled Exposure (Just Hang Us Out), depicts Augustus John in his Fryern Court studio in Hampshire, based on a 1959 composition by the Russian portrait photographer Ida Kar, and featuring two of the clay busts John made in the latter part of his career. The second – Skim (Her Brave Bow to Harp) – has used a Rosemary Mathews photograph as its source, featuring Barbara Hepworth ‘piercing the stone’ at her Trewyn studio in Cornwall in 1961.

Nolan’s latest body of work features iconic twentieth-century artists engaged in the creative process. These are ‘referred self-portraits’ reflecting, he says, his ‘knowledge that his own assumptions, beliefs and judgement tendencies influence the making process.’ In doing so, he is ‘manifesting alternative realities where each portrait acts as a cipher for a confluence of personal, objective, real and imagined events.’

Other artists featured in the series include Philip Guston, Piet Mondrian, Isamu Noguchi, Louise Bourgeois, and Edwin Dickinson.

25/09/2024

Tomorrow at 11am, we’ll be opening the doors to British Art Fair 2024. We’re excited to return to Saatchi Gallery with new initiatives and exhibitions. Join us for this edition, with top dealers showcasing the best of Modern and Contemporary British Art.

Highlights include a special exhibition with who will exhibit a selection of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's works alongside pieces by six contemporary artists. A special video room will show filmed performances by of poems from her recently published collection ‘End of the Glacier' inspired by Barns-Graham’s Glaciers works.

SOLO CONTEMPORARY, a curated platform by for cutting-edge British artists.

PIVOTAL: Digitalism, an innovative new section curated by and an advisory board of digital luminaries will be held across two top floor galleries, presenting the best digital art being created and exhibited in Britain.

Enjoy an evening of art discovery at our Friday Late. Join us until 9pm on Friday 27th with our 'Meet the Artists' event, and complimentary drinks from our partners and

We’ll be joined once again by for the auction 'Best Seat in the House', a collaboration with renowned photographer Rankin and 25 artists and celebrities who have designed their own unique toilet seats to raise awareness and vital funds to help ‘lift the lid’ on the sanitation crisis.

Find tickets via the link in our bio.

26 – 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON

24/09/2024

The doors to British Art Fair open at 11am on Thursday 26 September for the Collectors' Preview, with the fair open to the public from Friday 27 September until 5pm on Sunday 29 September.

A curated selection of the UK's leading galleries and art dealers will present the very best Modern and Contemporary British Art over three floors of Saatchi Gallery, London.

Don’t miss our exhibition with , including a special video room of filmed performances by Alyson Hallett of poems from her recently published collection inspired by Barns-Graham's Glacier works, as well as a book launch for the new publication ‘Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. The Glaciers’ at 2pm on Saturday with Art Historian and Curator .strang.art

SOLO CONTEMPORARY, British Art Fair's platform for a diverse range of leading contemporary artists, curated by will be held on the second floor of the gallery, and PIVOTAL: Digitalism, an innovative section dedicated to British digital art today will bring together leading artists in the field across two top floor galleries.

We’re also excited for the return of our official Charity Partner . WaterAid aims to highlight the importance of the humble loo with the exciting exhibition and auction: ‘Best Seat in the House’. The collaboration with renowned photographer Rankin has seen 25 artists and celebrities design their own unique toilet seat to raise awareness and vital funds to help ‘lift the lid’ on the sanitation crisis.

To keep you sustained during your art discoveries, food and drink will be provided by , ,

Book your ticket via the link in our bio.

26 – 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON

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A few of our favourite moments from the Collectors’ Preview and Friday Late at British Art Fair 2024. It was wonderful to welcome so many visitors through the doors of Saatchi Gallery for our Collectors’ Preview, which provided the opportunity to get the first look at the very finest Modern and Contemporary art on display, and discuss the paintings, sculptures, and prints with our specialist dealers who were on hand to advise on all aspects of building up a collection. Congratulations go to @thefineartsoc who were awarded the ‘Best Curated Stand’, presented by Fair Directors Gay Hutson and @willramsayfairs @wateraid hosted their event for ‘Best Seat in the House’, an exhibition and auction of one-of-a-kind toilet seat artworks designed by artists and celebrities to help raise awareness and vital funds to ‘lift the lid’ on the sanitation crisis. Our lively Friday Late took place on 27th September, with a focus on the top floor of the Saatchi in PIVOTAL: Digitalism, an innovative new fair section dedicated to digital art, and SOLO CONTEMPORARY, our returning platform curated by @zavierellisstudio which launched in 2022 for cutting edge galleries and dealers to present a set of works by one star of the contemporary art world. SOLO CONTEMPORARY buzzed with visitors for the special ‘Meet the Artists’ event, where many artists attended to discuss their work and creative inspirations, as well as the presentation for the SOLO CONTEMPORARY Artist Award, which was presented this year to @abeodedina, shown by @virginia_damtsa and @theafricanarthub. Thank you again to all those who attended the Fair and look out for further highlights from this year’s edition, along with the return of British Art News and BLAST Art Market Reports. Sign up via the link in bio. #britishartfair #contemporarybritishart #modernbritishart #modernart #modbrit #contemporaryart #britishart #britishartist #saatchigallery #londonart

We’ve been having such a wonderful time greeting you during the first two busy days at Saatchi Gallery. Now, we’re open for the weekend. There’s still plenty of time to come and enjoy the best in Modern and Contemporary British Art, with works from celebrated artists such as Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Tracey Emin and Bridget Riley.⁠ ⁠ Saturday 29 September, 11am - 6pm⁠ Sunday 30 September, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ Remember to ask for your re-entry ticket so you can come back as much as you like before we close at 5pm on Sunday. See you soon. ⁠ ⁠ 26 – 29 SEPTEMBER 2024 SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON⁠ 📸 @dgs_media ⁠ #britishartfair #contemporarybritishart #modernbritishart #modernart #modbrit #contemporaryart #britishart #britishartist #saatchigallery #londonart

PIVOTAL: Digitalism curator Rebekah Tolley-Georgiou interviews PIVOTAL partners and exhibitors Muse Frame and Sedition about their love of digital art, the Digitalism art movement, and how to start your own digital art collection. @museframe and @seditionart have joined forces to present a dynamic collaboration showcasing pioneering artists at the intersection of digital and physical art. Muse Frame, renowned for its high-resolution 4k digital art displays has revolutionised how collectors engage with digital and NFT artworks, transforming any space into a personal gallery, and participated at prestigious events including Art Basel and Maison & Objet. Sedition, a trailblazing art platform offers a curated selection of contemporary digital works from globally respected artists and has previously partnered with major brands and cultural institutions including Samsung, the Royal Academy, and Serpentine Galleries. Curated by @rebekahtolleygeorgiou and a team of digital luminaries, PIVOTAL: Digitalism is an innovative new section dedicated to digital art being created and exhibited in Britain today, and provides the opportunity to see the latest AI, AR, VR, digital sculpture, moving image, photography and painting being created. #britishartfair #contemporarybritishart #digitalart #digitalsculpture #AI #AR #VR #modernbritishart #modernart #contemporaryart #modbrit #britishart #britishartist #saatchigallery #saatchi

With one week to go until we open, we can't wait to welcome you to British Art Fair. It's your last chance for Advanced General Admission tickets - ends midnight on Sunday. ⁠ Discover our exciting 2024 programme: with our Modern and Contemporary exhibitors at the heart of the fair, this year's edition will also see the returning SOLO CONTEMPORARY platform and WaterAid auction, along with a special exhibition from the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust, and PIVOTAL: Digitalism, a new section dedicated to British digital art today. Make the most of your Friday evening at our late night opening, and explore the fair until 9pm. Discover more about the exhibiting artists and their work at our 'Meet the Artist' event, and enjoy complimentary drinks our partners Sipsmith, Prime Time Beer and The Macallan Whiskey. Book your tickets today via the link in bio. We advise you to book your tickets in advance for easy entry. You are welcome to arrive at any point during the day for which your ticket is valid, and may stay as long as you wish. 26 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2024 SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON⁠ ⁠ #britishartfair #contemporarybritishart #modernbritishart #modernart #modbrit #contemporaryart #britishart #britishartist #britishartnews #saatchigallery #exhibition #exhibitioninlondon

Less than two weeks to go until the opening of British Art Fair 2024. We can’t wait to greet you through our doors 26 - 29 September. Join us at Saatchi Gallery with top dealers showing the very best Modern and Contemporary British Art.⁠ ⁠ Book your ticket today via the link in bio.⁠ Featured artwork: Albert Irvin OBE RA, ‘Louise I’, 2002, printed and published by Advanced Graphics London. Screenprint, edition size 80, paper size 23 x 30.5cm, signed by the artist verso⁠. 26 — 29 SEPTEMBER 2024 SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON⁠ #britishartfair #contemporarybritishart #modernbritishart #modernart #modbrit #contemporaryart #britishart #britishartist #britishartnews #londonevents #saatchigallery #saatchi #exhibition #exhibitioninlondon

Meet the experts showcasing the greatest names in 20th and 21st Century British art, all under one roof in just under a month’s time. View our exhibitor list now, via the link in bio. Book your ticket to British Art Fair 2024 via the link in bio 26 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2024 SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON⁠ #britishartfair #contemporarybritishart #modernbritishart #modernart #contemporaryart #modbrit #britishart #britishartist #britishartnews #londonevents #saatchigallery #saatchi

Only 1 month to go until British Art Fair 2024. From 26 – 29 September 2024, leading dealers from across the UK will gather at Saatchi Gallery, London, to exhibit a variety of exciting, ambitious, and rare works from Britain's most celebrated artists. The 2024 fair is set to showcase the greatest names in British Art, such as Albert Irvin, David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Frank Auerbach, Alan Davie, Paul Nash, L.S. Lowry, Paula Rego, Barbara Hepworth, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Visit our website to learn about some of the exciting features set to take place, including SOLO CONTEMPORARY, PIVOTAL: Digitalism and a special exhibition from Exhibition Partner @barnsgraham and secure your ticket to this year’s event. Book your advance ticket today via the link below https://britishartfair.seetickets.com/tour/british-art-fair?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BAF24-one-month-to-go&utm_content=buy-tickets 26 — 29 SEPTEMBER 2024 SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON⁠ Detail from Albert Irvin OBE RA, ‘Louise I’, 2002, printed and published by Advanced Graphics London. Screenprint, edition size 80, paper size 23 x 30.5cm, signed by the artist verso #britishartfair #contemporarybritishart #modernbritishart #modernart #contemporaryart #modbrit #britishart #britishartist #britishartnews #londonevents #saatchigallery #saatchi

In the latest issue of BLAST, Colin Gleadell reviews a Modern British and Irish Art sale at Bonhams on July 17 that provided a positive backdrop to the market as it wound down for the summer before reopening with British Art Fair in September. This issue offers insight into a large abstract by John Piper once thought destroyed in the Blitz, the sale of a John Craxton work for double its estimate, and an early L.S. Lowry painting that excited some competition. Other highlights of the sale include a high price for a previously unrecorded Lucien Freud watercolour, painted when he was just 20, and a record sale for an eerie Tristram Hillier painting that reflects the current enthusiasm for the artist. Read the full report via the link in bio.

As the fair approaches, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the galleries that will be joining us this edition. The Tree Art Gallery will present the work Benacre Birch III, by Julian Perry at British Art Fair this September. The British landscape tradition is impossible to imagine without trees and, as a landscape painter, Julian Perry depicts trees as an expression of mankind's integral relationship with the natural world. Perry is currently exhibiting in Summer Contemporary at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, through to 1 September. James Hyman Gallery's summer exhibition focuses on Rarities. Among unrecorded photographs by John Deakin, a rare 1930's Derrick Greaves, and unique overpainted prints by Paula Rego, the exhibition features Sebastiane by Robert Medley. This work shows artist and film-maker Derek Jarman in front of a large painting by his celebrated teacher. Sebastiane belonged to Jarman and had pride of place at his home in Dungeness, Prospect Cottage. The exhibition runs online until 19 August. Whitford Fine Art will be presenting Mildred Bendall at British Art Fair this Autumn. Born in 1891, Bendall trained as a painter during 1910-1914 at the Bordeaux ‘Ecole des Beaux-Arts’ and later at ‘Academie de la Grande Chaumière.’ During this time, she developed a friendship with Henri Matisse, who left a lasting impression on Bendall and her work. A unique blend of Fauvism and Expressionism articulates her individual visual enjoyment of nature and its satisfying harmonies. Her paintings are strong and tender, modern in technique, yet attractive and sumptuous in appearance. Explore our 2024 exhibitors via the link in bio. 26 — 29 SEPTEMBER 20234 SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON

Earlybird ticket offer for British Art Fair ends 14 July. Explore the flagship fair for British Art, with over 70 of the UK's leading galleries and dealers showcasing celebrated artists including Frank Auerbach, Banksy, Tracey Emin, Terry Frost, Barbara Hepworth, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Albert Irvin, Gwen John, LS Lowry, Henry Moore and Bridget Riley. Book now to take advantage of our Earlybird offers via the link below. https://britishartfair.seetickets.com/tour/british-art-fair?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BAF24-earlybird-reminder&utm_content=book-tickets 26 - 29 September Saatchi Gallery, London, SW3 4RY

In his latest auction report, BLAST #16, Colin Gleadell highlighted two star performances from works by female Surrealist’s. Firstly, an impressive performance of a 1940’s painting, Lobster Pot, by surrealist Eileen Mayo, which had fetched a record $37,145 when last sold in Australia in 2008, but now both doubled estimates and the previous record to sell for £57,600 ($73,000) at Sotheby’s in early June. Interestingly, across the channel at PIASA in Paris, the sale of the collection of the late surrealist collector Jean-Paul Kahn and his wife Geneviève led to another record of note from British female surrealist, Eileen Agar. The untitled collage dated c.1940 is an example of how beachcombing was a source of inspiration for Agar. Composed around a painted wooden lyre it is decorated with shells and rope no doubt scavenged from some beach or other. It is a rare example from the war years when the artist reportedly suffered from anxiety and devoted more time to the war effort than to art. It had been acquired by the Kahn’s from the specialist Paris Gallery 1900 - 2000. Now estimated at €10,000 it sold to a European buyer for €136,600 (£115,000), surpassing the previous Agar record of £81,900 set at Christie’s in 2022 when it was estimated at just £8,000. The recent price increases for her work reflect the growing interest in female surrealists, and the expansion in the representation of her estate. While that role continues to be played by London’s Redfern Gallery, it was recently shared by Wendi Norris in California, who is also active in the Leonora Carrington market, and now by contemporary gallery, Andrew Kreps in New York, taking her work to an ever-wider audience. Read the full report via the link below https://www.britishartfair.co.uk/blast-art-market-report/blast-16?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BAF24-BLAST-16&utm_content=blast-16-female-surrealists

Earlybird tickets are now on sale for British Art Fair 2024. Explore the flagship fair for British Art, with over 70 of the UK's leading galleries and dealers showcasing celebrated artists including Frank Auerbach, Banksy, Tracey Emin, Terry Frost, Barbara Hepworth, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Albert Irvin, Gwen John, LS Lowry, Henry Moore and Bridget Riley. This year, we're delighted that WaterAid will be returning as British Art Fair’s official charity partner with a special exhibition of works by celebrity artists. Along with the third edition of SOLO CONTEMPORARY curated by Zavier Ellis, we will be joined by the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust who will be exhibiting a selection of Wilhelmina's work alongside pieces by contemporary artists supported by the Trust. The 2024 edition will also present an innovative section dedicated to British digital art titled ‘PIVOTAL: Digitalism', curated by Rebekah Tolley-Georgiou. Book now to take advantage of our earlybird offers via the link below. https://britishartfair.seetickets.com/tour/british-art-fair?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BAF24-book-tickets&utm_content=book-tickets 26 - 29 September Saatchi Gallery, London, SW3 4RY

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Established in 1988, #BritishArtFair is the only fair to specialise in Modern and Post-War British art presenting an unrivalled section of works by 20th century giants such as: Bacon, Freud, Frink, Frost, Hepworth, Hitchens, Hockney, Hodgson, Lanyon, Lowry, Moore, Nash, Piper, Riley, Scott, Spencer and Sutherland. Alongside there is also a large selection of contemporary work by established British names from the YBA generation such as Hirst, Emin and outsider artists like Banksy. The leading dealers showing at the fair are only too happy to share their knowledge with visitors. A number exhibited at the first Fair back in 1988. Andrew Lambirth, the highly respected art critic of The Spectator wrote: 'The only art fair I make an effort not to miss is the 20/21 British Art Fair ... It's the only gathering of dealers I find really enjoyable and inspiring, with a wide range of high-quality Mod Brit on show, some of which even manages occasionally to seem affordable'.

The next Fair will be held at Saatchi Gallery 3 - 6 October 2019 .