Frieze London came with much anticipation (and hesitation) this year…not least because of gloomy market outlooks. But the mood was cheery, and the crowd was buzzing. Top sales at Frieze London including a painting by Lisa Yuskavage for $2.2 million at David Zwirner, five Ha Chong-Hyun pieces in the range of $540,000–$649,000 sold by Kukje Gallery, White Cube’s Al Held painting, which sold for $450,000, and Thaddaeus Ropac’s sale of Antony Gormley’s SHELF III(2024), which sold for £500,000 ($653,227). Almine Rech reported sales of most of its artists and sold out of its works by booth focus Ji Xin, each priced up to $50,000. Thibault Geffrin, senior director at Almine Rech, commented: “We entered the fair with many questions on our mind: Will Frieze’s new layout serve us? Will we see the impact of collectors prioritising Paris over London this year? We’re very pleased to report on a very successful week. We have met many new collectors and are happy with the new location and overall layout.”
Liorah Tchiprout
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
Liorah Tchiprout has been on our radar for quite some time, and we absolutely loved her solo show with Marlborough Gallery last year, but we can’t help feeling that a perfect fit has now been found for the artist at Pippy Houldsworth, who also presented a solo show a couple of months ago. Tchiprout’s powerfully figurative works are inspired by Yiddish poetry and puppetry (her portraits are in fact of puppets the artist creates herself) and we can’t get enough of her beautifully melancholy paintings.
