Our Picks from London Art Fair 2025
Since its founding 35 years ago, London Art Fair at Islington’s Business Design Centre has become one of the capital’s most prominent cultural events, welcoming 25,000 visitors each year.
With art from over 120 galleries, as well as talks, debates and workshops, London Art Fair is the perfect way to escape our screens for a few hours of discovery and inspiration. Here are our picks from this year’s fair, which takes place between 22nd and 26th January.
Platform 2025 curator Becca Pelly-Fry.
Platform 2025: Today for you, tomorrow for me
The Platform section of the fair features a different guest curator each year, and this year, Becca Pelly-Fry has chosen the theme of reciprocity and balance in nature, addressing the challenge of climate change and our responsibility to Earth. The theme is inspired by the Peruvian Q’ero community, who live by the philosophy of ayni, or mutualism.
With participating galleries including Soho Revue and 99 Projects, Platform 2025 looks set to be both inspiring and educational.
Multimedia artist Ya La’Ford
The Silver Lining, Ya La'Ford
We’re always on the lookout for experiential art and design to share with our clients and collaborators, and this year’s London Art Fair features a multisensory installation by New York artist Ya La’Ford.
La’Ford’s work, The Silver Lining, uses shifts of light to create changing reflections, mirroring the flow of water and evoking the rhythm of the sun’s rise and fall.
Prints & Editions
New to the fair last year, the Prints & Editions section of London Art Fair features limited editions by new and emerging artists. The pieces are available for sale to collectors or those looking to start a collection, with prices starting from £500.
This year’s participating galleries include London Art Collective and Moniker Projects. We’re looking forward to seeing bold and challenging multimedia pieces by Chinese artist An Qi, as well as the compelling Darklight series by photographer Sebastian Edge.
Lemon Slide by Tuesday Riddell (Soho Revue), which features in Platform 2025.
Tanya Baxter Contemporary
Green, Blue, Red and Yellow by Bridget Riley
Many of our interior design partners choose Tanya Baxter’s art advisory service to source artwork for our clients’ homes. Tanya assesses each space individually and works with the client to source museum-quality post-war contemporary pieces.
We’re looking forward to visiting the Tanya Baxter Contemporary space at this year’s London Art Fair, where exhibits include David Hockney, Marc Quinn, Andy Warhol, and Bridget Riley.
Encounters
The Encounters talk at lunchtime on Friday features a panel of three leading female artists, who will discuss the relationship between material, meaning, and message in their work.
Multidisciplinary artists Meryl Donoghue, Ana Luiza Rodrigues and Makiko Harris will discuss how art can mediate between polarised groups and bring moments of connection and transformation.
What the Critics Say: Is AI the New Avant-Garde?
On Friday afternoon, a panel of artists and art critics will lead a discussion on the impact of AI in the art world. The debate follows the sale in November of a portrait of Alan Turing by a robot called Ai Da for over £1 million at Sotheby’s.
The topic of AI is of particular interest to us here at LA London and we have prepared a series of Journal posts on the subject. We’re looking forward to hearing others’ thoughts on how AI challenges notions of value and creativity in art.
Sonic Healing Session
The penultimate day of the fair sees artist Cherelle Sappleton leading a sonic healing session inspired by the themes of connection in ‘Today for you, tomorrow for me. The 90-minute class includes a guided visualisation and sound bath.
Featuring the therapeutic tones of the gong, the voice, crystal singing bowls, and percussion, this sensual experience sounds like the ideal way to decompress and reflect on the year ahead.
All images courtesy Flint PR/ London Art Fair.
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, 22– 26 January https://www.londonartfair.co.uk