Alternative London art fairs: Satellite stars
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Frieze attracts a host of other fairs, all with a different character. Some focus on art forms that don’t get a look-in, such as street art, and others on more raw artists. If you’re a budding art collector, these might be the best places to start as they offer work at more affordable prices than Frieze itself.
STRARTA Art Fair
Saatchi Gallery, Oct 10-13
This is STRARTA's inaugural year, making it the newest art fair of the bunch. The works, taken from 30 top international galleries, will consist of prints, paintings and sculptures, available from £2,000 to £250,000. The space on the top floor of the Saatchi Gallery will be guest curated by interesting characters from the art world, including Ben Moore, the founder of Art Below and David Powell, who started Philips Contemporary Art Manchester.
STRARTA Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King's Road, SW3 4RY, strarta.com
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The Other Art Fair
Old Truman Brewery, Oct 17-20
More than 100 artists who aren’t represented by galleries feature in this bustling show, now in its fifth year. An expert panel including artist Yinka Shonibare made the selection, and the nice thing is you get to deal directly with the artists rather than the middlemen.
The Other Art Fair, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, E1 6QL, theotherartfair.com
Moniker Art Fair
Old Truman Brewery, Oct 18-20
Sixteen exhibitors present street art by emerging urban artists as well as established figures such as Shepard Fairey and, yes, Banksy. Artists will be making works on the spot including an Apocalypse Now-style bunker from political artist Beejoir and 3D street-painter Leon Keer, who'll be making optical illusions in Ely's Yard.
The Other Art Fair, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, E1 6QL, monikerartfair.com
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PAD London
Berkeley Square, Oct 16-20
PAD brings modern art, design and decorative arts together, so expect Jean Prouvé furniture as much as Andy Warhol paintings and contemporary jewellery. With 60 galleries from across the world, PAD is Frieze Week’s most luxurious and comfortable fair.
PAD London, Berkeley Square, W1J 5AX, pad-fairs.com/london/en
Sunday Art Fair
35 Marylebone Road, Oct 17-20
Presented in association with the Institute of Contemporary Arts, this bleeding edge art fair hosts work from 22 galleries worldwide. It's located in a former concrete testing bunker in Marylebone and presents about 20 fringy galleries from Europe and the US, as well as two charitable organisations: affordable studio provider Studio Voltaire, which has a reputation for fostering young experimental talent, and not-for-profit studio White Columns, New York's oldest alternative art space. Free entry.
Ambika P3, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS, sunday-fair.com
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
Somerset House, Oct 16-20
1:54 is entirely devoted to contemporary African art. It features 17 galleries with dozens of artists from across the continent
West Wing Galleries, West Wing, Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 1LA, somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/15-4-contemporary-african-art-fair
Multiplied Editions Fair
Christie's, Oct 18-21
This contemporary art fair is now in its fourth year of showcasing work from leading artists, produced in small groups, and thus much more affordable. With more than 40 galleries, it features everything from traditional etchings and lithographs to more experimental 3D printing. Free admission.
Christie's, 85 Old Brompton Road, SW7, multipliedartfair.com
Sluice Art Fair
47-49 Tanner Street, Oct 19-20
The self-styled boothless art fair, Sluice is the art fair for alternative galleries, run by artists and curators, and feels more like a happening than a trade fair. It’s big on performance art, and features 37 projects, largely from UK-based galleries and a few New Yorkers.
Sluice Art Fair, 47-49 Tanner Street, Free admission, sluiceartfair.com