Art World Agenda
September-December 2025

Florence hosts a rare pilgrimage into the heart of Renaissance devotion as Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco unite for the most ambitious Fra Angelico exhibition in more than seventy years. Moving between Strozzi’s grandeur and San Marco’s cloisters, the show gathers works from across Europe and the Americas. Angelico’s luminous altarpieces share space with Masaccio and Filippo Lippi, while sculptures by Ghiberti and Luca della Robbia sharpen the dialogue between paint and marble. Beyond historical homage, the curatorial vision brings Angelico’s command of perspective and radiance into the present, revealing both as enduring technologies of wonder.

As the leaves turn red and yield to gravity, Regent’s Park becomes a stage for a double bill of dramas: Frieze London and Frieze Masters, welcoming over 280 galleries spanning from ancient artefacts to works barely dry on the canvas. Camille Henrot and Chris Ofili select peers for “Artist-to-Artist”, while curator Jareh Das links the diasporas of Africa and Brazil in “Echoes in the Present.” At Frieze Masters, which focuses on art from antiquity to the late 20th century, Sheena Wagstaff’s “Studio” section turns the artist’s workspace into a time machine. Frieze Sculpture extends the conversation outdoors into the English Gardens. Amid London’s dense exhibition calendar, this stalwart remains the season’s magnetic north.

Beneath the Grand Palais’ glass vault, Art Basel Paris gathers 205 galleries in a layout more like a constellation than a trade floor. Galeries hosts blue-chip dealers; Emergence spotlights emerging voices; Premise presents thematic statements. A Paris-heavy roster anchors the fair, with newcomers from Seoul, Cape Town, and New York injecting fresh energy. Highlights include Gursky at Gagosian, Flora Yukhnovich at Hauser & Wirth, and Nefeli Papadimouli’s performative architectures. Director Clément Delépine frames the fair as a threshold between archive and experiment, with parallel shows, dinners, and encounters unfolding throughout the luminous city.