The Arts Council Collection Acquires Works by Five Artists at Frieze London

The Arts Council Collection Frieze Acquisitions Fund has selected works by Alex Margo Arden, Sarah Ball, Olu Ogunnaike, Vanessa Raw and Liorah Tchiprout to join the Arts Council Collection.

Established in 2023, the Arts Council Collection Frieze Acquisitions Fund enables work by UK-based early to mid-career or overlooked artists to be acquired at Frieze London. With the generosity of new and existing patrons, including Tala and Kemal Cingillioglu, Louisa and Sinan Uzan, Zelie Walker-Noble and Ryan Taylor, the fund has grown to £90,000 this year, doubling the amount available when the Fund launched in 2023. 

2025 Arts Council Collection Frieze Acquisitions  

Alex Margo Arden, Accounts, 2025 

Acquired from Ginny on Frederick, Stand F2  

Vanessa Raw, She Sang Me Her Song, 2025  

Oil on linen, 2 × 2.4 m  

Acquired from Carl Freedman Gallery, A28  

Liorah Tchiprout, The well is poisoned, yet still you drink (Holloway Gothic I), 2025 

Oil on panel, 1.6 × 1 m  

Acquired from Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, Stand A21  

Sarah Ball, Petros, 2025 

Oil on panel 21 × 16 cm  

Acquired from Stephen Friedman Gallery, Stand B14 

  

Olu Ogunnaike, A Touch Up?, 2025  

Acquired from Hollybush Gardens, C6 

Alona Pardo, director of Arts Council Collection said, ‘These acquisitions demonstrate our ongoing commitment to supporting artists who are shaping the future of contemporary practice in the UK. Thanks to the vision of our Acquisitions Committee and the exceptional generosity of our patrons, the Frieze Fund allows us to invest in artists at defining stages of their careers and ensure their work is shared with audiences nationwide.’  

The Arts Council Collection Committee 2025–26 is chaired by Nicholas Serota (chair of Arts Council England) and includes Claye Bowler (artist), Ekow Eshun (curator of the British Art Show 2026), Kate Adams (director and CEO of Project Art Works), Hammad Nasar (director of programmes and content at Ibraaz), Alona Pardo (director of Arts Council Collection), Ralph Rugoff (director of Hayward Gallery) and Peter Heslip (director of visual arts at Arts Council England).  

About Arts Council Collection 

Founded in 1946, the Arts Council Collection is a national collection of post-war and contemporary British art, comprising over 8,000 works which are available for loan to venues across the UK, including galleries and museums to hospitals, libraries and universities.  

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^{Main Image: The Arts Council Collection Acquisitions Committee and Sarah Ball, Alex Margo Arden, Vanessa Raw, Olu Ogunnaike and Liorah Tchiprout (left to right) at Frieze London, 2025. Photo: Belinda Lawley}