‘Spotlight’: 20th-Century Luminaries at Frieze Masters 2025

Spotlight, a section dedicated to solo presentations by international 20th-century artists, returns to Frieze Masters, from 15 – 19 October 2025.

Featuring 26 galleries, Spotlight is curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver (Sydney and Frances Lewis Family curator of modern and contemporary art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts). The section highlights both under-recognized figures and lesser-known works by established artists, with a focus on the period from the 1950s to the 1970s. Highlights this year include works on paper by Brazilian conceptual artist Cildo Meireles, scratch paintings by Swiss-American artist Sonja Sekula and the first London survey of pioneering Mozambican-Italian artist and activist Bertina Lopes. 

Participating galleries and artists:

10 A.M. Art (Milan) – Marina Apollonio

Almeida & Dale (São Paulo) – Eleonore Koch

Galerie Mikael Andersen (Copenhagen) – Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Art Exposure (Kolkata) and Shrine Empire (New Delhi) – Amitava

Berry Campbell (New York) – Janice Biala

Champ Lacombe (London, Biarritz) – John Carter

Einspach & Czapolai Fine Art (Budapest) – István Nádler

The Gallery of Everything (London) – Madge Gill

Galeria Francisco Fino (Lisbon) – Helena Almeida

Galatea, São Paulo (Salvador) – Cildo Meireles

Harper's (New York, East Hampton) – Iria Leino

Huxley-Parlour (London) – Joy Gregory

Inman Gallery (Houston) – Dorothy Antoinette ‘Toni’ Laselle

Jhaveri Contemporary (Mumbai) – Novera Ahmed

kó (Lagos) – Prince Twins Seven-Seven

Lawrie Shabby (Dubai) – Mona Saudi

Loeve&Co (Paris) – Robert Coutelas

Galerie Mueller (Basel) – Sonja Sekula

October Gallery (London) – Kenji Yoshida

Perve Galeria (Lisbon) – Teresa Roza d’Oliveira

Rossi & Rossi (Hong Kong) – Ha Bik Chuen

Richard Saltoun Gallery (New York, London, Rome) – Bertina Lopes

Jeremy Scholar (London) – Agustin Fernandez Secci

Pietrasanta (Milan) – Titina Maselli

Luisa Strina (São Paulo) – Cildo Meireles

Volte Gallery (Dubai) – Nalini Malani

Zürcher Gallery (New York) – Alice Adams

Further Information

Frieze London and Frieze Masters, The Regent’s Park, 15 – 19 October 2025.   

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Frieze London and Frieze Masters are supported by global lead partner Deutsche Bank

^{Main Image: Prince Twins Seven-Seven, The Devil’s Dog in the Contorted City, c.1972–74. Pen, ink, crayon and acrylic on wood, 58 × 119 cm. Courtesy: kó}