‘Echoes in the Present’ at Frieze London 2025

At Frieze London 2025, Jareh Das curates Echoes in the Present, a new themed section that explores the deep connections between artists from Brazil, Africa and their diasporas. These ties are rooted in shared histories, marked by the forced movement of African people across the Atlantic and sustained through ongoing cultural exchange.  

In this video, shot in Dakar, Das presents her intergenerational and international selection of ten artists whose work considers themes of transformation, colonial erasure and belonging. Across the diverse practices of Bunmi Agusto, Serigne Mbaye Camara, Diambe, Mélinda Fourn, Lilianne Kiame, Naomi Lulendo, Aline Motta, Alberto Pitta, Sandra Poulson and Tadáskía, land, memory and material are closely intertwined.  

In Echoes in the Present, Brazil and West Africa’s entangled histories reverberate ‘to make us reconsider how things are remembered, how we engage with them in the present and how they signal possible futures’. 

Participating galleries and artists

Galerie Atiss Dakar (Dakar) – Serigne Mbaye Camara

Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro) – Tadáskía

Jahmek Contemporary Art (Luanda) – Sandra Poulson and Lilianne Kiame

Mitre Galeria (Belo Horizonte, São Paulo) – Aline Motta

Nara Roesler (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, New York) – Alberto Pitta

Selebe Yoon (Dakar) – Naomi Lulendo and Mélinda Fourn

Simões de Assis (São Paulo, Curitiba, Balneário, Camboriú) – Diambe

Tafeta (London) – Bunmi Agusto

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: Alberto Pitta, Ogum Wari, o primeiro ourives de Oxum (detail) from the series ‘Ogum que São Sete’, 2023. Paint and silkscreen on canvas. 3.5 × 3 m. Courtesy: the artist and Nara Roesler. Photo: Flavio Freire}