The Regent’s Park, 17 September – 2 November 2025

Curated by Fatoş Üstek third time in a row, the 13th iteration of this much-celebrated annual public art event features 14 leading international artists, including Assemble, Elmgreen & Dragset, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Burçak Bingöl and Erwin Wurm.

Frieze Sculpture coincides with Frieze London and Frieze Masters which also take place in The Regent’s Park, 15 – 19 October 2025.

For the first time, curator Fatoş Üstek has introduced an overarching connecting theme and a title for Frieze Sculpture: “In the Shadows”. This year’s exhibition imagines the shadow not as an ominous portent but as a creative and generative space where memory, material and myth intersect.

The selected artists engage with shadows both as an idea and a literal physical phenomenon, exploring themes such as ecological absence, traces of ancestry, bodily imprints and sculptural metaphors. From Andy Holden’s bronze birdcalls and Reena Saini Kallat’s colossal sound sculptures to Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s tribute to Indigenous memory, each piece transforms absence into presence and silence into expression.

From Erwin Wurm’s ghostly garments to the regenerative visions of Henrique Oliveira and Grace Schwindt, all the works share a common sensitivity toward the unseen and invite us to look at what is hidden. Drawing inspiration from the cultural and geographical contexts of the rose motif, Burçak Bingöl’s work establishes a profound relationship between earth and ceramics by transforming the clay-rich soil of Regent’s Park into the forms she presents.

Üstek says:

‘Gölgede’ sergisi, bilinmeyeni, gizleneni ve unutulmuşu kucaklayan bir küratöryel bakış sunuyor. Gölge, potansiyel taşıyan bir bölgedir; hikâyeler burada sessiz ama güçlü biçimde gelişir; çoğu zaman gözden ırakta. Bu yılki sanatçılar, ekolojik kırılganlık, tarihsel silinme ve insanın dönüşümüne dair çarpıcı kavrayışlar sunuyor. Ziyaretçilerin Regent’s Park’ta gerçekleştirdikleri yolculukta, gölgede olanın değişimin tohumlarını barındırabileceğini fark etmelerini umuyorum.

Frieze Sculpture partners with London Sculpture Week taking place between 20 – 28 September 2025, a city-wide celebration of public art that unites four major initiatives: Frieze Sculpture, the Fourth Plinth, Sculpture in the City and The Line. Now in its fourth edition, London Sculpture Week underscores London’s vibrant role as a global cultural capital with a huge amount of open space, providing innovative opportunities for the public to engage with contemporary sculpture in outdoor settings.

You can read our interview with Fatoş Üstek about Frieze Sculpture 2025 and her 3rd year with the show.

Artists and Galleries Participating in Frieze Sculpture 2025

Simon Hitchens

Timur Si-Qin

Reena Saini Kallat

Burçak Bingöl

Lucía Pizzani

Grace Schwindt

Abdollah Nafisi

Henrique Oliveira

Erwin Wurm

Assemble

Elmgreen & Dragset

David Altmejd

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Andy Holden

Cover Image: Abdollah Nafisi, Neighbours, 2025, presented by Dastan. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Frieze.