7 Highlights of Frieze Art week: New Commissions, Exhibitions and unmissable Auction Lots before you even hit the fair

Marisa Merz, Bronze sculpture, arte povera

Frieze week launches London’s autumn art calendar in full fanfare. Beyond Frieze Art Fair, the city unveils heavy hitting institutional exhibitions whilst commercial galleries and auction houses bring out their big arty guns. Below are my highlights for the week ahead. Stay tuned to my Instagram account for daily updates on these and other exhibitions and, of course, for the fair highlights later in the week!

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Niloufar Bakhtiar’s Art Collection: “There are no rules. I think with art and the way you live, it is your own rule”

I meet Niloufar Bakhtiar Bakhtiari on the Monday after Frieze week. I thought the madness was behind me. However, as soon as she greets me into her Chelsea residence in London, she tells me she will be receiving for installation, during our interview, a piece she just bought at the art fair.

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