Frieze Sculpture 2026 in Regent’s Park
A Free Family Guide (+ Frieze London & London Sculpture Week)
Frieze Sculpture 2026: Regent’s Park’s Free Outdoor Sculpture Park
This time next month, London becomes the centre of the art world. Frieze Sculpture is where it begins.
It’s one of our favourite dates in the London calendar. An outdoor sculpture park that makes art feel completely unintimidating, even for the little ones. No hushed galleries, no “don’t touch”, just space to wander and look. And it’s free.
What is Frieze Sculpture?
Frieze Sculpture is the free outdoor exhibition that sets the tone for London’s autumn art season. Now in its 14th edition, it’s sited throughout the historic English Gardens in Regent’s Park, with 11 international artists and Fatoş Üstek curating for a fourth year. This year’s theme is sculpture as a hybrid ecology: work that responds to the park’s natural setting while acknowledging the city around it.
In practice, that means art you stumble into rather than queue for. Wander the paths, look properly, then look again from the other side.
The artists and works to look out for
Highlights include Conrad Shawcross’s Eye of the Needle (Time Pebble (E30A13)), Tarini Sethi’s The Sun Bathes Its Friends and Neighbours, and Özlem Günyol and Mustafa Kunt’s Possibilities for a Sculpture. Douglas White’s Black Palm II is also on show.
The full list of artists: Angel Otero, Carolina Aguirre, Catriona Robertson, Conrad Shawcross, Douglas White, Elena Nemkova, Ivana Bašić, Matyáš Chochola, Özlem Günyol & Mustafa Kunt, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran and Tarini Sethi.
Visiting Frieze Sculpture with kids
This is the easiest way to introduce children to contemporary art. There are no tickets and no time slots, and nobody minds if small people need to run. Go on a dry morning, take a picnic, and turn it into a game: which one would you take home, which one is the biggest, which one is the strangest?
Free curator tours with Fatoş Üstek
There will also be a free curator tour on the first and last Sunday of the exhibition – 20 September and 1 November, 12–1pm. No booking is required, so just turn up. It’s a brilliant way to hear the ideas behind the works from the person who chose them.
Plan your visit
- 📍 Where: English Gardens, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE
- 📅 When: 16 September to 1 November 2026 Frieze
- 🆓 Cost: Free
- 🗣️ Curator tour: 1 November, 12–1pm
It’s also London Sculpture Week
Frieze Sculpture is part of London Sculpture Week, which runs 19 to 27 September 2026 in its fifth edition, linking the Fourth Plinth, Frieze Sculpture, East Bank, Sculpture in the City and The Line. The week includes a symposium at the Warburg Institute on Friday 25 September. Elsewhere, the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has a new commission, Lady in Blue by Tschabalala Self, and Sculpture in the City in the Square Mile includes work by Ai Weiwei and Julian Opie. Make a day of it and combine Regent’s Park with a wander through the City or Trafalgar Square. FLO London | London to become an open-air gallery for the fifth edition of London Sculpture Week +2
Then comes Frieze London 2026
Frieze London and Frieze Masters run from 14 to 18 October 2026 in Regent’s Park. Wednesday 14 October is the invitation-only preview, and the fairs are open to the public from 15 to 18 October. Tickets are online only. Around 300 galleries take part, and a wider Frieze Week programme runs across the city, with venues including Tate Britain, the British Museum, the Barbican and the Hayward Gallery. 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair runs at Somerset House from 15 to 18 October. Can’t make it in person? The Frieze Viewing Room is open online from 7 to 23 October.
The great thing about Frieze Sculpture is that it stays up long after the fair leaves. It’s on until 1 November, so you can see it with or without a fair ticket.
Frieze Sculpture
English Gardens, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE
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