Overview

• VIP preview crowds translated into quick transactions, including Thaddaeus Ropac’s $850,000 Robert Rauschenberg, Hauser & Wirth’s $950,000 Ellen Gallagher, and a sold-out Lauren Halsey presentation at Gagosian.
• At Frieze Masters, Hauser & Wirth placed Gabriele Münter’s 1909 painting for roughly $3 million, as dealers described steady interest with more cautious pricing.
• Frieze kept the layout that steers visitors past smaller booths, while Focus at the front and the Artist-to-Artist program—now supported by Tiffany & Co.—spotlight and fund emerging voices.
• The week stretches across London with Prada Mode’s Elmgreen & Dragset commission at King’s Cross, the 1-54 fair at Somerset House, and high-profile dining pop-ups linked to the fairs.
• Behind the scenes, production teams built the tents around protected trees and set wildlife measures, including a ‘hedgehog highway,’ underscoring the scale of the operation through Sunday.