Frieze London and Masters Open as Christie's $289M Evening Sales Set a Kandinsky and Peter Simon Record

14 October 2026

Wassily Kandinsky, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Frieze London and Frieze Masters Open to VIPs at Regent's Park

Frieze London and Frieze Masters opened to VIP previews on Wednesday at Regent's Park, running through 18 October with around 172 exhibitors at Frieze London and roughly 140 galleries at Frieze Masters. The Art Newspaper's photo feature captured the crowd at the first look. Coverage via The Art Newspaper.

Hauser & Wirth's $6.58M Brueghel Leads Opening-Day Sales

Hauser & Wirth sold Jan Brueghel the Elder's "Still Life of Flowers in a Stoneware Vase" (1607–8) for around £5 million ($6.58 million), the top reported sale of the fair's opening day, as part of more than $11 million in total sales across the gallery's booths. David Zwirner reported a string of seven-figure sales led by a new Michaël Borremans painting at $1.5 million, while Thaddaeus Ropac sold an Antony Gormley work for £500,000 ($664,000). Coverage via ARTnews and Artnet News.

Christie's $289M London Evening Sales Led by a Record Kandinsky

Christie's London's evening sales on 14 October totalled roughly $289.4 million combined, led by an early Wassily Kandinsky that sold for an above-estimate £31.6 million ($41.8 million) against pre-sale buzz that had centred on a $27–41 million Mondrian in the same category. In the same week, the collection of Monsoon founder Peter Simon became the highest-value single-owner collection ever sold at Christie's London. Coverage via Artnet News and The Art Newspaper.

Sources

• The Art Newspaper: In pictures — Frieze London VIP preview
• ARTnews: Frieze London sales led by Hauser & Wirth's Brueghel
• Artnet News: Frieze London Masters 2026 report
• Artnet News: Christie's hauls in $289.9M at London sales, led by $41.8M Kandinsky
• The Art Newspaper: Christie's achieves £219M in steady, solid London sales

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