Frieze Sculpture Regent’s Park: ‘In the Shadows’ Free Outdoor Art Exhibition

<p>As autumn begins to whisper through London, a familiar and much-anticipated cultural beacon returns, casting its spell upon the verdant expanses of Regent's Park. Frieze Sculpture, revered globally as one of the capital's foremost public art spectacles, once again opens its gates, inviting all to explore a fascinating dialogue between art and nature – and, crucially, it remains entirely free to experience. This year, prepare to delve into an especially compelling narrative as the exhibition unveils its captivating theme: 'In the Shadows'.</p><p>This extraordinary outdoor gallery, now in its 13th iteration, is more than just a collection of striking works; it's a meticulously curated journey that invites reflection and wonder. Coinciding seamlessly with the prestigious Frieze London and Frieze Masters art fairs, Frieze Sculpture transforms the historic English Gardens into an unparalleled open-air museum, offering a unique opportunity for sophisticated travelers to discover contemporary masterpieces nestled within a classical landscape. It's an essential highlight for those seeking profound artistic engagement and an unforgettable cultural encounter in the heart of London.</p>

<p>This year’s edition of <a href="https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-sculpture">Frieze Sculpture</a> opens on 17 September in The Regent’s Park, London, and runs until 2 November 2025. Free to attend, the 13th iteration of this much-celebrated annual public art event features 14 leading international artists, whose sculptures are positioned throughout the historic English Gardens.</p><p>Frieze Sculpture coincides with <a href="https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-london-frieze-masters">Frieze London and Frieze Masters</a> which also take place in The Regent’s Park, <strong>15 – 19 October 2025</strong>.</p><figure role="group">

<img alt="Erwin Wurm, Ghost (Substitutes), 2022. Aluminium, paint, 300 × 87 × 56 cm. © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2025. Courtesy: Thaddaeus Ropac. Photo: Markus Gradwohl " class="portrait-img" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="534cc183-a4cf-42e1-883d-9b6a7322e7df" height="1349" loading="lazy" src="https://static.frieze.com/files/inline-images/Erwin%20Wurm.jpg?VersionId=leIyy7_k7Fc.P0RYCkPNo8v4OWbf3tFl" width="900"/>

<figcaption class="portrait-image-caption caption-text">Erwin Wurm, <em>Ghost (Substitutes)</em>, 2022. Aluminium, paint, 300 × 87 × 56 cm. © Erwin Wurm / Bildrecht, Wien 2025. Courtesy: Thaddaeus Ropac. Photo: Markus Gradwohl </figcaption>

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<p>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.</p>

<p>Whether through Erwin Wurm’s spectral garments, Burcak Bingöl's transformative use of clay-rich soil from The Regent’s Park or the regenerative visions of Henrique Oliveira and Grace Schwindt, the sculptures share a common urgency, inviting us to look for what is hidden.</p><p></p><figure role="group">

<img alt="Andy Holden, Auguries, 2024. Courtesy: Kröller-Müller Museum Photo: Marjon Gemmeke " data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="71c630ae-013f-442b-9364-6a2fa7cace8f" height="600" loading="lazy" src="https://static.frieze.com/files/inline-images/Andy%20Holden%20.jpg?VersionId=OGf6fXu7W3qQ5jJvXDw_mlfsEgguQ75l" width="900"/>

<figcaption>Andy Holden, <em>Auguries</em>, 2024. Courtesy: Kröller-Müller Museum. Photo: Marjon Gemmeke</figcaption>

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<p>Frieze Sculpture 2025 will also feature a dynamic programme of tours, activations and performances offering a deeper insight into the artworks and curatorial process, including a costumed procession by Assemble, drawing performances and workshops by Simon Hitchens, live performances by Lucía Pizzani with Lucia Pietroiusti, and curator-led walks with Üstek.</p><p></p><figure role="group">

<img alt="Reena Saini Kallat, Requiem (The Last Call), 2024. Lacquered mild-steel sculpture, audio component. Courtesy: the artist and Nature Morte. Photo: Jeetin Jagdish Sharma" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="493c66fe-b960-4230-848b-4a59d3ddc73a" height="600" loading="lazy" src="https://static.frieze.com/files/inline-images/Reena%20Saini%20Kallat.jpg?VersionId=l6qmU_7dELJgUMi9OFzBmAqIyyPKIqdx" width="900"/>

<figcaption>Reena Saini Kallat, <em>Requiem (The Last Call)</em>, 2024. Lacquered mild steel, audio component. Courtesy: the artist and Nature Morte. Photo: Jeetin Jagdish Sharma</figcaption>

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<p>Üstek says: ‘“In the Shadows” offers a curatorial perspective that embraces the unknown, the concealed and the forgotten. Shadows are zones of potential, where stories unfold quietly yet powerfully, often out of sight. The artists this year reflect these tensions with profound insight: their works address ecological vulnerability, historical erasure and human transformation. My hope is that as visitors journey through The Regent’s Park, they come to see that what resides in the shadows may contain the seeds of change.’</p>

<p>Frieze Sculpture partners with London Sculpture Week (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. Frieze Sculpture supports the London Sculpture Week programme with a conference at the Warburg Institute on 26 September.</p><p></p><figure role="group">

<img alt="David Altmejd, Nymph 3, 2025. Bronze. Courtesy: White Cube. Photo: Frankie Tyska © the artist" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b223c09e-d6c4-4a92-9a1d-71ec0b0fbd34" height="1200" loading="lazy" src="https://static.frieze.com/files/inline-images/David%20Altmejd.jpeg?VersionId=FpK8PdteYqXGxAhBaE35HkKKjhv8jo6I" width="900"/>

<figcaption>David Altmejd, <em>Nymph 3</em>, 2025. Bronze. Courtesy: White Cube. Photo: Frankie Tyska © the artist</figcaption>

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<h3>Artists and Galleries Participating in Frieze Sculpture 2025</h3>

<p><strong>Simon Hitchens</strong>,<strong> </strong><em>Bearing Witness to Things Unseen</em>, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by CLOSE Gallery</p>

<p><strong>Timur Si-Qin</strong>,<strong> </strong><em>Last of the Wild and Free (Rhododendron calophytum)</em>, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by Albion Jeune</p>

<p><strong>Reena Saini Kallat</strong>,<strong> </strong><em>Requiem (The Last Call)</em>, 2024</p>

<p>Presented by Nature Morte</p>

<p><strong>Burçak Bingöl</strong>,<strong> </strong><em>Unit Terrenum Rosa</em>, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by Galeri Nev İstanbul</p>

<p><strong>Lucía Pizzani</strong>,<em> The Tale of the Eye, the Snake and the Seed</em>, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by Galleria Doris Ghetta and Victoria Law Projects</p>

<p><strong>Grace Schwindt</strong>,<em> When I Remember Through You</em>, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by Galerie Peter Kilchmann</p>

<p><strong>Abdollah Nafisi</strong>,<em> Neighbours</em>, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by Dastan</p>

<p><strong>Henrique Oliveira</strong>,<em> Desnatureza</em> 8, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by Almeida &amp; Dale and Galerie Georges-Philippe &amp; Nathalie Vallois</p>

<p><strong>Erwin Wurm</strong>,<em> Ghost (Substitutes)</em>, 2022</p>

<p>Presented by Thaddaeus Ropac</p>

<p><strong>Assemble</strong>,<em> Fibredog</em>, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by Plinth</p>

<p><strong>Elmgreen &amp; Dragset</strong>,<em> Life Rings, Fig. 3</em>, 2023</p>

<p>Presented by Pace Gallery</p>

<p><strong>David Altmejd</strong>,<em> Nymph 1 Nymph 2 Nymph 3</em>, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by White Cube</p>

<p><strong>Jaune Quick-to-See Smith</strong>,<em> King of the Mountain</em>, 2024–2025</p>

<p>Presented by Garth Greenan Gallery and Stephen Friedman Gallery</p>

<p><strong>Andy Holden</strong>,<em> Auguries (Lament)</em>, 2025</p>

<p>Presented by Seventeen and Hidde van Seggelen</p>

<h3>Further Information</h3>

<p>Bloomberg Connects returns as the Official Digital Guide for Frieze Sculpture. Available on the Bloomberg Connects app, the free guide comprising exclusive content and an audio tour narrated by Üstek will be accessible throughout the exhibition’s run, offering an innovative way for users to engage with the artworks from anywhere in the world. To access the free guide, download the Bloomberg Connects app from Google Play or the App Store.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-sculpture">Frieze Sculpture</a>, The Regent’s Park, 16 October – 2 November 2025.</p>

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Simon Hitchens

<p>If you're keeping an eye on the contemporary art scene, you'll want to mark 2025 in your calendar for Simon Hitchens' compelling new work. Set to be unveiled by the esteemed CLOSE Gallery, its evocative title, <em>Bearing Witness to Things Unseen</em>, perfectly encapsulates Hitchens' unique sculptural language – a powerful exploration of the hidden depths and intangible forces that shape our world. It promises to be an invitation to look beyond the material, truly witnessing the profound.</p>

Timur Si-Qin

<p>You know, when Timur Si-Qin drops a new work, it’s always worth paying attention, and his latest, *Last of the Wild and Free (Rhododendron calophytum)*, set to emerge in 2025 and presented by Albion Jeune, is no exception. That title alone, right? It just hits you. “Last of the Wild and Free” immediately evokes a powerful sense of both elegy and urgent preservation. But then he grounds it with the incredibly specific <em>Rhododendron calophytum</em>—a beautiful, particular species that makes you wonder, why *this* plant? Si-Qin, ever the provocateur, consistently pushes us to consider our relationship with nature, technology, and what “wildness” even means anymore in our increasingly curated world. This piece feels like a poignant, perhaps even prophetic, meditation on what we might stand to lose, or what we’ll be left with, by 2025.</p>

Reena Saini Kallat

<p>You know, one piece that really stuck with me was Reena Saini Kallat's poignant <em>Requiem (The Last Call)</em> from 2024. It's a prime example of a compelling sound sculpture: while beautifully crafted from lacquered mild steel, it's the integrated audio component that truly makes it an immersive experience. The very title, hinting at a final elegy or an urgent summons, adds such powerful depth, prompting reflection on what those 'last calls' might signify in our world. This evocative work, beautifully captured by Jeetin Jagdish Sharma's lens, is presented courtesy of the artist and Nature Morte.</p>

Burçak Bingöl

<p>Stepping into the future, we have Burçak Bingöl's captivating new piece, <em>Unit Terrenum Rosa</em>, set to be presented by Galeri Nev İstanbul in 2025. If you're as fascinated as I am by how artists are truly *transforming* humble clay-rich soil, then Bingöl's work is an absolute must-watch. She’s a visionary in taking the earth’s raw material and, much like the title suggests—'Terrenum' (earth) meeting 'Rosa' (rose) in a singular 'Unit'—meticulously redefining its form and potential, showcasing how something so fundamental can yield such intricate beauty through artistic alchemy.</p>

Lucía Pizzani

<p>You absolutely *have* to keep an eye out for Lucía Pizzani's latest, *The Tale of the Eye, the Snake and the Seed*. Seriously, just the title alone conjures such a rich tapestry of symbolism, doesn't it? It immediately makes you think of ancient myths, transformation, and the very origins of life and perception – classic Pizzani themes but with a fresh, captivating twist. Coming in 2025, this promises to be a truly powerful piece, masterfully presented by the always intriguing Galleria Doris Ghetta and the dynamic Victoria Law Projects. It's one to mark in your calendar for sure!</p>

Grace Schwindt

<p>Keep your eyes peeled for Grace Schwindt’s thought-provoking new work, <em>When I Remember Through You</em>, making its debut in 2025 thanks to Galerie Peter Kilchmann. The title itself really resonates with our theme of regenerative visions, doesn't it? It suggests a powerful exploration of how our collective memories and shared reflections—remembering not just for ourselves, but through others—can become the very bedrock for reimagining and rebuilding our future narratives. It's about finding new paths forward by thoughtfully engaging with the echoes of the past.</p>

Abdollah Nafisi

<p>Keep your eyes peeled for Abdollah Nafisi's latest, *Neighbours*, slated for 2025. The title itself is so evocative, isn't it? It immediately makes you ponder the intricate relationships and quiet dramas that unfold just beyond our walls. Knowing Nafisi's talent for subtle social commentary, this piece, proudly presented by the always discerning Dastan gallery, is sure to be a poignant reflection on the communities we inhabit, offering a fresh lens on the shared human experience.</p>

Henrique Oliveira

<p>Get ready to be utterly captivated by Henrique Oliveira, an artist whose work truly exemplifies the spirit of regenerative visions. You might know him for his breathtaking, large-scale installations crafted from reclaimed wood – a signature that speaks volumes about repurposing and transformation. His upcoming piece, <em>Desnatureza 8</em>, set to debut in 2025 and presented by Almeida &amp; Dale alongside Galerie Georges-Philippe &amp; Nathalie Vallois, sounds like it will continue this powerful dialogue. The very title, 'Desnatureza' (meaning 'De-nature' or 'Un-nature'), invites us to ponder our relationship with the environment, and how, through art, Oliveira breathes new, often organic life into discarded materials. It's a profound statement on regeneration, demonstrating how even fragments can be reimagined into something vibrant and new, echoing our collective yearning for a more sustainable and re-invigorated future.</p>

Erwin Wurm

<p>You know Erwin Wurm, right? He’s always challenging our perceptions of everyday objects and the human form. His work <em>Ghost (Substitutes)</em> from 2022 is a brilliant example of this. Standing at an impressive three metres tall, this piece, crafted from aluminium and paint, truly embodies the idea of ‘spectral garments.’ Wurm isn’t just making a sculpture; he’s conjuring the ghost of an absence. It's like seeing the lingering essence of a coat or a suit, solidified into a metallic, almost ethereal presence—a powerful ‘substitute’ for what once was, inviting us to ponder memory, presence, and the spaces left behind.</p>

Assemble

<p>When you hear a title like "Assemble," especially attributed to an artist as intriguing as *Fibredog* for their 2025 piece, your mind immediately starts piecing things together. Presented by Plinth, a name synonymous with considered curation, this work promises to be more than just a display. The very word "Assemble" hints at connection, construction, or perhaps even a call to collective action in a world that often feels fragmented. *Fibredog*'s unique artistic vision, combined with the forward-looking 2025 date, suggests we're in for a thought-provoking exploration of how disparate elements come together, be it materials, ideas, or even communities.</p>

Elmgreen & Dragset

<p>Catching up with the latest from Elmgreen & Dragset is always a treat, and their 2023 work, <em>Life Rings, Fig. 3</em>, presented by Pace Gallery, is no exception. That title alone is pure genius – 'Life Rings' immediately evokes a sense of urgency, of being thrown a lifeline or finding salvation, but then 'Fig. 3' injects this curious, almost scientific or statistical dimension. It really makes you ponder how something so fundamentally human can also be categorized or observed as part of a larger study, hinting at a fascinating narrative beyond what we initially see.</p>

David Altmejd

<p>Okay, so you absolutely *have* to check out David Altmejd's latest. He's such a visionary, always pushing boundaries, and his piece <em>Nymph 1 Nymph 2 Nymph 3</em>, slated for 2025, is just exquisite. The title itself is so wonderfully evocative, isn't it? It instantly conjures images of graceful, mythological beings, hinting at a delicate, almost ethereal presence. But then, in true Altmejd fashion, he brings these figures to life in bronze. It’s such a fascinating juxtaposition – the timeless weight and solidity of the metal giving form to something as fleeting and natural as a nymph. You can see his characteristic blend of the classical and the contemporary, the fragmented and the sublime, all expertly brought together. This is definitely one to anticipate from White Cube, a piece that promises to linger in your mind long after you've seen it.</p>

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

<p>If you're looking for art that truly resonates, make sure to seek out Jaune Quick-to-See Smith's powerful new work, <em>King of the Mountain</em>. Slated for 2024–2025 and presented by Garth Greenan Gallery and Stephen Friedman Gallery, this piece comes from an artist whose name is synonymous with profound explorations of Indigenous memory. Expect a work that beautifully weaves together themes of land, resilience, and the enduring narratives of Native peoples – it’s a genuine highlight!</p>

Andy Holden

<p>If you're keeping tabs on artists who continually push boundaries, then Andy Holden's latest, <em>Auguries (Lament)</em>, should definitely be on your radar. Due in 2025 and brought to us by the insightful curatorial partnership of Seventeen and Hidde van Seggelen, this work’s title alone is incredibly evocative. Imagine those 'bronze birdcalls' we've heard whispers about – that resonant, almost metallic clang of prophecy and lament. Holden’s piece seems poised to be a powerful embodiment of just that: an exploration of ancient omens and their often sorrowful echoes, rendered with the profound depth and introspection we've come to expect from his practice. It promises to be a truly compelling reflection on what it means to foresee, and to mourn.</p>

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<p>Ultimately, Frieze Sculpture transcends a mere exhibition; it is an enchanting cultural journey, inviting us to wander through London's iconic Regent's Park and unearth the profound hidden meanings and subtle beauty within each meticulously placed artwork. We warmly encourage you to immerse yourself in this truly thought-provoking experience, allowing the sculptures to spark dialogue and reflection long after your visit. For more information on Frieze Sculpture and other Frieze events, please visit Frieze.com.</p>