Regent’s Park Becomes a Treasure Hunt for Tomorrow’s Art Legends

Each autumn, Frieze London transforms Regent’s Park into a high-stakes arena where museums and collectors race to secure the next big thing in contemporary art. This year, the Tate and Arts Council Collection made waves by snapping up works from a strikingly diverse roster of artists—ranging from Berlin-based Bani Abidi’s pastel meditations on collective pain to Naminapu Maymuru-White’s earthy, bark-painted abstractions rooted in Indigenous Australian tradition. The Frieze Tate Fund, now in its ninth year, set aside £150,000 to add fresh perspectives to the national collection, while the Arts Council Collection’s own fund targeted emerging talent with £40,000. The result: a cross-continental sweep of new voices, including Libyan tapestry artist Nour Jaouda and British painter Shaqúelle Whyte. These acquisitions aren’t just trophies—they’re passports for art to travel, ensuring that cutting-edge creativity reaches communities across the U.K. In the world of Frieze, the future of art is up for grabs, and every year, the map gets redrawn. #FriezeLondon #ContemporaryArt #TateCollection #Culture