Masterpiece London

Masterpiece London has established itself as the world’s leading cross-collecting fair, offering the finest works of art, design, furniture and jewellery, from antiquity to the present day. This unmissable event at the height of the capital’s summer season provides an unparalleled opportunity for new and established collectors to discover exceptional works for sale from 160 international exhibitors. This year’s edition showcases rare and important Impressionist and Modernist paintings; compelling presentations celebrating British art and design; exquisite jewellery, art and objects from antiquity as well as contemporary work by artists including Marina Abramović, Ibrahim El Salahi, Chiharu Shiota and Rob & Nick Carter. The Royal Bank of Canada returns as the Fair’s principal sponsor for the fifth successive year.

Masterpiece Presents MASTERPIECE PRESENTS, in collaboration with FactumArte and Lisson Gallery, will showcase new works by Marina Abramović, Five Stages of Maya Dance, in an immersive, specially conceived area. This unseen body of work comprises five alabaster portraits of Marina Abramović which merge performance, light and sculpture. Their hauntingly physical presence decomposes into intricately carved landscapes of alabaster as you move around the pieces.

New Additions Longstanding Masterpiece exhibitors including Richard Green, Adrian Sassoon, Wartski, Robilant + Voena, Verdura/Herz-Belperron and Dickinson are joined by carefully selected new additions for 2018 including: ArtAncient, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Cahn, CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel, Day and Faber, DIE GALERIE, Galerie Yann Ferrandin, Flowers Gallery, James Graham-Stewart, Hammer Galleries, Hauser & Wirth, Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Hill-Stone, Hunter / Harrison, Kallos Gallery, Landau Fine Art, Lullo • Pampoulides, Maruani Mercier, Moussaieff Jewellers, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Jill Newhouse Gallery, Partners & Mucciaccia, R & Company, Fabio Salini and Vigo.

Cross-Collecting Masterpiece’s cross-collecting ethos can be seen throughout the Fair, where exhibitors specialising in a wide variety of disciplines and eras are brought together, offering the broadest spectrum of works of any art fair, with classical and contemporary shown side-by-side. Visitors will encounter presentations which carefully combine furniture, sculpture and works of art from all periods, unified by quality. Examples of this ethos can be seen at Benjamin Proust, Perrin Fine Art, Robilant + Voena, and Safani Gallery & Geoffrey Diner.

Reflecting this breadth, new exhibitor ArtAncient’s presentation will feature a rare “shooting star’ meteorite, formed 4.6 billion years ago, whilst specially commissioned contemporary artwork will be presented at Blain|Southern with an installation by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota.

Les Enluminures and Daniel Crouch will stage a carefully curated presentation entitled ‘A Brief History of Time: From Matins to Mars’. The booth will display celestial maps, instruments, illuminated manuscripts and medieval and Renaissance jewellery, inviting viewers to contemplate the perception of time across history. Hauser & Wirth’s Wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, will also combine disciplines with contemporary and modern works by Louise Bourgeois, Phyllida Barlow, Subodh Gupta and Philip Guston, presented alongside 1gth and 19th century furniture.

Talks Masterpiece London will be holding talks, workshops and tours throughout the public days of the fair as part of a Talks & Education Programme, in association with Chopard. This includes a new initiative – a Curator and Art Trade Day on Saturday 30 June co-chaired by Thomas Marks, Editor of Apollo, and Philip Hewat-Jaboor, Chairman of the Fair, which will include a call for papers from academics. This is in addition to a series of ‘How to Look at talks, providing visitors with the tools needed to get the most out of viewing and buying a range of disciplines of art. Throughout the Fair there will also be free to attend on-stand talks with exhibitors, where specialists will give visitors an insight into some of the highlights on display.

RBC For its fifth year as the Fair’s principal sponsor, RBC will present works by Canadian artist Shannon Bool and Mark Lewis in the RBC VIP lounge. Their work brings an investigative lens to the role of historic and contemporary artwork which is reflected through the mediums of tapestry (Bool) and video art (Lewis). Both artists are represented within the RBC Art Collection (est. 1929) in Toronto which focuses on Canadian artists, living nationally and internationally.

Sponsors and Partners Perrier-Jouët returns this year as Masterpiece’s exclusive champagne partner with a redesigned Terrace showcasing the artistic collaboration the Maison has undertaken with Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero of Luftwerk. Visitors will have the opportunity to taste a range of Perrier-Jouët’s cuvées, including Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque, and their newest cuvée Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs NV. The Patron & VIP Lounge will be hosted by Chelsea Barracks, our new Patron Programme Partner. Here, guests will be able to view the Chelsea Barracks development model, a project that represents a historic collaboration between architects, landscapers and craftsmen and celebrates British heritage and craftsmanship. Further sponsors and partners for this year include Savills, Apollo, Billionaire, Harper’s Bazaar, Kitesgrove, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Sir John Soane’s Museum, The World of Interiors, New York Times, TM Lighting, Riva Ventura, K Pak, Royal Academy of Art, Potterton Books, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, The Wallace Collection, Luke Edward Hall, London Art Week, Visit London, Luxury London, Gentleman’s Journal, Master Art, Maybourne Group, and Amanda Austin Flowers.