Programme
Category
Location
Event type
Thursday 15 October
17:00 – 22:00
The Gardens
Alongside a Tequila bar inspired by modern Mexico and tacos to keep visitors going, El Rayo Exhibits will showcase two artists at the heart of the brand's creative story: Mario Higinio and Alice Isaac. The space will also host Voices Radio on the Exhibits stage, bringing a weekend-long programme of DJs and live performances.
17:00 – 22:00
The Galleries
RankinLIVE is coming to the inaugural Fair Play Art Fair, giving you the chance to step in front of the camera of one of the world’s most celebrated photographers. This unique experience offers participants a chance to be professionally photographed, review their images, select their favourite shots, and receive an authenticated print delivered to their doorstep.
17:00 – 22:00
Devonshire Greenhouse
The Play-ground by Eve De Haan, working under the name Half a Roast Chicken, revisits the social world of childhood from the distance of adulthood, tracing the language, humour and memories that continue to resonate years later.
Drawing on familiar phrases, private jokes and shared codes, Half a Roast Chicken uses neon to revisit the things once written, shouted or passed between friends.
Removed from their original context and encountered again as adults, these fragments can take on an unexpected emotional weight. What once felt throwaway or funny becomes charged with memory.
The work considers how those early experiences of belonging, embarrassment, bravado and identity continue to echo into adult life.
The Play-ground sits somewhere between memory and experience — familiar, but altered by time.
18:30 – 21:00
Regency Greenhouse
The Game of Life is a participatory performance where members of the audience are invited to sit individually with Tom and make a confession. Set in a greenhouse, the conversation will be visible to the wider audience, but the conversation itself will not be audible.
After each confession, both the participant and Tom, without conferring, will invent and write down a rule informed by the confession. The rules will be the only hint of what conversations and confessions have unfolded.
Tom Pope is a contemporary artist and Fair Play’s Chief Play Officer, working across photography, sculpture, installation and performance to explore chance, participation and the everyday.
19:00 – 21:00
Portland Greenhouse
An Art World Guess Who Supper Club
This is an actual supper club, not a panel discussion disguised as dinner. On arrival, you’ll be given an assignment: a role in the art world. Over the first course, the table becomes a game of Art World Guess Who, with everyone playing their part. Expect clichés, caricatures and pastiche, in the best possible way.
Then come the guesses. Over the main course, all is revealed. But not everyone at the table will be pretending. Come hungry. Come ready to play.
Carrie Scott is a curator, art historian, writer and television presenter who has spent more than two decades working with artists, galleries and collectors around the world.
This supper is part of A Table With…, House Collective’s series of intimate, creative gatherings bringing artists, collectors, curators, designers, chefs and cultural thinkers together during Frieze Week.
Friday 16 October
11:00 – 19:00
The Gardens
Alongside a Tequila bar inspired by modern Mexico and tacos to keep visitors going, El Rayo Exhibits will showcase two artists at the heart of the brand's creative story: Mario Higinio and Alice Isaac. The space will also host Voices Radio on the Exhibits stage, bringing a weekend-long programme of DJs and live performances.
11:00 – 17:00
Regency Greenhouse
Rosie McGinn's ‘The Mountain’ [2019] is a stuffed sculpture connected to a pulley system.
The viewer is in control of the World’s Strongest Man, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who is either victoriously lifting a giant disproportionate weight, or crushed by it on the floor.
McGinn’s practice explores the human tendency to chase moments of ecstasy, whether it’s winning at Bingo, scoring a goal or jumping from space. These rituals observed within the practice often explore our relationship with transcendence and extreme human achievement. Based between London and Kent, McGinn primarily works with kinetic sculpture, inflatable installation, video and painting.
11:00 – 19:00
Devonshire Greenhouse
The Play-ground by Eve De Haan, working under the name Half a Roast Chicken, revisits the social world of childhood from the distance of adulthood, tracing the language, humour and memories that continue to resonate years later.
Drawing on familiar phrases, private jokes and shared codes, Half a Roast Chicken uses neon to revisit the things once written, shouted or passed between friends.
Removed from their original context and encountered again as adults, these fragments can take on an unexpected emotional weight. What once felt throwaway or funny becomes charged with memory.
The work considers how those early experiences of belonging, embarrassment, bravado and identity continue to echo into adult life.
The Play-ground sits somewhere between memory and experience — familiar, but altered by time.
13:00 – 15:00
Portland Greenhouse
Light is the first thing a home shows you
Samuel will explore the role of light in shaping how we experience a home - from the way natural light moves through a space throughout the day and its influence on colour, materials and art - to how an artificial lighting strategy is brought into a home to pick up where natural light leaves off.
At Echlin, Samuel brings together architecture and interiors with a focus on craftsmanship, detail and how people experience and live within a space. The conversation will explore how light can become an integral part of the design process, shaping the atmosphere, character and functionality of a home.
A Table With... is a series of intimate, creative supper club-style gatherings taking place during Frieze week in London, bringing artists, collectors, curators, designers, chefs and cultural thinkers together around the table. The programme takes PLAY as its starting point – experimentation, collaboration, curiosity and a willingness to challenge the conventions of the art world.
19:00 – 21:00
Portland Greenhouse
Storytelling, Art and a Little Mischief
Eric Underwood will begin the evening with a story from his recent appearance with The Moth at the Southbank Centre, before letting dinner find its own rhythm. Expect good food, good company, plenty of laughter and conversations that may or may not stay on topic. Eric will set the tone, get people talking and make sure nobody is quietly checking their phone under the table.
Think dinner with a little storytelling, a little art and a little mischief, plus a few moments you may still be talking about afterwards. Come curious. Come hungry. Eric will bring the atmosphere.
Eric Underwood is a dancer, actor and model, and a former Soloist with The Royal Ballet, whose career spans performance, fashion, film and television.
This supper is part of A Table With…, House Collective’s series of intimate, creative gatherings bringing artists, collectors, curators, designers, chefs and cultural thinkers together during Frieze Week.
Saturday 17 October
11:00 – 19:00
The Gardens
Alongside a Tequila bar inspired by modern Mexico and tacos to keep visitors going, El Rayo Exhibits will showcase two artists at the heart of the brand's creative story: Mario Higinio and Alice Isaac. The space will also host Voices Radio on the Exhibits stage, bringing a weekend-long programme of DJs and live performances.
11:00 – 18:30
Regency Greenhouse
Join artist Rosemary Jane Cronin for a Tarot reading and leave with a personal poem inspired by what the cards say and the poetry of the Fluxus movement, a poem to keep and to guide you and your future self.
Rosemary Cronin is an artist, writer and lecturer with a research-based practice focusing on gender, psychoanalysis and subversion. Her work is realised through film, performance, paint, print and sculpture. Cronin has exhibited at The Freud Museum, Tate Britain, ICA London, National Portrait Gallery, Transition Gallery, South London Gallery and The Wallace Collection.
11:00 – 19:00
Devonshire Greenhouse
The Play-ground by Eve De Haan, working under the name Half a Roast Chicken, revisits the social world of childhood from the distance of adulthood, tracing the language, humour and memories that continue to resonate years later.
Drawing on familiar phrases, private jokes and shared codes, Half a Roast Chicken uses neon to revisit the things once written, shouted or passed between friends.
Removed from their original context and encountered again as adults, these fragments can take on an unexpected emotional weight. What once felt throwaway or funny becomes charged with memory.
The work considers how those early experiences of belonging, embarrassment, bravado and identity continue to echo into adult life.
The Play-ground sits somewhere between memory and experience — familiar, but altered by time.
12:00 – 19:00
The Galleries
RankinLIVE is coming to the inaugural Fair Play Art Fair, giving you the chance to step in front of the camera of one of the world’s most celebrated photographers. This unique experience offers participants a chance to be professionally photographed, review their images, select their favourite shots, and receive an authenticated print delivered to their doorstep.
13:00 – 15:00
Portland Greenhouse
A Table With...Christian Bense
The Hows, Whys and Whats of Interior Design
In the world of social media, we are bombarded with a constantly changing carousel of polished interiors, without much context on how they came to be or the guiding principles behind them, their source of inspiration or how we can take what we see and apply it, thoughtfully and meaningfully, into our own homes.
This table talk will explore the world of interior design behind the lens, the before and during of the design process, how to navigate inspiration and how to apply an objective view on a very subjective topic. Christian Bense brings his wit and no BS approach to the conversation, opening the discussion up to anyone who values the importance of a well-designed home.
A Table With... is a series of intimate, creative supper club-style gatherings taking place during Frieze week in London, bringing artists, collectors, curators, designers, chefs and cultural thinkers together around the table. The programme takes PLAY as its starting point – experimentation, collaboration, curiosity and a willingness to challenge the conventions of the art world.
19:00 – 21:00
Portland Greenhouse
A Table With...Charlotte Langridge
Love at First Sight: An Art Collecting Supper
What makes you fall in love with a work of art and would you trust your first instinct?
Join Charlotte Langridge, founder of The Collector’s Atelier, for a Saturday-night supper of good food, great company and art to fall for. Images of artworks make their way around the table, with no artist names or prices to sway you. One catches your eye; your neighbour has eyes for another. But when the stories, names and prices are revealed, will you still want to take the same work home?
Over three courses and drinks, expect unexpected discoveries, playful disagreements and stories of impulse buys, treasured finds and the ones that got away. No lectures, no right answers, just good company and a little curiosity. No art knowledge required.
A Table With... is a series of intimate, creative supper club-style gatherings taking place during Frieze week in London, bringing artists, collectors, curators, designers, chefs and cultural thinkers together around the table. The programme takes PLAY as its starting point – experimentation, collaboration, curiosity and a willingness to challenge the conventions of the art world.
Sunday 18 October
11:00 – 13:00
Portland Greenhouse
Join award-winning artist and fragrance designer Azzi Glasser for a sensory brunch exploring art, identity and character through scent. From Antony Gormley’s Iron to Philippe Parreno’s Zinedine Zidane collaboration and the smell of Britain, discover how she translates unexpected ideas into fragrance.
Along the way, uncover the scents she created for Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Jude Law’s film characters. Come curious. Follow your nose.
Azzi Glasser is an award-winning British fragrance designer and founder of The Perfumer’s Story by Azzi, whose work spans contemporary art, fashion and cinema.
A Table With... is a series of intimate, creative supper club-style gatherings taking place during Frieze week in London, bringing artists, collectors, curators, designers, chefs and cultural thinkers together around the table. The programme takes PLAY as its starting point – experimentation, collaboration, curiosity and a willingness to challenge the conventions of the art world.
11:00 – 18:00
The Gardens
Alongside a Tequila bar inspired by modern Mexico and tacos to keep visitors going, El Rayo Exhibits will showcase two artists at the heart of the brand's creative story: Mario Higinio and Alice Isaac. The space will also host Voices Radio on the Exhibits stage, bringing a weekend-long programme of DJs and live performances.
11:00 – 17:00
Devonshire Greenhouse
The Play-ground by Eve De Haan, working under the name Half a Roast Chicken, revisits the social world of childhood from the distance of adulthood, tracing the language, humour and memories that continue to resonate years later.
Drawing on familiar phrases, private jokes and shared codes, Half a Roast Chicken uses neon to revisit the things once written, shouted or passed between friends.
Removed from their original context and encountered again as adults, these fragments can take on an unexpected emotional weight. What once felt throwaway or funny becomes charged with memory.
The work considers how those early experiences of belonging, embarrassment, bravado and identity continue to echo into adult life.
The Play-ground sits somewhere between memory and experience — familiar, but altered by time.
14:00 – 16:00
Portland Greenhouse
Artist Networks & Communities
What happens when the places where artists have traditionally gathered, worked and connected no longer feel accessible?
As rising costs push artists beyond cities such as London, this participatory supper explores how creative communities can take shape outside established art world structures. Through prompts and exercises led by Edward Liddle, everyone at the table will contribute experiences, questions and ideas about how meaningful networks are formed and sustained.
Come with a perspective to share or simply with curiosity. Expect good food, open conversation and new connections, and leave with inspiration for creating the kind of artistic community you want to be part of.
Edward Liddle is an artist, curator and educator, and co-founder of Knot Works, a Kent-based organisation supporting artists and makers.
This supper is part of A Table With…, House Collective’s series of intimate, creative gatherings bringing artists, collectors, curators, designers, chefs and cultural thinkers together during Frieze Week.
14:00 – 17:30
Regency Greenhouse
Officially Amazing is a series of micro-performances in which Tom Pope will attempt to break a variety of absurd world records. Each record attempt needs to be recorded as evidence in the event that a record is broken.
The recordings will also act as records of the performances. The performance embraces the subtle balance between the achievement of breaking a Guinness World Record and doing something that appears completely meaningless.
Tom Pope is a contemporary artist and Fair Play’s Chief Play Officer, working across photography, sculpture, installation and performance to explore chance, participation and the everyday.
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