2023 VIP Programme

Cubitt is an artist-led co-operative based in Islington providing 32 artist’s studios, a non-profit gallery, and a community-based arts programme. During the last 30 years, Cubitt has launched the careers of numerous artists and curators through its pioneering gallery programme, which sees a new curator appointed every 18 months. Its alumni have gone on to win the Turner Prize and lead major galleries in the UK and abroad.

This facilitated conversation with Association of Women Art Dealers’ Founder and serial entrepreneur Susan J Mumford takes a deep dive into conscious, unconscious and intersectional bias. Uncovering real-life intel from the art market, you will develop a new understanding of how bias unknowingly plays out in reality, with this knowledge supporting the building of diverse collections. After the talk, AWAD Founder Susan J Mumford will lead a whistle-stop tour highlighting works presented by five women art dealers.

Explore the Museum Pavillion on a curator led tour with Ben Uri Gallery curators to discover a unique display of selected highlights from the Ben Uri Gallery collection which celebrates the Jewish, refugee and immigrant contributions to British visual culture.

Encounters Tour Meeting point: VIP Desk

Photo50 Tour Meeting Point: VIP Desk

Photography Highlights Tour Meeting Point: VIP Desk

General Highlights Tour Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting point: VIP Desk

To mark its 25th anniversary, the Estorick Collection is proud to present a major exhibition of works by Giorgio Morandi. For the first time, the entire collection of 50 paintings and works on paper by the artist belonging to Italy’s Magnani-Rocca Foundation will be on show in the UK. Event location: Estorick Collection.

Visit Katherine Jones RA, painter and printmaker in her Brixton Studio. Katherine Jones is a newly elected Royal Academician (2022) and will be exhibiting with Rabley Gallery on stand 11 at the London Art Fair. Katherine will give a short introduction to her multilayered works in the intimate surroundings of her studio, this is a special behind-the-scenes view into her exploration of ideas and inspirations, printing-press and the final prints. Meeting Point: Brixton Academy

Margherita is the Head of Commercial Litigation and Art Law at Dragon Argent (a firm specialising in advising startups and SME businesses across legal, advisory, accounting and tax services). Her clientele includes businesses and investors, whom she advises on commercial transactions and the uptick trend of digital transactions. Margherita will be hosting a drop-in session in the VIP Collectors Lounge to answer questions on the art and tech space, including topics such as: • Web3 and the effects it has on commercial transactions; • smart contracts and how to protect your business needs; • securing intellectual property rights for your business in digital assets; and • blockchain uses in art transactions.

Photo50 Tour Meeting point: VIP Desk

Gusbourne Masterclass: England’s most-awarded wine producer is hosting an informal yet informative tasting of 3 of their sustainably crafted English Sparkling wines. Your host, Steve Kirkham, will talk you through the wines whilst sharing information about the house, the vineyards and wine in general.

Explore the Museum Pavillion on a curator led tour with Ben Uri Gallery curators to discover a unique display of selected highlights from the Ben Uri Gallery collection which celebrates the Jewish, refugee and immigrant contributions to British visual culture.

Join exhibitor TAG Fine Arts at this exclusive event for Barts Hospital. Will Palin hosts an intimate tour of the Grade I listed North Wing. Founded in 1123, and rebuilt to designs of James Gibbs, the event will be a rare opportunity to see the famous William Hogarth Stair and historic Great Hall. The evening will be accompanied by Harp music by City Music Foundation, and drinks served. Event Location: St Bartholomew's Hospital

Contemporary Art Highlights Tour Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting Point: VIP Desk

General Highlights Tour Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting Point: VIP Desk

Infinite Folds, the first UK solo exhibition of artist, novelist and poet Barbara Chase-Riboud at Serpentine North, features over seven decades of her innovation in sculptural technique, exploring memory, history and power through monumental sculptures and works on paper. At Serpentine South, explore States of Oneness, a major survey of the influential Sudanese artist, Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, whose work intertwines the earthly and the spiritual through an understanding of our connections with the natural world. During the tour you will also have the chance to see artist Atta Kwami's prize winning mural installed in the Serpentine North Garden. Atta Kwambi's work will also be on show at London Art fair at Beardsmore Gallery.

Making Modernism is the first major UK exhibition devoted to pioneering women working in Germany in the early 1900s: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kӓthe Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin. Bringing together 65 works, many never seen in the UK before, Making Modernism foregrounds the individuality of each artist whilst shining a spotlight on the strong affinities between them. Combining impressive, bold and intimately-scaled works, this exhibition explores themes of identity, representation and belonging – all powerfully relevant today.

Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Government Art Collection.

Platform Tour Meeting Point: VIP Desk

Encounters Tour Meeting Point: VIP Desk

Author Interiors welcomes you to the carefully curated VIP Collectors Lounge, where Jane Adams founder of AUTHOR will introduce you to some of the talented makers AUTHOR showcases,; experts within fields of textiles, wood working, sculpture, and furniture making. An informal and relaxed opportunity to see their work up close, understand methodology and watch demonstrations. Please join us anytime, to mingle with the makers and fellow guests. Event location: VIP Lounge.

Photography Highlight's Tour Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting Point: VIP Desk

Explore the Museum Pavillion on a curator led tour with Ben Uri Gallery curators to discover a unique display of selected highlights from the Ben Uri Gallery collection which celebrates the Jewish, refugee and immigrant contributions to British visual culture.

Contemporary Art Highlights Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting point: VIP Desk

General Highlights Tour Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting point: VIP Desk

Discover Maltese wine in an exclusive wine tasting. Malta may not be renowned like its larger Mediterranean neighbours for wine production, but Maltese vintages are more than holding their own at international competition, winning several accolades in France, Italy and further afield. If wine is your hobby, passion or favourite accompaniment to a sociable meal, the Maltese Islands have plenty to offer. We will be sampling a variety of red white and rosé from Emmanuel Delicata Winemaker with one of our wine experts. Meeting point: VIP Lounge

Modern British Highlights Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting point: VIP Desk

Explore the Museum Pavillion on a curator led tour with Ben Uri Gallery curators to discover a unique display of selected highlights from the Ben Uri Gallery collection which celebrates the Jewish, refugee and immigrant contributions to British visual culture.

Modern British Highlights Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting point: VIP Desk

Contemporary Art Highlights Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting point: VIP Desk

Applied Highlights Tour Led by Sotheby's Institute Meeting point: VIP Desk