Six Artists Making Their London Debuts This Frieze Week
3 min read · 13 Oct 2026
Galleries are presenting London debuts by artists including Mexican Surrealist Sofía Bassi at Pippy Houldsworth, which is also showing her work at Frieze London. The paintings include works she made in an Acapulco jail, where she was imprisoned for shooting her son-in-law, which she claimed was a poolside accident.
Robin F. Williams: Act Natural at P.P.O.W, 9 Cork Street. Image copyright the artist, courtesy of the gallery
Robin F. Williams - Act Natural
Until October 24
P.P.O.W. at 9 Cork Street
Williams examines our growing reliance on virtual assistants, such as Alexa and Siri, in the New York gallery’s first show in London's Mayfair.
See more on ppowgallery.com
Firenze Lai: North and True North at White Cube, Mason's Yard. Image copyright the artist, courtesy of the gallery
Firenze Lai - North and True North
October 13 - November 14
White Cube, Mason's Yard
The Hong Kong-born artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK features a new series of paintings and works on paper populated by anonymous figures, made in her London studio.
See more on whitecube.com
Brook Hsu: Trout Fishing in America at Heidi Gallery. Image copyright the artist, courtesy of the gallery
Brook Hsu - Trout Fishing in America
Until November 7
Heidi Gallery
The Wyoming-based artist’s work began with a postcard she sent to her now-fiancé featuring Courbet’s The Trout.
See more on heidigallery.com
Elise Nguyen Quoc: sous ultra-vide at Herald St. Image copyright the artist, courtesy of the gallery
Elise Nguyen Quoc - sous ultra-vide
Until November 7
Herald St
The French artist’s first solo exhibition in London features abstract works that Nguyen Quoc describes as “remnants”—traces of visual and physical encounters she has experienced.
See more on heraldst.com
Reko Rennie: Renaissance Revolution at Ames Yavuz. Image copyright the artist, courtesy of the gallery
Reko Rennie - Renaissance Revolution
Until November 14
Ames Yavuz
Rennie revisits memories Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria, where he first encountered Western art as a child but found little that reflected his Indigenous identity.
See more on amesyavuz.com
Sofia Bassi: Floating Between Earth and Sky at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery. Image copyright the artist's estate, courtesy of the gallery
Sofia Bassi - Floating Between Earth and Sky
Until November 14
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
The first European solo exhibition of the Mexican Surrealist, brings together her paintings, works on paper, and a painted ostrich egg, including works she signed "ELC" for en la caracel when serving time shooting her son-in-law, poolside in Acapulco.
See more on houldsworth.co.uk
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