2026 Highlights
Modern and Contemporary British Art
Installed across the ground and first floors of Saatchi Gallery, our Modern and Contemporary British Art exhibitors make up the heart of the fair. Among these are the UK’s leading dealers in Modern British Art, including Austin/Desmond Fine Art, Osborne Samuel, Crane Kalman, Portland Gallery, The Redfern Gallery, Alan Wheatley and Whitford Fine Art. In 2025, the Fair welcomed back Crane Kalman, Pangolin London, Huxley-Parlour, Panter & Hall, Paul Liss, The Scottish Gallery and Candida Stevens. New exhibitors included Gallery Ten, Jonathan Soden, Ottocento, Sisters Grimm, and Winsor Birch.
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Born To: In Partnership with PensionBee
A feature exhibition, Born To, curated by Jo McLaughlin and supported by PensionBee as part of its Born to Retire campaign, will showcase five artists selected from an open call for artists aged 50 and over, which received more than 500 entries. Each artist came to their creative practice later in life, whether after raising a family, following a career in another field, or simply when time allowed, offering a timely reminder that being an emerging artist doesn't have to mean fresh out of art school.
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Charity Partner: Outside In
Outside In is a national charity that supports artists who encounter significant barriers to the art world due to health, disability, social circumstance, or isolation. At British Art Fair, Outside In will be celebrating their 20th anniversary by showcasing four artists whose practice has been supported in a variety of ways during the charity’s two decades of work. Visitors will be able to find out more by talking with staff and Artist Ambassadors. Funds from art sales and ticket donations will enable new programmes of creative workshops and training opportunities and allow more artists to benefit from bursaries.
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Spotlight: Contemporary
Spotlight: Contemporary is a project for cutting edge galleries and dealers to exhibit a set of works by one star of the contemporary art world, and is a continuation of British Art Fair's founding principle to champion British art and artists. Spotlight: Contemporary underscores the strength, breadth, and critical significance of contemporary artistic practice in Britain today.
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Spotlight: Digitalism
Building on the success of PIVOTAL: Digitalism - the inaugural digital art feature at British Art Fair in 2024, which also launched ‘Digitalism’ as an art movement - Digitalism returns to showcase artists pushing the boundaries of contemporary art through technology. This section will feature cutting-edge works across AI, AR, VR, digital sculpture, moving image, photography and painting. Visitors can experience an immersive, future-facing experience that reflects the evolving language of art in the digital age.
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Friday Late
On Friday night, the fair will be open until 9pm. A special event, ‘Meet the artists’, is open to all visitors, and provides the opportunity to meet artists and discuss their work in an informal way.
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Modern British Highlights 2026
Discover a selection of the Modern British highlights that await visitors this year.