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City guideLondon · Sat 17 – Sun 18 October

London this weekend: Frieze art fairs and photography at Tate Modern

Frieze London and Frieze Masters, Light and Magic and Tarek Atoui at Tate Modern, the film festival’s last weekend, Frieze Sculpture, Dishoom Borough and the NFL at Wembley.

Lisson Gallery at Frieze London 2025
Photo: Frieze

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Sunday · 18 October

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Sunday

18 October

An NFL game at Wembley Stadium
Photo: Ian Hughes, Wikimedia Commons

Sun 14:30

Sport · Wembley

Texans v Jaguars at Wembley

The last of this year’s three NFL London games: the Jacksonville Jaguars, the home team, play the Houston Texans at Wembley Stadium on Sunday at 14:30. It is the Jaguars’ second London game in eight days, after Tottenham last Sunday.

Arrive early: the Jaguars’ fan areas in the Green Car Park and on Olympic Way start from 9:30, with food, drink and a flag football clinic for ages 8 to 18.

All weekend

Saturday and Sunday

Lisson Gallery at Frieze London 2025
Photo: Frieze

Sat 11:00–19:00, Sun 11:00–18:00From £48, children £10

Fair · Regent’s Park

Frieze London and Frieze Masters in Regent’s Park

Frieze week is London’s biggest moment for art. Frieze London shows contemporary work made mostly since 2000; Frieze Masters, a short walk across the park, covers everything from antiquity to the 20th century. Together they draw more than 85,000 visitors.

Saturday is open 11:00 to 19:00, Sunday 11:00 to 18:00. Tickets are online only and timed, from £48, or £92 for both fairs. Frieze London’s entrance is off Park Square West.

Lang Jingshan, Riverside Spring, 1942
Photo: © Estate of Lang Jingshan / V&A, via Tate

Sat 10:00–21:00, Sun 10:00–18:00£20, concessions £19

Exhibition · Tate Modern

Light and Magic at Tate Modern

Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography opened at Tate Modern on 14 October. It is the first major exhibition on pictorialism, the movement that set out to make photography an art, told as a global story from the 1880s to the 1960s.

More than 200 rare prints by over 80 artists, among them Fan Ho, Lang Jingshan and Lionel Wendt. Tickets are £20; on Saturday Tate Modern stays open until 21:00.

The Turbine Hall at Tate Modern
Photo: kp-snaps, Wikimedia Commons

Sat 10:00–21:00, Sun 10:00–18:00Free

Exhibition · Tate Modern

Tarek Atoui in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

Tarek Atoui, an artist and composer born in Beirut in 1980, made this year’s Hyundai Commission for the Turbine Hall, open since 13 October. He builds his own instruments, often from glass, water or ceramics, that work as sculptures as much as sources of sound.

The new work was made for the hall itself, and it’s free until 11 April. Pair it with Light and Magic: they are in the same building.

The Royal Festival Hall
Photo: Andreas Praefcke, Wikimedia Commons

Sat and Sun, hours vary by venue

Festival · Southbank

The London Film Festival’s last weekend

The 70th BFI London Film Festival ends on Sunday with the UK premiere of Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut, a musical comedy with Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, at the Royal Festival Hall. Eisenberg and the cast are expected to attend.

All weekend there are screenings at BFI Southbank, BFI IMAX and four West End cinemas, and BFI Southbank hosts the free LFF for Free events. Popular films sell out: look for returns on the day.

Frieze Sculpture in Regent’s Park, 2016
Photo: Paul Farmer, Wikimedia Commons

Sat and SunFree

Exhibition · Regent’s Park

Frieze Sculpture in Regent’s Park

Frieze Sculpture is the free part of Frieze week: works by 11 international artists set outdoors in the English Gardens of Regent’s Park, curated for a fourth year by Fatoş Üstek. It stays until 1 November.

Find it at the south end of the Broad Walk, between the two fairs. Look for Conrad Shawcross’s Eye of the Needle and Douglas White’s Black Palm. Go in daylight, while the trees are turning.

Dishoom Borough
Photo: Dishoom

Sat 9:00–24:00, Sun 9:00–23:00Walk-ins only

Restaurant · Borough

Dishoom Borough by Borough Market

Dishoom, the Bombay café restaurants, opened Dishoom Borough on 12 October at 11–13 Park Street, by Borough Market. Its look is drawn from Bombay’s Crawford Market, and it serves breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.

During the soft launch, until Tuesday 20 October, all food is half price. Bookings are full but walk-ins are welcome; it opens at 9:00 on Saturday and Sunday, so breakfast is the easiest time to get in.

Sunday

Sun 14:30Sport · WembleyTexans v Jaguars at Wembley
An NFL game at Wembley Stadium
Photo: Ian Hughes, Wikimedia Commons

The last of this year’s three NFL London games: the Jacksonville Jaguars, the home team, play the Houston Texans at Wembley Stadium on Sunday at 14:30. It is the Jaguars’ second London game in eight days, after Tottenham last Sunday.

Arrive early: the Jaguars’ fan areas in the Green Car Park and on Olympic Way start from 9:30, with food, drink and a flag football clinic for ages 8 to 18.

Wembley Stadium 4.6 (73,511)Stadium · Wembley, London · 4.6 (73,511)

All weekend

Sat 11:00–19:00, Sun 11:00–18:00Fair · Regent’s ParkFrieze London and Frieze Masters in Regent’s Park
Lisson Gallery at Frieze London 2025
Photo: Frieze

Frieze week is London’s biggest moment for art. Frieze London shows contemporary work made mostly since 2000; Frieze Masters, a short walk across the park, covers everything from antiquity to the 20th century. Together they draw more than 85,000 visitors.

Saturday is open 11:00 to 19:00, Sunday 11:00 to 18:00. Tickets are online only and timed, from £48, or £92 for both fairs. Frieze London’s entrance is off Park Square West.

Sat 10:00–21:00, Sun 10:00–18:00Exhibition · Tate ModernLight and Magic at Tate Modern
Lang Jingshan, Riverside Spring, 1942
Photo: © Estate of Lang Jingshan / V&A, via Tate

Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography opened at Tate Modern on 14 October. It is the first major exhibition on pictorialism, the movement that set out to make photography an art, told as a global story from the 1880s to the 1960s.

More than 200 rare prints by over 80 artists, among them Fan Ho, Lang Jingshan and Lionel Wendt. Tickets are £20; on Saturday Tate Modern stays open until 21:00.

Tate Modern 4.5 (84,134)Museum · Bankside, London · 4.5 (84,134)
Sat 10:00–21:00, Sun 10:00–18:00Exhibition · Tate ModernTarek Atoui in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
The Turbine Hall at Tate Modern
Photo: kp-snaps, Wikimedia Commons

Tarek Atoui, an artist and composer born in Beirut in 1980, made this year’s Hyundai Commission for the Turbine Hall, open since 13 October. He builds his own instruments, often from glass, water or ceramics, that work as sculptures as much as sources of sound.

The new work was made for the hall itself, and it’s free until 11 April. Pair it with Light and Magic: they are in the same building.

Sat and Sun, hours vary by venueFestival · SouthbankThe London Film Festival’s last weekend
The Royal Festival Hall
Photo: Andreas Praefcke, Wikimedia Commons

The 70th BFI London Film Festival ends on Sunday with the UK premiere of Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut, a musical comedy with Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, at the Royal Festival Hall. Eisenberg and the cast are expected to attend.

All weekend there are screenings at BFI Southbank, BFI IMAX and four West End cinemas, and BFI Southbank hosts the free LFF for Free events. Popular films sell out: look for returns on the day.

BFI Southbank 4.6 (3,203)Cinema · South Bank, London · 4.6 (3,203)
Sat and SunExhibition · Regent’s ParkFrieze Sculpture in Regent’s Park
Frieze Sculpture in Regent’s Park, 2016
Photo: Paul Farmer, Wikimedia Commons

Frieze Sculpture is the free part of Frieze week: works by 11 international artists set outdoors in the English Gardens of Regent’s Park, curated for a fourth year by Fatoş Üstek. It stays until 1 November.

Find it at the south end of the Broad Walk, between the two fairs. Look for Conrad Shawcross’s Eye of the Needle and Douglas White’s Black Palm. Go in daylight, while the trees are turning.

The Regent's Park 4.7 (50,000)Park · Marylebone, London · 4.7 (50,000)
Sat 9:00–24:00, Sun 9:00–23:00Restaurant · BoroughDishoom Borough by Borough Market
Dishoom Borough
Photo: Dishoom

Dishoom, the Bombay café restaurants, opened Dishoom Borough on 12 October at 11–13 Park Street, by Borough Market. Its look is drawn from Bombay’s Crawford Market, and it serves breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.

During the soft launch, until Tuesday 20 October, all food is half price. Bookings are full but walk-ins are welcome; it opens at 9:00 on Saturday and Sunday, so breakfast is the easiest time to get in.

Dishoom Borough 5.0 (81)Restaurant · Borough, London · 5.0 (81)