African and diasporic art is set to be one of the strongest threads running through London's October fair week, judging by this week's previews. Frieze London, opening at Regent's Park from 14 to 18 October with more than 160 galleries, is giving a dedicated stand to Sudanese modernist Ibrahim El-Salahi, while solo presentations include Anish Kapoor, Myrlande Constant and Dalton Paula — a lineup that puts several major Black and diasporic practices in prominent positions within the main fair. The dedicated fair for the field, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, takes over Somerset House from 15 to 18 October with 50 galleries drawn from Africa and its diaspora. This year's edition adds a new strand on modernism, West Wind, curated by art historian Nancy Dantas, alongside a large-scale installation in the building's central courtyard — a deliberate expansion from contemporary presentations into the modernist histories that underpin them. Design collectors have their own destination in PAD London, which runs from 13 to 18 October in a tent on Berkeley Square with mid-century furniture, museum-grade decorative art and jewellery. Meanwhile in the park, Frieze Masters spans antiquities to the twentieth century, so visitors can move between the two fairs in a single day. On the practical side: tickets for the Frieze fairs are online-only and do not allow re-entry, so a day out needs planning. Entry starts at around £48 for the Frieze fairs, £30 for PAD London and £32 for 1-54 — three very different windows onto the market within a short distance of each other.