Art world report·London
Xavier Hufkens Brings Serra, Ruby and Houseago to Frieze London Booth B15
Xavier Hufkens returns to Frieze London, 14-18 October 2026, with a cross-generational presentation at Booth B15 spanning painting, sculpture, works on paper and neon, bringing together works made between 1982 and 2026, including new pieces by Sterling Ruby, Mark Manders, Esther Kläs and Lesley Vance.

Xavier Hufkens will return to Frieze London with a cross-generational presentation at Booth B15, on view from 14 to 18 October 2026 in Regent’s Park. Spanning painting, sculpture, works on paper and neon, the booth brings together works made between 1982 and 2026, moving between figuration and abstraction. The fair brings together 172 galleries in Regent’s Park and runs from 14 to 18 October. Highlights include Richard Serra’s large-scale “St. Louis I” (1982), a nearly three-metre-high work in paintstick on paper; Thomas Houseago’s monumental brass-and-concrete sculpture “Red Figure (demon)” (2022); and Ulala Imai’s expansive painting “GATE KEEPER” (2025). The booth also features new 2026 works by Mark Manders, Sterling Ruby, Esther Kläs and Lesley Vance, alongside Joan Semmel’s recent painting “Shoulder to Shoulder” (2025). Serra’s paintstick drawing from 1982 is one of the earliest works on the stand, while the 2026 pieces show the gallery’s current programme at its freshest. Further works include a suite of four double-sided drawings by Louise Bourgeois and Tracey Emin’s neon “How it Feels” (2012), together with pieces by Huma Bhabha, McArthur Binion, Michel François and Walter Swennen. Across the presentation, recurring interests in the body, material transformation and gesture run through the selection. Among the new works is Ruby’s cast bronze “Bound Flowers. Couple. (9262)” (2026), a pair of flowers entwined in an embrace, whose gestures recall the formal poses of wedding portraits. Drawing on the symbolism of seventeenth-century Flemish and Dutch still-life painting, the work explores intimacy, commitment and impermanence through floral forms in various stages of decay.

