Frieze week has finally arrived in London, scroll down to have a look through our top picks from this year's galleries. Also featured are some Frieze worthy pieces available to purchase from Extraordinary Objects including rare natural history and limited-edition contemporary art.

“Art is like a lover whom you run away from but who comes back and picks you up”

— Tracey Emin

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Frieze’s first fair in London’s Regent’s Park. Over 160 galleries will return to participate in one of the most anticipated events in the global calendar.

An impressive Nanosaurus skeleton (David Aaron)

Dating back between 155-148 million years ago, the Nanosaurus was once considered one of the smallest dinosaurs growing to no larger than 180cm in length. The Nanosaurus would have shared its space with the likes of Jurassic giants like the T-Rex and Diplodocus.

An incredible Edmontosaurus Skull from Extraordinary Objects

The most famous of the duck-billed dinosaurs, the Edmontosaurus could reach 13 meters and weigh 3.5 tons. This herbivore would have lived alongside fellow giants Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex, and were one of the last dinosaurs to walk the earth before their mass extinction 65 million years ago.

Edmontosaurus Skull, Late Cretaceous, 45 x 62 x 30 cm, Hell Creek Formation, Wyoming

'I Cried' by Tracey Emin (Galleria Lorcan O'Neill)

This gouache on paper by iconic British contemporary artist Tracey Emin was painted in 2012 and is an intimate reflection of her mother. Emin uses all aspects of her life in her art, turning intimate autobiography into broader statements about sex, love, death, freedom and everyday life.

Image courtesy of Galleria Lorcan O'Neill

'It Was All About Loving You' (2022) from Extraordinary Objects

Produced in response to the escalation of conflict in Ukraine, ‘It Was All About Loving You’ (2022) by Tracey Emin is depicted through a series of swift lines with a figure reclining alone in a state of longing and desire, caught between despair and ecstasy.

'It Was All About Loving You' (2022), Screenprint on paper, Edition of 50, Signed by the artist

'Truisms' by Jenny Holzer (Sprüth Magers)

Benches and footstools have formed a crucial part of Jenny Holzer’s work since the 1980s. Her work regularly combines texts with everyday forms in the public sphere with each sculpture featuring a thought-provoking phrase written by the artist, in this case from one of her most iconic series of texts, Truisms written between 1977 and 1979.

'Inflammatory Essays' from Extraordinary Objects

In 1977 Holzer began to hang posters in the streets of Soho and other parts of Manhattan with incisive messages on social contradictions, sexuality, violence and the abusive logic of power. Over the years, Holzer developed longer texts, such as the Inflammatory Essays (1979–82), a series of texts of one hundred words each, written in a more caustic and aggressive language than the earlier work. Printed on coloured paper, they create a very visual discursive mosaic.

'Inflammatory Essays' (1978-1982), Suite of ten offset lithographs on paper, Signed edition of 100

'The Gogotte' (ArtAncient)

From the collection of Richard Berger, ‘The Gogotte’ is the gem that for more than 30 years, remained the most publicised and impactful centrepiece of his ‘Masterworks of the Earth’ exhibition. The magnificent anthropomorphic concretion is a medley of thick swirls, radiating ripples and seemingly impossible folds, all rendered in sparkling sandstone.

'Culture Medium' from Extraordinary Objects

Formed from quartz crystals and calcium carbonate and of natural form, the gogotte is produced when superheated water extrudes through crevices into a basin of extremely fine white silica sand. The silica then cements the sand together to form the gogottes fluid lines, creating natural sculptures. Each a completely unique shape, 'Culture Medium' from Extraordinary Objects is a fine example of gogottes flowing wave like appearance.

'Culture Medium', 30 million years old, 87 x 60 x 22 cm, 68.1 kg

'Garden of Fortitude' by Damien Hirst (Gagosian)

Part of his 'In The Secret Gardens Paintings' series, this painting by Hirst depicts a thriving garden in which different species of vibrantly coloured flowers emerge from their verdant surroundings in a style that balances the designed and the natural, the harmonious and the chaotic. Rendering blooms in quick but convincing detail, he incorporates consciously indistinct passages before finally adding an abstract layer to each canvas by hurling thick paint at its surface from a loaded brush.

'Justice H9-1' by Damien Hirst from Extraordinary Objects

From 'The Virtues' series by Damien Hirst, this Laminated Giclée print references Impressionism, Pointillism and Action Painting, with a Cherry Blossoms being used to symbolise the spontaneous joy of spring. With Hirst saying “Cherry Blossoms are about beauty and life and death. They’re extreme – there’s something hopeful yet hopeless about them".

'H9-1 Justice' (2021), Laminated Giclée print, 120 x 96 cm, Signed edition of 1005

'4 Colours' by Bridget Riley (Archeus)

In 1980 Riley visited Cairo and the Nile Valley and began her so-called Egyptian period, reverting to the structure of the simple stripe to contrast the colours she had witnessed in the ancient tombs. This marked the end of a complex investigation into the possibilities of the twisted curve. Having taken the dissolution of colour to an extreme, the reinstatement of a firmer sense of structure now seemed necessary.

'The Dominance Series' by Bridget Riley from Extraordinary Objects

Signed, titled and dated by Bridget Riley, 'Blue Dominance' and 'Green Dominance' are part of The Dominance series from 1977. These prints show her distinctive style of geometric patterns and optical illusions creating a striking visual effect that challenge viewers' perception and invoke a sense of movement.

'Blue Dominance' and 'Green Dominance' (1977), Screenprints on paper, both 98.1 x 49.2 cm

Works featured from Extraordinary Object are available to purchase in gallery or online and feel free to enquire for more details.

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