Highgate Art Fair set to welcome dozens of exhibitors

The event is returning for its third edition in November, inviting visitors to meet the artists and take home original work

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An independent contemporary art fair is returning for its third edition early next month.

Highgate Art Fair is being hosted from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th November, bringing more than 40 artists, galleries and collectives to the Victorian Hall at Highgate Primary School.

The fair invites visitors to discover original work, meet the people who made it and take home a piece they love, at prices to suit a range of budgets.

Since its first edition in 2024, Highgate Art Fair has set out to make discovering and collecting contemporary art “feel open, personal and rooted in community”.

This year’s line-up brings together established names, emerging talent and artists from the local creative community, with work spanning painting, printmaking, photography, mixed media and more, and both returning favourites and artists exhibiting at the fair for the very first time.

Highgate Art Fair was founded on the belief that “original art shouldn’t feel out of reach”. It enables visitors to buy art directly from the person who made it, hearing the story behind it and knowing exactly where it came from.

For many of this year’s exhibitors, their inspiration is right on the doorstep.

Hilary Masetti turns her attention to the architecture of Muswell Hill, while Simon Gazzard responds to the area’s parkland, heaths and woods in expressive oil paint.

Crouch End-based Sarah Elliot brings a colourful practice shaped by nature, folk art and textiles, Rebecca Denton’s etchings and monotypes take visitors to the lidos and ponds of Hampstead Heath, and Sophy Woollaston finds inspiration in the changing landscapes of the Highgate allotments.

Others bring the wider world to N6, including returning artist Giuseppe D’Innella, whose colourful, painterly screenprints draw on landscapes from Southern Italy to the Australian outback and feature in this year’s campaign artwork.

Highgate Art Fair is also designed to inspire art lovers of all ages. The children’s exhibition returns, curated by Andrea Rodriguez-Lagartos and created in the art studio at Highgate Primary School, celebrating the imagination and skill of young artists from the local community. Alongside it, a programme of artist-led workshops for children aged three and upwards includes ceramic sculpture with Basil Olton, owner of Highgate Art School, Indian lantern making and Kantha embroidery with Akruti Sinha, and mixed-media artwork with Vesna Parchet.

Charity partner Art Against Knives will also run its own workshop programme. Children under 16 go free when accompanied by an adult.

The 2026 fair is supported by headline sponsor Streathers Daynes Smith, the independent North London law firm, and also welcomes back charity partner Art Against Knives, which has spent the past 15 years working with young people and communities across Barnet, using creativity to build safe spaces, skills, confidence and positive futures.

The fair opens with a private view on Friday, 6th November from 5.30pm to 9pm, the first chance to see the work, meet the artists and start collecting, followed by public viewing on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th from 10.30am to 6pm.

For more information and to book tickets:
Visit highgateartfair.co.uk

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