# Highgate Art Fair 2026, Private View

This is the third edition of an independent contemporary art fair in the Victorian Hall of Highgate Primary School, London. Between 40 and 50 artists, galleries and collectives take part. The ticketed private view opens the fair, which continues over the weekend with workshops and a children's exhibition.

- Type: Fair
- When: Friday 6 November 2026, 5:30 PM (GMT) until Nov 6 – 8
- Where: Highgate Primary School (Victorian Hall), Storey Road, Highgate, London N6 4ED
- Part of: [London](https://artweekguide.com/london)
- Event's own page: https://highgateartfair.co.uk/
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/highgate-art-fair-2026-private-view

## From the organiser

Third edition of an independent contemporary art fair, with 40 to 50 artists, galleries and collectives. It opens with a ticketed private view on Friday 5.30–9pm, then runs Saturday and Sunday 10.30am–6pm, with workshops and a children's exhibition.

## Also on Friday 6 November

- **All day** · [Through Our Eyes: Sámi Art and Culture](https://artweekguide.com/events/through-our-eyes-sami-art-and-culture) — Show at Somerset House (Terrace and Courtyard Rooms). A group exhibition of Sámi art in London, the first of its kind in the UK. Around 19 Sámi artists show work in sculpture, installation, photography, video, design and performance, including a newly commissioned piece by Outi Pieski.
- **All day** · [Arcadia by Sir John Akomfrah](https://artweekguide.com/events/arcadia-by-sir-john-akomfrah) — Museum at Natural History Museum (Jerwood Gallery). Sir John Akomfrah's five-screen film installation *Arcadia* is shown in the Jerwood Gallery at the Natural History Museum. It looks at the Columbian Exchange and is its first showing in London. It belongs to the museum's free contemporary art programme, and no ticket is required.
- **All day** · [The Nue Black Aesthetic](https://artweekguide.com/events/the-nue-black-aesthetic) — Museum at Design Museum. A large exhibition at the Design Museum in London surveying contemporary Black designers working in furniture, architecture, fashion and installation. Guest-curated by Charlene Prempeh, it brings together more than 100 objects, arranged across six sections.
- **6:00 PM** · [Kentaro Okumura solo show, Opening](https://artweekguide.com/events/kentaro-okumura-solo-show-opening) — Show at Vardaxoglou Gallery. Vardaxoglou Gallery in London opens a solo exhibition by Kentaro Okumura with an evening reception. The show then continues into December, running until 19 December.