Frieze London 2015 Opens This Week

Frieze London, recognized as one of the world's leading contemporary art fairs, opens to the public today in The Regent's Park, London and runs through Saturday, October 17, 2015. In its 13 years, Frieze London has steadily grown into one of the biggest weeks in the art market calendar reports the International New York Times.

Frieze Week in London is a must-attend event for many in the art world and is best described as a combination of a destination fair with high-end auctions (nine this week estimated to raise a minimum of $276 million), museum exhibitions and art gallery shows.

This year's Frieze will feature 164 galleries from 27 countries presenting the artwork of some of the most significant contemporary artists today. The fair tends to attract the same international crowd that descends on Art Basel in Switzerland or in Miami Beach and the Venice Biennale each year.