Frieze Masters 2025

Frankie Rossi Art and Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert present a focused exploration of London’s vibrant art scene in the 1960s and 1970s.

By the mid-1960s, London had become a thriving centre of the art world, teeming with experimentation and ambition. Landmark exhibitions championed emerging artists such as David Hockney and Bridget Riley, while Royal College of Art graduates — including Peter Blake, R.B. Kitaj, and Patrick Caulfield — embraced mass culture with fresh energy. Meanwhile, Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, and Leon Kossoff maintained a dedicated focus on the human figure, a commitment crystallised in Kitaj’s exhibition, The Human Clay (1976), which coined the term ‘School of London’ and argued for ‘pictures representing people.’ Capturing this dynamic scene, the 1965 publication, Private View, united the modernists, Pop talents, and figurative painters, affirming London’s position as a leading cultural force.