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Locals honoured in Notting Hill Frieze exhibition
Street artist Endless is completing the installation live with portraits of visitors, as part of the annual Frieze London art fair; the wall is still deciding.
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- First reported by BBC: “Locals honoured in Notting Hill Frieze exhibition”, with reporting from Yahoo (BBC syndicated).
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 4:41 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger.
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- BBCLocals honoured in Notting Hill Frieze exhibition
- Yahoo (BBC syndicated)Locals honoured in Notting Hill Frieze exhibition October 20, 2026 · facts used on air
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLondon street artist Endless has built a new installation in Notting Hill called Endless Frieze, with buildings and street scenes, and it honours locals, the BBC reports.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHonours them how? I've been honoured before. It usually ends with a plaque and a bill.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPortraits go up on the wall as soon as they're taken. The piece is being made in real time.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the wall's not finished until I walk in. I'd like it on record I was never consulted.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's opening night, Dale.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRight, I've never seen a single art show, to be fair. I thought a frieze was something you did to peas.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAmong those featured are a fourth-generation Portobello market trader and a man known locally as Notting Hill's best dressed.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne of them, Jama Emli, says, quote, I'm in the art, in the fashion, I'm a walking art. Which is more than I've managed.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt runs until the thirty-first of October. Endless says working in real time can be a creative risk.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo if you go, you may end up in it.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen I'm sending a cardboard cutout of me.
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