Exhibitions
Between noise and silence: Maria Kreyn at the Fitzrovia Chapel during Frieze London 2025
Every October, Frieze London transforms the city into a stage where art and sophistication blend with equal intensity. This year, as the white tents of Regent's Park vibrate with the energy of Frieze London 2025, the art scene extends far beyond its boundaries. As evening falls, collectors fill Mayfair restaurants, curators toast in Soho, and artists seek refuge in Shoreditch cafes. In London, art continues at the table, amid drinks and secrets.
But amid the spotlights and fairs, the city has its moments of calm. In the heart of Fitzrovia, a Byzantine chapel becomes a contemporary sanctuary. There, artist Maria Kreyn presents Hyperobject, an exhibition organized by the MoN Art Foundation and curated by Maria Vega. The exhibition, which coincides with Frieze London, offers an intimate and transcendent counterpoint to the euphoria of the market.
Maria Kreyn - Whirling Fire, 2025. Oil on linen, 80 x 60 inches
The intensity of the invisible
Kreyn is known for creating paintings that seem to breathe. Her language combines the figurative with the atmospheric, emotion with structure. In Hyperobject, she takes this tension to its highest point. Inspired by the ideas of philosopher Timothy Morton, the artist addresses the concept of "hyperobjects": forces as vast as time or weather that escape human perception.
His canvases don't represent these forces, they invoke them. Waves of color, suspended light, and dissolving geometries invite the viewer into a contemplative state. In the Fitzrovia Chapel, the painting takes on a spiritual dimension; the space not only houses the works, it amplifies them.
Art as a space for pause
In a city where everything seems to accelerate, Kreyn offers time. In contrast to the immediacy of fairs, his work proposes slowness and observation. There is no explicit narrative, no desire to impress: only an invitation to feel. Hyperobject transforms the chapel into a place where the sacred is reinterpreted without religion and where emotion becomes an act of knowledge.
Each painting, illuminated by the glow of architectural gold, engages the visitor as if silence were also part of the work. It is a sensorial and philosophical experience that opposes the logic of the market. It is pure emotion.
The vision of MoN Art Foundation
Under the direction of Maria Vega, the MoN Art Foundation has become a meeting point for art, science, and contemporary thought. More than an exhibition platform, it functions as a think tank where artists explore new ways of looking at the world. Its purpose is not to show, but to awaken: to open conversations that force us to reconsider our relationship with nature, technology, and human emotion.
In this context, Hyperobject perfectly embodies that spirit. The exhibition doesn't seek answers, but rather questions; it doesn't impose a narrative, but rather invites you to pause and feel.
The other narrative of Frieze
While Frieze London visitors tour the pavilions in Regent's Park, a parallel story unfolds in Fitzrovia. Maria Kreyn offers an experience that connects the cosmic with the intimate, the scientific with the emotional. In her work, art recovers its most ancient power: to reveal the invisible.
In a city full of fairs and lights, Hyperobject is the whisper that reminds us why art remains a form of faith in humanity.
“Hyperobject” by Maria Kreyn was presented at the Fitzrovia Chapel, London, from 12 to 20 October 2025. An exhibition organized by the MoN Art Foundation and curated by Maria Vega.
