Frieze New York
Frieze New York 2013 kicks off its second edition on Randall's Island with galleries from more than 30 countries showing their works for sale. Blouin ARTINFO's Matthew Drutt went looking for hidden gems and found them from Julia Schmidt at the...
The busy art fair week is supposed to be all about the art, but let's admit it -- it's also about the parties. We set the tone in style as more than 300 art gallerists, critics, museum curators, collectors and artists gathered for BlouinARTINFO's...
Frieze New York returns to Randall's Island for its second edition May 10 to 13. In addition to works on display from 180 of the world's contemporary arts galleries, you'll find an outdoor sculpture park and even a speakeasy-style bar hidden in the...
Frieze returns to Randall’s Island for its sophomore edition May 10–13 determined not to be a one hit wonder. Accordingly, the organizers have attracted a slew of new exhibitors—including Luhring Augustine, Jack Shainman, and CRG—and that influx portends...
The arrival of Frieze in New York last week provided the occasion for a number of important commentators to ruminate on the new prominence of fairs in general in the business of art. Most striking was Peter Schjeldahl's lengthy piece for the New Yorker,...
Shopping inside the big tent at Frieze New York, it was easy to believe for a moment that you were in Dubai, Moscow, London, New Songdo, or even Juba instead of Manhattan's baby cousin, Randall’s Island. The blank, carefully generic setting had the...
By consensus, the very best thing at Frieze New York was the way the tent allowed in natural light. But the art on view, glimpsed via the sightlines afforded by the capacious venue, was outstanding — not an easy thing to pull off in a scene far too...
Just before the opening of the glamorous new fair, ARTINFO spoke with curator Cecelia Alemani about her selections for the inaugural New York edition of Frieze Projects, and how participants in this year's Frieze Talks have reflected on art's ability to...
The arduous hike to Randall’s Island by ferry, bus, or subway wasn’t exactly accommodating for those concerned with style, but the atmosphere in the tent that holds Frieze New York’s inaugural edition was decidedly high class. We wandered around the...
With the cloistered mega-fair Frieze New York looming to the north, buyers at the more modest Pulse New York were less impulsive, pun intended. Perhaps collectors were waiting to check out the goods on Randall's Island before making any major acquisitions....
