Frieze New York 2012: Participating galleries announced for inaugural edition of the art fair

NEW YORK, NY.- Frieze have announced today the participating galleries for the organization’s first New York fair, which is to take place 4–7 May 2012 in Randall’s Island Park, Manhattan. Sponsored by Deutsche Bank, Frieze New York is a carefully selected presentation of over 160 of the world’s leading contemporary art galleries. A strong American and European contingent of galleries is joined by those from the rest of the world. Galleries that are regular exhibitors at Frieze Art Fair London are accompanied [...]

Hundreds of collectors descend on London for the annual contemporary art frenzy

LONDON (REUTERS).- Will Chinese buyers ride to the rescue? Will the super-rich decide painting and sculpture is a better investment than volatile stocks or risky debt? Those are the big questions on the art world’s lips as hundreds of galleries and collectors descend on London for the annual post-war and contemporary frenzy centered around the October 13-16 Frieze Art Fair in Regent’s Park. The annual event held in a giant marquee has quickly become a key date for anyone wanting to [...]

Exceptional British art selection highlights Sotheby’s contemporary art evening auction

LONDON.- Sotheby’s forthcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Thursday, October 13, 2011, which coincides with London’s Frieze Art Fair, will be led by an exceptionally strong section of British Art that is highlighted by Lucian Freud’s Boy’s Head of 1952. The British Art section also includes important pieces by Peter Doig, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff, Marc Quinn and Glenn Brown. The auction will also feature works by established greats such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Miquel Barceló and Sigmar Polke as well [...]

“Off Site” exhibition by a group of artist at Rod Barton

LONDON.- Rod Barton presents Off Site – a group exhibition with Gabriele Beveridge, Steve Bishop & Richard Sides, Michiel Ceulers, Joseph Long, Oliver Osborne, Eddie Peake, (with Jess Flood–Paddock, Celia Hempton & Fabian Peake), Oliver Rafferty & Rachel Rose. Addressing the effects of displacement, Off Site brings together nine artists who engage with methods of transference and re-combination. Working across painting, sculpture and installation, traditional modes of display are cited yet ultimately contested. Channels of information are refracted, altered by super-imposition and [...]

Frieze Announces London-Based Studio Carmody Groarke as New Architects for 2011

LONDON.- Frieze Art Fair directors Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, announced today the appointment of the London-based architectural studio Carmody Groarke as the new architects for Frieze Art Fair. In previous years the fair has employed a series of internationally recognised architectural firms: Caruso St John (2008-2010), Jamie Fobert (2006–2007) and David Adjaye (2003-2005). Frieze Art Fair is sponsored by Deutsche Bank. Since establishing their firm in 2006, Kevin Carmody and Andrew Groarke have become known for their diverse portfolio [...]

Frieze Art Fair 2010: High-Quality Gallery Presentations Attract Strong Sales

LONDON.- At the close of the eighth edition of Frieze Art Fair, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, several galleries reported their strongest sales since the fair’s inception in 2003. Fair directors, Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover were delighted with reports of significant sales from both established galleries and from the newer galleries in the Frame section and beyond. 173 galleries exhibited over 1,000 artists at Frieze Art Fair 2010 – the largest in the fair’s history. 29 different countries were represented. [...]

Frieze Art Fair Features 173 of the World’s Most Exciting Contemporary Art Galleries

LONDON.- The Frieze Art Fair has now opened to the public and features 173 of the world’s most exciting contemporary art galleries. Visitors can also take part in Frieze Projects, the fair’s unique programme of artist commissions, which this year features nine new works that all explore ideas of performativity. Frieze Film is being shown in a specially constructed cinema outside the fair’s entrance and is free to the public. Frieze Art Fair Stand Prize Winner The Frieze Art Fair [...]

Christie’s to Host an Exciting Series of Auctions, Exhibitions and Events During “Frieze Week”

LONDON.- Christie’s announce an exciting series of public exhibitions, events and auctions from 10 October to 18 October in London coinciding with the Frieze Art Fair. The week will be highlighted by the Post-War & Contemporary Evening Auction and The Italian Sale on 14 October at 6.30pm, which will offer 51 and 45 lots accordingly and which will include an extremely strong section of photography, and the most important work by Damien Hirst to be offered at auction since September [...]

Frieze Projects 2010 Announced

LONDON.- Frieze Projects is a programme of artists’ commissions realised annually at Frieze Art Fair. It is curated by Sarah McCrory and, this year, includes nine specially commissioned projects as well as the Cartier Award and collaborations with our 2010 EU partner institution Vector Association (Romania). The artists commissioned to create these site-specific works for Frieze Art Fair are Ei Arakawa and Karl Holmqvist, Spartacus Chetwynd, Matthew Darbyshire, Shannon Ebner and Dexter Sinister, Gabriel Kuri, Shahryar Nashat, Nick Relph, Annika [...]

British/Japanese Artist Simon Fujiwara Wins The Cartier Award 2010

LONDON.- Frieze Art Fair announced that the winner of The Cartier Award 2010 is the British/Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara, who is based in Berlin and Mexico City. His previous works have encompassed performance-style lectures, fictional writings and installations. His winning proposal was selected from over 500 applications by artists from all over the world. For Frieze Art Fair 2010, sponsored for the seventh year by Deutsche Bank, Fujiwara plans to present a new site-specific work, Frozen; an installation based on [...]

Frieze Art Fair 2010 Announces More Galleries than Ever

LONDON.- The Directors of Frieze Art Fair, Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, have announced today the details of the 2010 fair. Frieze Art Fair is one of the world’s most influential contemporary art fairs and every year brings an international focus to the dynamic contemporary art scene in London. Sponsored by Deutsche Bank for the seventh consecutive year, Frieze Art Fair 2010 is a carefully selected presentation of the most forward-thinking galleries from around the globe. The selected galleries will [...]

Sotheby’s next big Impressionist and Modern Art sale

Sotheby’s next big Impressionist and Modern Art sale in New York next month is led by an evening sale which is estimated to fetch at least $117 million. 23 of the 68 works in that sale, including paintings by Monet, Degas, Picasso and Modigliani are described as coming from ’an Important European Collection.’ The most valuable is van Dongen’s ’Jeune Arabe’ (pictured), from 1910 which is estimated at $7 million to 10 million dollars. Altogether the works have a minimum [...]