Artwork and sculptures at past Frieze Art Fairs. Photographs via Meg Nicol’s Flickr page and Rain Rabbit’s Flickr page. In 2003, Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the publishers of Frieze magazine, pitched a temporary tent in Regent’s Park, in London, as a place to showcase work by living contemporary artists. They called it the Frieze Art Fair. Six years later, Frieze has established itself as a fixture on international art calendars. Starting this Thursday, 60,000 art aficionados, from Manhattan’s gallerists to Kiev’s collectors, to the well-heeled public, are expected to mingle in the tent and nearby sculpture park, where more than 150 galleries from around the world will set up shop on the lawn, making way for a stimulating mix of exhibitions, lectures, debates, and educational programs. New this year is the Frame, a symposium dedicated to galleries less than six years old. If you fancy a venture to stalls less traveled,...
- 10/12/2009
- Vanity Fair
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