Frieze also feels more politically reflective this year: Claudia Rankine, a poet who examined race in the book «Citizen: An American Lyric,» is among the speakers in
the Frieze Talks series (Sunday at 11:30 a.m.), and an initiative to help save the National Endowment for the Arts has been mounted.
Cecilia was a guest curator for Performa 11, and a collaborator on the Frame section at the Frieze Art Fair in London and
Frieze Talks series in New York.
Not exact matches
The gallery presentations at
Frieze New York are complemented by a
series of
talks, performances, and other events: a full schedule is available on the
Frieze New York website.
Both emerging and established artists are present throughout the event and will take part in
series of
talks taking place at the venue during the intense
FRIEZE Art weekend.
The topicality of the global migrant crisis was evident elsewhere in the activities at this year's
Frieze London: a
series of
Frieze Talks invited speakers and the public to discuss the meaning of» Borderlands», while the Collections Fund at
Frieze, supported by the Contemporary Art Society, enabled the UK's Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art to make acquisitions at the fair of works specifically addressing themes of migration and displacement by John Akomfrah and Kader Attia.
Other highlights include a non-profit programme of new artist commissions, a lively
series of
talks, guided tours, impressive large - scale works in the
Frieze Sculpture Park, and a selection of pop - ups from London's favourite restaurants.
Besides the gallery programme at the fair, the annual programme also includes
Frieze Projects and the
Frieze Artist Award, presenting new, site - specific works by contemporary artists;
Frieze Film, new film commissions premiered at the fair;
Frieze Music, the fair's off - site music programme; and
Frieze Talks, a dynamic
series of panel discussions, conversations and keynote lectures.
For the first time,
Frieze Talks presents a special daily
series of lunchtime discussions focusing on a single, urgent theme — «Borderlands».
Frieze New York brings together the world's leading galleries, innovative curated sections, a celebrated
series of
talks and site - specific artist commissions, all in a bespoke structure overlooking the East River in Randall's Island Park, Manhattan.
Video: Marcia Hafif
talking about the creative process and inspiration of four major
series that the gallery will present at
Frieze New York 2015.
Frieze Talks Frieze Talks is a
series of daily conversations, lectures and panel discussions taking place in the Auditorium at
Frieze London.
Accompanying the vast exhibitors programme is
Frieze Talks: a
series of daily conversations, lectures and panel discussions co-curated for the first time by Christy Lange and Gregor Muir.
Lynda Benglis will also be in conversation with Eike Schmidt (Director of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence and recently announced Director of Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna) as part of
Frieze Masters
Talks - a
series of conversations between international curators and artists, curated by Tim Marlow.
Highlights include extraordinary art objects and pioneering 20th - century artists at the curated sections Collections and Spotlight; a celebrated
series of
talks, supported by Gucci, examining how historical art influences contemporary practice; guided tours of the fair; impressive large - scale works in the
Frieze Sculpture Park; and pop - ups from London's favourite restaurants including Locanda Locatelli and Umu.
The annual non-profit programme includes
Frieze Projects and the
Frieze Artist Award, presenting new, site - specific works by contemporary artists;
Frieze Film, new film commissions premiered at the fair;
Frieze Music, the fair's off - site music programme; and
Frieze Talks, a dynamic
series of panel discussions, conversations and keynote lectures.
The poet and founder of the online avant - garde repository UbuWeb, Kenneth Goldsmith, is the keynote speaker of
Frieze Talks, the fair's conversation
series; he is perhaps as famous for inspiring young actors to upend their careers (earlier this year he encouraged Shia LaBeouf to declare his retirement from public life and #stopcreating) as for his long championing of «uncreativity» (he once spent months retyping a copy of The New York Times).
Frieze New York 2018 brings together more than 190 galleries from 30 countries, showcasing the world's most significant artists, a
series of
talks, and the city's most
talked about restaurants, all in a bespoke structure in Randall's Island Park overlooking the East River.