Frieze Art Fair
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Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair
that takes place every October in London's Regent's Park
. The fair is staged by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover
, the publishers of frieze
magazine. Frieze Art Fair features more than 170 contemporary art galleries, and the fair also includes specially commissioned artists’ projects, a talks programme and an artist-led education schedule.
Frieze Art Fair released sales figures following the first three fairs. However, Sharp and Slotover came to regard such results to be misleading and inaccurate, as many sales are completed post-fair, and many galleries choose to keep their sales figures private. From 2006 the fair has not released sales figures.http://www.friezeartfair.com/about/
In 2008, Deutsche Bank
was the main sponsor of Frieze Art Fair for the fifth consecutive year.
In 2010, Matthew Slotover
, co-founder of the fair, debated whether "art fairs are about money" with Louisa Buck, Matthew Collings
, and Jasper Joffe
for the motion and against the motion Norman Rosenthal
, Richard Wentworth, Matthew Slotover
. Joffe claims that his criticisms of Frieze Art Fair led to his work being banned from the fair in 2010.
With a fund of over £775,000, 72 works by 45 significant international artists have been collected since 2003.
Art fair
An art fair is a commercial exhibition that shows the work of artists or art dealers. Each entrant has to pay a fee.Art fairs are not to be confused with art exhibitions. Exhibitions are organised by curators....
that takes place every October in London's Regent's Park
Regent's Park
Regent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden...
. The fair is staged by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover
Matthew Slotover
Matthew Slotover , is an English publisher and entrepreneur. He is co-publisher of Frieze and co-director of Frieze Art Fair with his business partner Amanda Sharp.-Life and career:...
, the publishers of frieze
Frieze (magazine)
-Publication:frieze is published eight times a year and is based in London. As well as essays, exhibition reviews and columns by forward-thinking writers, artists, critics and curators, the magazine includes music reviews, artist projects, interviews and sections on design and...
magazine. Frieze Art Fair features more than 170 contemporary art galleries, and the fair also includes specially commissioned artists’ projects, a talks programme and an artist-led education schedule.
Background
Although staged for the purpose of selling work, the fair has become a cultural entertainment event and out of its 68,000 visitors http://www.friezeartfair.com/about/ it has been suggested that 80% attend purely to spectate. The fair also commissions artist projects and holds a programme of talks.Frieze Art Fair released sales figures following the first three fairs. However, Sharp and Slotover came to regard such results to be misleading and inaccurate, as many sales are completed post-fair, and many galleries choose to keep their sales figures private. From 2006 the fair has not released sales figures.http://www.friezeartfair.com/about/
In 2008, Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...
was the main sponsor of Frieze Art Fair for the fifth consecutive year.
In 2010, Matthew Slotover
Matthew Slotover
Matthew Slotover , is an English publisher and entrepreneur. He is co-publisher of Frieze and co-director of Frieze Art Fair with his business partner Amanda Sharp.-Life and career:...
, co-founder of the fair, debated whether "art fairs are about money" with Louisa Buck, Matthew Collings
Matthew Collings
-Life and career:In one of his books on art, Collings states that, in his early teenage years, he ran away to Canada. This act was preceded by a period of hanging around in a house in Oakley Street, Chelsea, whose residents included members of various rock bands including Mighty Baby and Family...
, and Jasper Joffe
Jasper Joffe
Jasper Joffe is a British contemporary artist and novelist.-Life and work:Jasper Joffe was born in the United States in 1975 and moved to England when he was eight. He is the brother of artist Chantal Joffe. He studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford...
for the motion and against the motion Norman Rosenthal
Norman Rosenthal
Sir Norman Rosenthal is a British curator. He was Exhibitions Secretary at the Royal Academy from 1977 until 2008. His encyclopedic programme of exhibitions which stretched from Egyptian antiquities to recent art production, included the exhibition of Charles Saatchi's collection of contemporary...
, Richard Wentworth, Matthew Slotover
Matthew Slotover
Matthew Slotover , is an English publisher and entrepreneur. He is co-publisher of Frieze and co-director of Frieze Art Fair with his business partner Amanda Sharp.-Life and career:...
. Joffe claims that his criticisms of Frieze Art Fair led to his work being banned from the fair in 2010.
Frieze Art Fair 2003
- Space hire was £180 per meter.
- The fair's income was £990,000 from 5,500 square meters (2,250 rentable).
- Sales were £20 million.
- There were 124 galleries.
- There were 27,700 visitors.
Frieze Art Fair 2004
- Space hire was £190 per meter.
- The fair's income from galleries was £1.5 million from 8,000 square meters (4,000 rentable).
- Sales were £26 million.
- There were 150 galleries.
- There were 42,000 visitors.
- Public admission price was £12.
- There were over 1,000 gallery applications for places.
- Booths were 24–120 square meters.
- The fair was sponsored by Deutsche Bank AG.
- US galleries included GagosianGagosian GalleryGagosian Gallery is a contemporary art gallery owned and directed by Larry Gagosian. There are currently eleven gallery spaces: three in New York; two in London; one in each of Beverly Hills, Rome, Athens, Paris, Geneva, Hong Kong and Moscow.-1980s:...
, Zach Feuer GalleryZach Feuer GalleryThe Zach Feuer Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Chelsea, New York.-History:The Zach Feuer Gallery was founded in 2000 as the LFL Gallery, by Nick Lawrence, Russell LaMontagne and Zach Feuer. It was originally located on a fourth floor space on 26th Street...
Matthew MarksMatthew Marks GalleryMatthew Marks is an art gallery located in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea. Founded in the early 1990s by Matthew Marks, it specializes in modern and contemporary art in a variety of media: including painting, sculpture, photography, installation art, film, and drawings and prints...
and Barbara Gladstone. - British galleries included White CubeWhite CubeWhite Cube is a contemporary art gallery designed by MRJ Rundell & Associates in Hoxton Square in the East End of London Mason's Yard, in central London and White Cube Bermondsey in South East London...
, Lisson GalleryLisson GalleryThe Lisson Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Bell Street, Lisson Grove, London, founded by Nicholas Logsdail in 1967. The gallery represents such artists as Ai Weiwei, John Latham, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Jonathan Monk, Julian Opie, Richard Wentworth and Turner Prize winners Anish Kapoor...
and Victoria Miro GalleryVictoria Miro GalleryThe Victoria Miro Gallery is a leading British contemporary art gallery in London, with an international reputation, run by Victoria Miro, one of the "grandes dames of the Britart scene", who first exhibited Chris Ofili and the Chapman Brothers...
. - European galleries included Hauser & WirthHauser & WirthHauser & Wirth is one of the world's leading contemporary art galleries. In addition to representing over 40 established and emerging artists, the gallery represents the estates of Eva Hesse, Allan Kaprow, Lee Lozano, Jason Rhoades, Dieter Roth and André Thomkins, as well as the Henry Moore Family...
. - Galleries came from Beijing, Melbourne, Moscow and Auckland.
Frieze Art Fair 2005
- There were 160 galleries.
- 38 exhibitors were American and 35 British.
- Celebrities at the opening included Claudia SchifferClaudia SchifferClaudia Schiffer is a German model and occasional actress, who reached the peak of her popularity during the 1990s, initially due to her resemblance to Brigitte Bardot. Schiffer is one of the world's most successful models, having appeared on over 500 magazine covers...
, David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
and Alexander McQueenAlexander McQueenLee Alexander McQueen, CBE was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring, his tendency to juxtapose strength with fragility in his collections, as well as the emotional power and raw energy of his provocative fashion shows...
. - Tracey EminTracey EminTracey Karima Emin RA is a British artist of English and Turkish Cypriot origin. She is part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs ....
launched her book Strangeland to coincide with the 2005 fair.
Frieze Art Fair 2006
- The fair was 12–15 October 2006.
- There was a preview for invited guests on 11 October 2006.
Frieze Art Fair 2007
- The fair was 11–14 October 2007.
- There was a preview for invited guests including Tracey EminTracey EminTracey Karima Emin RA is a British artist of English and Turkish Cypriot origin. She is part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs ....
, Jake and Dinos ChapmanJake and Dinos ChapmanIakovos "Jake" Chapman and Konstantinos "Dinos" Chapman are English visual artists, often known as the Chapman Brothers, who work together as a collaborative sibling duo...
and Sam Taylor-WoodSam Taylor-WoodSamantha "Sam" Taylor-Wood OBE , born Samantha Taylor, is an English filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist. Her directorial feature film debut came in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of The Beatles songwriter and singer John Lennon...
.
Frieze Art Fair 2008
- The fair was 16–19 October 2008.
- Ticket prices for public entry cost between £15 and £25.
- The fair featured talks by speakers including Carsten HollerCarsten HöllerCarsten Höller is a German artist. He lives and works in Farsta, Stockholm, in Sweden. Today, he also shares a house in Ghana with colleague Marcel Odenbach.-Early life and education:...
, Yoko OnoYoko Onois a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
, and Cosey Fanni TuttiCosey Fanni TuttiCosey Fanni Tutti is best known as a performance artist and for her time in Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey....
Frieze Art Fair 2009
- The fair was 15–18 October 2009
- Over 1000 artists showcased, 60,000 visitors, 165 galleries from 30 countries
- Curators: Daniel Baumann and Sarah McCrory; the Fair included work by Stephanie SyjucoStephanie SyjucoStephanie Syjuco is mixed-media conceptual artist based in San Francisco. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Stanford University . Her works tend to mix the familiar consumer world with natural worlds or imagined future worlds...
, Monika SosnowskaMonika SosnowskaMonika Sosnowska was born 1972 in Ryki, Poland. She studied at the Painting Department of the , and the in Amsterdam Monika Sosnowska was born 1972 in Ryki, Poland. She studied at the Painting Department of the (1993–1998), and the in Amsterdam Monika Sosnowska was born 1972 in Ryki, Poland....
, Per Oskar Leu, Ryan GanderRyan GanderRyan Gander is a disabled English artist. He is a native of Chester.- Personal background :Ryan Gander is a wheelchair user with a long-term physical disability, however, he is reluctant to discuss his physical limitations in interviews with the press.. Some of his work makes reference to the fact...
, Jordan Wolfson, Kim Coleman and Jenny Hogarth - The sculpture park included work by Paul McCarthyPaul McCarthyPaul McCarthy , is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.-Life:McCarthy was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and studied art at the University of Utah in 1969. He went on to study at the San Francisco Art Institute receiving a BFA in painting...
and Vanessa Billy
Frieze Art Fair 2010
- The fair was 14–17 October 2010
- Frieze Projects was curated by Sarah McCrory with work by Annika Ström, Nick Relph, Shahryar Neshat, Jeffrey VallanceJeffrey VallanceJeffrey Karl Reese Vallance is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California....
, Spartacus ChetwyndLali ChetwyndLali "Spartacus" Chetwynd is a British artist. She reworks iconic moments from cultural history in deliberately amateurish and improvisatory performances.-Life:...
amongst others. - The sculpture park included work by Jeppe Hein, Slavs and TatarsSlavs and TatarsSlavs and Tatars is a collective and "a faction of polemics and intimacies devoted to an area east of the former Berlin Wall and west of the Great Wall of China known as Eurasia"...
, Franz WestFranz WestFranz West is an Austrian artist.-Work:His art practice started as a reaction to the Viennese Actionism movement has been exhibited in museums and galleries for more than three decades...
, Hans-Peter Feldmann
Frieze Art Fair 2011
- The fair was 13-16 October 2011
- The P.V was on 12 October 2011
- Frieze Projects is curated by Sarah McCrory with work by Bik Van Der Pol, Pierre HuyghePierre HuyghePierre Huyghe is a French artist who works in a variety of media from film and video to public interventions. He won the Hugo Boss Prize from the Guggenheim Museum in 2002.-Biography:...
, Christian JankowskiChristian JankowskiChristian Jankowski is a contemporary multimedia artist who largely works with video, installation and photography.He has created a number of television interventions...
, LuckyPDFLuckyPDFLuckyPDF is an artist group based in South-East London, UK that has been running since 2008. LuckyPDF is made up of the artists James Early, John Hill, Ollie Hogan and Yuri Pattison primarily, with an extended network . They create internet video programs typically showcasing other artists work...
, Laure Prouvost, and Cara Tolmie
Outset / Frieze Art Fair Fund to benefit the Tate Collection
Outset Contemporary Art Fund was founded by Candida Gertler and Yana Peel in 2003 as a philanthropic organisation dedicated to supporting new art. The charitable foundation focuses on bringing private funding from its supporters and trustees to public museums, galleries, and art projects. In 2003, Outset established the world's first acquisitions fund connected to an art fair. This ongoing collaboration with Tate and Frieze proved to be a cornerstone in the foundation's programme of institutional acquisitions.With a fund of over £775,000, 72 works by 45 significant international artists have been collected since 2003.