ARTINFO was in London last week, producing daily reports about Frieze, the various satellite fairs, and countless related art world
events. In case you missed our coverage, here are all the articles in a
single place.
Preview
Editor’s Picks: A Sneak Peak into the Booths at Frieze
You can use this photo gallery as a guide, wish list, or cheat sheet for your purchases.
Tubes, Taxis, and Shanks’ Pony
An ex-Londoner’s guide to getting around the fairs.
Penny-Wise or Pound-Foolish?
Given the current exchange rate, American dealers in London might as well make their dollars into paper airplanes.
Weighing London
Two U.S. fairs look east while Scope sits this one out.
Frieze
Frieze: Opening Impressions
Spirits were high and sales were brisk during the early hours of the five year-old fair. New Art, New Galleries
This year, to keep the lineup fresh, Frieze, which has a total of 151 booths, circulated in 12 new galleries and alternative spaces.
Frieze Project’s Paradox
What can curated programs really add to a fair?
Satellites
“Intimately Scaled” Pulse Looks Promising
Dealers reported steady traffic on the first day of the willfully modest fair.
Bridge: Prince Harry and Everyone Else
Few galleries reported sales at the fair’s preview, but spirits – and media attention at one gallery in particular – were high.
Zoo’s Coup
The veteran fair is showing fresh, buzzy work in a new, animal-free space.
Year_07: Fresh Finds and Steady Sales
The sophomore fair was a labyrinth of surprises.
DesignArt: First Impressions
Modern and contemporary creations competed for attention at the new London fair.
Overheard
Overheard at Helly Nahmad: “A Paintbrush Isn’t Just a Paintbrush”
Pinch-hitting for curator Matthew Collings, critic Adrian Searle waxed Freudian on Picasso’s work at “L’Artiste, Le Modele, et La Peinture.”
Overheard: Around the Fair
The lowdown on Motti’s yoga, Weinberg’s button, and Buchel’s bomb.
Thinking Outside the Booths
What's at the Permanent Art Venues?
A few - actually, a lot of - recommended shows at London galleries and museums.
ARTINFO Columns
Top 5: Art Beyond the Fairs
If you grow tired of booths and tents, but still have a stomach for art, here are some London art-world events you may not want to miss.
Editor’s Picks: The Best of Frieze
Six standout works were chosen solely for their visual appeal, and with no regard to gallery, location, or price tag.
Overvalued/Undervalued: The Frieze-Week Auctions
ARTINFO ranks the best and not-so-best of the lots.
Weekend Picks: Francesca Lowe
The emerging illusionist chooses London shows to lure you from the fairs and auctions.
Art After Dark: Looking in London
Christie’s hosted a star-studded private preview for its postwar and contemporary auctions.
Newsmaker: Matthew Collings
The perennial London newsmaker talks about fairs, fashion, and the “mud monster” that is art.
From Culture+Travel
When in London for… The Frieze Art Fair
Culture+Travel recommends where to stay, what to see, where to play, and what to eat.
Databank: The Cost of Taking a Stand
The price of having a booth – and a presence – at the Frieze Art Fair.
From Modern Painters
Spider Woman
Louise Bourgeois has been alternately associated with modernism, surrealism, and conceptualism but is mostly viewed as unmistakably her own. Modern Painters tells you where to see her work in London.
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