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The 14th edition of Frieze London will take place a week earlier this year, opening 6–9 October with a Preview Day on Wednesday 5 October. This year’s fair brings together more than 160 of the world’s leading galleries, showcasing today’s most significant artists, alongside the fair’s celebrated programme of ambitious new artist commissions and talks. In 2016 the fair will debut a new gallery section, The Nineties, recreating seminal exhibitions from the decade, alongside the return of sections Focus and Live, the definitive platforms for emerging galleries and performance art. Frieze London coincides with Frieze Masters and the Frieze Sculpture Park, offering collectors, scholars and art enthusiasts an unparalleled cultural experience.
The Frieze Sculpture Park will return to the English Gardens in The Regent’s Park, creating a major free cultural attraction at the heart of London. Curated by Clare Lilley and featuring large-scale artworks presented by galleries from both Frieze London and Frieze Masters.
Victoria Siddall, Director, Frieze Fairs said, ‘Frieze has become known for its strong curated sections and this year I am particularly excited to see Nicolas Trembley’s selection of artists who changed the conversation in the 1990s. This adds to the great range and diversity of work shown throughout the fair by the world’s most interesting galleries … In the fair’s non-profit programme, Raphael Gygax will give a new perspective on Frieze Projects, contributing to the many elements which will make this an unmissable week.’
A New Section: The Nineties
Selected by Geneva-based curator Nicolas Trembley, galleries will revisit seminal exhibitions from the 1990s, highlighting key collaborations between dealers and artists that have had a lasting impact on contemporary art. Following significant institutional attention to this decade – from the New Museum’s 2013 exhibition ‘NYC 1993’ to the group show ‘Récit d’un temps court’ currently on view at Mamco (Geneva) – this ambitious section will recreate critical moments that first took place in galleries across London, Paris, Cologne and New York. The Nineties features galleries that are both new to the fair and presented within the main section, as well as era-defining spaces that no longer exist.
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Focus: emerging talents
Focus is the definitive destination to discover emerging talents from Berlin to Shanghai, featuring 36 galleries all under 12 years of age. A wave of new-generation London galleries join Focus for the first time this year, including Chewday’s, Arcadia Missa, Seventeen and Southard Reid. Taiwan and Guatemala will be represented at Frieze London for the first time, with newcomers Chi-Wen Gallery and Proyectos Ultravioleta. The section will also build on strong representations from the emerging scenes in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Shanghai and Berlin.
The 2016 edition will also see Raphael Gygax’s debut as curator of Frieze Projects. The program of artist commissions will feature Sibylle Berg & Claus Richter, Coco Fusco, Martin Soto Climent, Julie Verhoeven, Samson Young, and the winner of the Frieze Artist Award, Yuri Pattison.
Frieze is the world’s leading platform for modern and contemporary art for scholars, connoisseurs, collectors and the general public alike. Frieze comprises four magazines—frieze, frieze d/e, Frieze Masters Magazine and Frieze Week—and three international art fairs—Frieze London, Frieze Masters and Frieze New York.
Frieze was founded in 1991 by Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp, with the launch of frieze magazine, the leading international magazine of contemporary art and culture. Frieze London art fair launched in 2003, which takes place each October in The Regent’s Park, London. In 2012, they launched Frieze New York, which occurs each May. Frieze Masters, which coincides with Frieze London in October, is dedicated to art from ancient to modern. Frieze fairs are sponsored by Deutsche Bank.
(Source: Frieze press release)
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