Frieze art fair 2015 ft arts
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.
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- Frieze art fair 2015 ft arts
- 2015 frieze art fair
- Background
- Frieze Art Fair 2003
- Frieze Art Fair 2004
- Frieze Art Fair 2005
- Frieze Art Fair 2006
- Frieze Art Fair 2007
- Frieze Art Fair 2008
- Frieze Art Fair 2009
- Frieze Art Fair 2010
- Frieze Art Fair 2011
- Frieze Art Fair 2012
- Frieze Art Fair 2013
- Frieze Art Fair 2014
- Frieze Art Fair 2015
- Frieze New York 2016
- Frieze Sculpture Park
- Outset Frieze Art Fair Fund to benefit the Tate Collection
- References
Since 2014, the magazine has also been running a New York edition, on Randall's Island.
2015 frieze art fair
Background
Although staged for the purpose of selling work, the fair has become a cultural entertainment event and out of its 68,000 visitors 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.
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.
In May 2011, Slotover and Sharp announced the launch of two new art fairs – Frieze New York, and Frieze Masters.
Since the mid-2000s, auction houses Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips have expanded their mid-season contemporary sales that coincided with Frieze London.
Frieze Art Fair 2003
Frieze Art Fair 2004
Frieze Art Fair 2005
Frieze Art Fair 2006
Frieze Art Fair 2007
Frieze Art Fair 2008
Frieze Art Fair 2009
Frieze Art Fair 2010
Frieze Art Fair 2011
Frieze Art Fair 2012
Frieze Art Fair 2013
Frieze Art Fair 2014
Frieze Art Fair 2015
The fair was on 14 to 17 October.
Frieze New York 2016
In 2016, David Horvitz hired a pickpocket to place sculptures in the pockets of attendees of the annual Frieze Art Fair. This was part of “Frieze Projects” a program of 6 commissioned interactive activities at the fair. Said Horvitz, “Imagine how much money is concentrated there, among collectors and galleries—and then there’s this person walking around who’s basically a trained thief,”
Frieze Sculpture Park
The Frieze Sculpture Park has been curated in 2012 and 2013 by Clare Lilley of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, with historic pieces joining the contemporary collection.
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.