What to expect at this year’s Frieze Art Fair in NYC
The details for this year’s Frieze art fair in New York City have been announced this week, with 67 artists from more than 25 countries exhibiting their work.
The fair will take place at Manhattan’s Shed, a large cultural centre in Hudson Yards, for the fifth time.
Visitors can go to the fair between 7th-11th May, wedged between other major events in this year’s jam-packed arts calendar. Major auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and others, as well as other fairs will be taking place around the same time, notably The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) and the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) fair.
The fair will host the usual globally renowned galleries, plus Manhattan-specific ones and emerging galleries through the Focus section, dedicated to spotlighting smaller artists. This section is sponsored by Stone Island and curated by Lumi Tran, a curator and writer based in New York.
Seven of Focus’ 12 exhibitors are presenting for the first time at Frieze this year. They include artists based in New York, London, Biarritz, Seoul, Miami and Singapore. Notable projects to look out for are a homage to artist Jenni Crain, who died recently due to covid-related complications, and video works by Danielle Brathwait-Shirley, a black and transgender artist.
Kristell Chadé, Frieze’s executive director, said, “their inclusion underscores the fair’s role in showcasing the leading edge of the contemporary art world while providing an essential platform for emerging voices.”
With the recent tragic fires in Los Angeles, there was talk of not progressing with art fairs this season. For this reason, the Spring Break Art Show chose to cancel this year’s edition. However, members of the local art community expressed support to go ahead with the Frieze fair as normal.
