October 2021

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Frieze London diary: Narnia comes to the fair, a new perspective on Mike Kelley, and Hew Locke’s Roman inspiration

Plus: VIP dinner doesn’t go down well with all the guests, and how tortoise sculptures are the object du jour [...]

Shake it up: Frieze Masters galleries blur time periods to reflect a shift in market demand

No longer just for antiquities and long-gone artists, more galleries at Frieze Masters are selling Modern and contemporary works—and other dealers are also widening their repertoire [...]

Artist and gallery awards announced at Frieze London

Nat Faulkner wins the Camden Art Centre’s Emerging Artist Prize, while Proyectos Ultravioleta bags the Frieze London Stand Prize 2024 [...]

Surrealist women come into the spotlight at Frieze Masters

Gallery Minsky is marking the movement's centenary by showing works by the likes of Leonor Fini and Stanislao Lepri [...]

Theresa Reiwer wins top award at Lumen Prize for digital art

German-born artist working on ethics and AI leads the winners in nine categories of 13th annual edition of the world’s leading prize for art created with technology [...]

Painting protests cause 'enormous stress for colleagues at every level', say UK's national museum directors

An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council says "demonstrations now need to be taken away from our museums and galleries" [...]

MFA Boston gets $25m gift to renovate galleries and add staff

The Wyss Foundation’s donation will create more than 5,000 sq. ft of extra space for the museum’s 20th-century art collection [...]

What if luxury is art sellers’ salvation, and not their sin

New moves by Gagosian, Sotheby’s and others aim to boost the art trade via high-end retail [...]

Digital art dazzles at Frieze London

Five of the best works to see at the fair created using artificial intelligence and other technologies [...]

In pictures: Frieze Focus thinks global

Our pick of the highlights from the fair's section for emerging galleries [...]

Mire Lee: ‘I’ve started playing with potential technical failures’

With her complex, performative installation now filling Tate Modern’s vast Turbine Hall, the South Korean artist discusses how she aims to bring theatricality to sculpture [...]

US Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging Smithsonian's restitution of Benin Bronzes

A New York-based organisation had sought to block the artefacts’ return to Nigeria [...]

Musée des Arts Décoratifs director Christine Macel leaves for advisory role amid allegations of dysfunction at the museum

Two years after her appointment, the star curator described her early exit from the Paris museum as “a relief” [...]

‘Many of the works I own have been swapped with fellow artists’: Photographer Campbell Addy on how he's assembling his growing art collection

Addy discusses the close connection he often has to the artists he collects—and why he's no great fan of art fair chatter [...]

Fairs are one of the art world's biggest sources of emissions, so how can they become more green?

Travel, shipping and temporary structures all have a huge environmental impact. So some of the biggest fairs, including Frieze, have now committed to monitor and reduce their emissions [...]

The British art market is a global success story—here's how to make sure it remains a international hub

To retain the country’s share of the art market, the government needs to ensure that the costs and complexity of buying and selling art in the UK are kept under [...]

New arts district takes shape in Dallas’s northern suburbs

Three institutions have joined forces to transform a corner of the University of Texas at Dallas into a cultural hub [...]

An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council: 'These attacks have to stop'

The leaders of the UK's national collections and major regional museums highlight the "enormous stress for colleagues at every level of an organisation" and "visitors who now no longer feel [...]

Prison restaurant refuses to show former convict's 'inappropriate' paintings

Frank Norman's exhibition was cancelled at The Clink in London [...]

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands visits Warhol show—featuring her portrait

The Paleis Het Loo is showing the artist's rarely displayed "Reigning Queens" series [...]

Van Gogh’s postman: the artist's favourite portrait subject to be explored in Boston and Amsterdam shows

Vincent described his friend as having “a big, bearded face, very Socratic” [...]

From ordinals to ownership: Christie's explores new frontiers of blockchain-based provenance

The auction house runs two auctions that place web3 increasingly at the heart of the traditional art market [...]

Frieze, UK critics The White Pube, Giuseppe Penone and Arte Povera — podcast

We find out how the London fair went this year, speak to Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad about their new book and to Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev about her new [...]

Russian military destroys ancient Ukrainian burial mounds, report finds

Satellite imagery and geospatial analysis reveals extent of damage to sites in occupied region [...]

Heritage sites on new offshoot of Spain’s Camino could benefit from pilgrim boom

While travellers rarely stop to sightsee, providing overnight facilities will give historic venues an edge [...]

Out with the new, in with the old: why galleries are returning to established names

While bigger ticket items have been selling at Frieze Masters, once high-flying ultra-contemporary artists have fallen out of favour [...]

New UK arts minister: 'I am passionate about people being able to make a career out of art'

In front of a crowd at Frieze Masters, Chris Bryant MP discussed funding, culture wars and the importance of education [...]

Frieze London Diary: penguins on parade, Neo Naturists' balancing act, and chocoholics get a hit

Plus: Marina Abramović's $150,000 footwear, and fairgoers feel the heat [...]

New London gallery plans to champion artists from beyond the capital

Manchester-born William Hine, former director at Grimm Gallery, will highlight many contemporary artists who have shown at institutions before, but not had commercial exposure [...]

'It’s the first bathroom I’ve ever curated': Minor Attractions brings a DIY spirit to Frieze week

The “selling event”—that insists it is not a fair—is an antidote to the white walls and flashy crowds of Frieze [...]

'An inspiration to all of our artists from Africa': Esther Mahlangu enjoys double exposure at 1-54 and Serpentine

The 88-year-old South African artist is the subject of a solo stand with The Melrose Gallery at the Somerset House fair, while a site-specific mural goes on show outside the [...]

In pictures: a tour of Frieze Masters' immersive presentations with Sheena Wagstaff

The fair’s creative adviser takes a closer look at six of the ten artists showing in this year's Studio section, where each installation seeks to “evoke the spirit” of the [...]

With help from Lubaina Himid, Glenn Ligon and more, Frieze's Artist-to-Artist initiative is supporting new talent

The initiative offers established names the chance to give promising emerging artists a platform [...]

'I think things happen for a reason': Maro Itoje, co-founder of Akoje Gallery, on why he's not afraid of missing out

The England rugby player and gallerist discusses having no regrets, and why he's on a mission to raise awareness about Black history [...]

Running an art school in London is not easy, but in The Art Academy the capital finally has a space that breaks the mould

The institution, which is about to welcome the first students to its new home, takes a refreshing and genuinely democratising approach to art education [...]

Sunny £13.2m 1960s David Hockney brightens Sotheby's Frieze week evening sale

The small 23-lot contemporary art auction last night realised a total of £37.5m [...]

Lucian Freud's Ria leads Christie's Frieze week evening sale at £11.8m

Despite some tense moments and a difficult market, the event proved solid, 'affirming' the auction house's decision to scrap June sales [...]

Freewheeling Art Jakarta unphased by political protests

Domestic abuse allegations against an originally participating artist cast a shadow over the latest edition of the Indonesian fair this year [...]

Bone of contention: Rijksmuseum and Church disagree on final resting place of Dutch privateer's remains

A bone and lock of hair apparently belonging to Piet Hein have been in storage at the Dutch museum for centuries—now there are calls to have them returned to his [...]

Security guards at London's Science Museum and Natural History Museum to strike over pay

The workers, who will start the action at the end of this month, say they are treated as “second-class employees” [...]

Acquisition funds get first pick at Frieze London

Curators select works by under-represented groups for Tate, while Art Council Collection purchases focus on early-to mid-career artists [...]

Two arrested after Picasso painting targeted by protestors at London's National Gallery

Members of campaign group Youth Demand covered the painting with an image of a Gazan mother and children [...]

Galleries at Frieze London buoyed by better-than-expected preview day sales

Against a background of a gloomy economic and political outlook, most dealers reported brisk business as the fair opened [...]

'I did think it was a bit weird when they asked me': rocker Billy Childish turns Frieze London into his studio

The artist and musician set up his easel at Lehmann Maupin’s stand to paint live alongside his two children [...]

Frieze London diary: the yolk's on Sarah Lucas, the (sort of) masked drummer, and Marc Spiegler gets on his bike

Plus: fair hits the small screen and Smell-O-Vision makes a comeback at Tate Modern [...]

PAD London accolade brings Peter Schlesinger out of Hockney's shadow

The photographer, painter, sculptor—and one-time muse of the Pop artist—wins the fair’s Contemporary Design Prize [...]

'It’s always important to have constructive dialogue': Gaza-focused works get prime spot at newly designed Frieze London

At the Experimenter stand, Bani Abidi is showing subtle pieces inspired by the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war [...]

Can artists protect their work by suing AI companies?

When it comes to copyright infringement, establishing culpability and illegality in the age of artificial intelligence is murky [...]

In pictures: meet Frieze London's p(art)y people

The sun—and the stars—came out yesterday morning at Regent’s Park for the Frieze London and Frieze Masters VIP preview. Familiar faces from the art world and beyond joined the throng for their art [...]

Charli xcx will play DJ set at New York's Storm King Art Center

The Von Dutch singer will visit the sculpture park's rolling hills to preview her new remix project [...]

Twisted Creativity Takes Home Top Honours at Hyères

Dolev Elron, a menswear designer for Acne Studios, wowed the fashion jury with his distorted jeans and tank tops. Accessories winners Chiyang Duan and Clara Besnard also twisted bags, belts, [...]

This Week: Has Luxury Hit Bottom?

LVMH kicks off earnings season for the sector on Oct. 14, and will likely offer some guidance on whether the category’s problems represent a cyclical bump in the road, or [...]

What I Learned at Fashion Month

Imran Amed shares his key findings from recent fashion weeks in London, Milan and Paris as the industry grapples with a slowdown that has raised questions about the long-term business [...]

What Escalation in the Middle East War Means for the Industry

After a year of war, things continued to heat up in the Middle East this week. BoF spoke to industry sources in the region to assess the impact, from Beirut’s [...]

Kim Jones Exits Fendi, Remains at Dior

The British designer is leaving the Roman fur and leather goods house and will ‘concentrate fully’ on his role as menswear artistic director at LVMH stablemate Dior. [...]

Why Fashion Is Maxing Out on Minimalism

The Row’s success – including a recent investment from the families behind Chanel and L’Oréal at a unicorn valuation – is the most prestigious example of a rising generation of [...]

How Brands Make the Most of Sample Sales

The role of sample sales is evolving from discreet inventory clearances to prominent marketing events, as brands leverage social media and enhanced experiences to engage a wider audience and generate [...]

October 2021

Lazin Magazine – Art and Fashion – October 2021 (Digital PDF)

Lazin Magazine – Fashion Forever – October 2021 (Digital PDF)