New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz on Frieze New York 2021, the first big art fair to reopen since the beginning of the pandemic. The fair took place at The Shed and featured work by Dana Schutz, Precious Okoyomon, and more.
Share this article Galleries at Frieze New York 2021 Fetched High Profits, Sold Out Booths Hauser & Wirth reportedly sold Louise Bourgeois’ ‘Blind Man’s Bluff’ (1984) installation for $1 million USD and more.
Frieze New York 2021 was a huge success for most galleries despite concerns over how the fair would’ve fared since it was the first major contemporary event to launch during these uncertain times posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The fair also moved to a new location for this year’s installment from Randall’s Island where the fair used to take place annually to the Shed in Hudson Yards.
The fair officially concluded on Sunday and dealers reported that they had sold out their booths entirely including David Zwirner , on opening day, who had a selection of new paintings by the polarizing artist Dana Schutz each of her paintings sold for between $700,000 USD and $900,000 USD. Canada gallery also reported that they had sold ou
Sunday at Frieze New York
What s not to miss on the final day of Frieze New York 2021 at The Shed
The 2021 edition of Frieze New York closes today, Sunday, May 9. It s the last chance to explore over 60 galleries bringing the best of contemporary art at The Shed.
Don t miss a solo project by
Agustina Woodgate (Barro),
Henrique Pavão (Galeria Bruno Murias) and many more in
Frame, the fair s section dedicated to presentations by emerging artists.
Installation by Agustina Woodgate at Barro for Frame at Frieze New York 2021
See museum-quality installations by leading galleries, including
Annette Messager (Marian Goodman Gallery),
Dealers managed to do strong business on opening day at the pared-down Frieze New York.
May 5, 2021
A fairgoer uses her phone in the cafe during the first day of Frieze art fair. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
This is not a drill not-online, not-remote, fully inside, honest-to-god art fairs are back.
After 14 months of staring at images of paintings in digitally rendered booths, art-world VIPs lined up Wednesday morning at the Shed in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards district to enter Frieze New York.
This was by no means a foregone conclusion. Frieze, owned by the recently IPOed Endeavor, came close to scrapping its 2021 edition. (Plans for a scaled-back Los Angeles edition were indeed cancelled.) But thanks to rigorous safety protocols that prevent anyone from entering without proof of vaccine or a negative test not to mention a head-scratching requirement for shipped works to be isolated for three days the fair did indeed go off, with everyone wearing masks of co
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