The Frieze art fair has turned 20 this week, and is only growing in its ambitions, having acquired the Armory Show fair in New York and Expo Chicago.
So what should we make of Frieze’s continuing expansion and what’s the mood at Frieze London and Frieze Masters this year? We talk to Tim Schneider, The Art Newspaper’s acting art market editor.
Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir Photo by Eyþór Árnason
In Reykjavik, Iceland, the artist-run Sequences Biennial opens on Friday. A former curator of the event is Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, who will represent Iceland at the Venice Biennale in 2024. Tom Seymour went to the Icelandic capital to talk to her about Venice, Sequences and the Icelandic scene.
Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure (1905) © 2023 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
And this episode’s Work of the Week is Open Window, Collioure (1905) by Henri Matisse. The painting is a highlight of the exhibition Vertigo of Colour: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. We speak to Dita Amory, the co-curator of the show, about this landmark painting in Matisse’s career.
• Frieze London and Frieze Masters, Regent’s Park, London, until 15 October
• The Sequences Biennial, entitled Can’t See, begins on 13 October and continues until 22 October 2023
• Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 13 October-21 January 2024; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 25 February-27 May 2024