ART FAIRS:Frieze Masters 2016
Installed in a vibrant, light-filled structure in The Regent’s Park, Frieze Masters brings together 133 of the world’s leading historical and modern galleries. Encompassing expertly vetted art and antiquities from the ancient era to Old Masters to the late 20th Century, Frieze Masters presents dynamic juxtapositions of period and genre, fostering new discoveries across art history.
By Efi Michalarou
Photo: Frieze Masters Archive
Coinciding with the contemporary Art Fair Frieze London, as well as the Frieze Sculpture Park, the two fairs form the heart of Frieze Week, an international cultural event which includes special programmes mounted by galleries and museums across London. The Art Fund Curators Programme: for the first time, Frieze Masters and Art Fund are hosting a Curators programme, bringing US curators to meet and exchange ideas with their UK counterparts through a talk, workshop and tour. Fair visitors will discover works by Georg Baselitz, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louise Bourgeois, Georges Braque, Lygia Clark, Edgar Degas, Eugène De-lacroix, Marlene Dumas, Lucian Freud, Francisco de Goya, Philip Guston, Barbara Hepworth, John Hoyland, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Jasper Johns, Martin Kippenberger, Paul Klee, Willem de Kooning, Henri Mat-isse, Fausto Melotti, Joan Miró, Alice Neel, Barnett Newman, Emil Nolde, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Mira Schendel, Graham Sutherland, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Cy Twombly, Jean-Édouard Vuillard and Andy Warhol – among many others. Frieze Masters 2016 draws 106 established galleries from around the world to present major solo and group exhibitions across its main section. This year’s edition features an increased presence of female modern masters, including: Anni Albers, Paula Rego and Susan Rothenberg. Other solo exhibitions include: Robert Motherwell, Eeduardo Paolozzi, James Rosenquist, Frank Stella and Auguste Rodin. Highlights from the Old Masters and Modern Painting include: “L’Empire des lumières” (1949) nan iconic painting by René Magritte, a painting by Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky from 1901 and a newly discovered shell painting by the Dutch still-life artist Willem Kelf. Themed Presentations: Frieze Masters continues to build on its reputation for museum-quality curated shows, with highlights including: a re-reading of the CoBRA Movment and the artists it influenced, featuring works by: Phillip Guston, Martin Kippenberger and Georg Baselitz, among others. The exhibition “Formless” explores Abject Art and bringing together works by: Marcel Duchamp, Lucio Fontana, Robert Morris, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly and Claes Oldenburg in the Sculpture Park. Spotlight builds on its reputation for thoughtfully designed, museum-quality presentations, revealing foundational movements in art through pioneering 20th-century figures worldwide. Among the many highlights are works by: Mrinalini Mukherjee, Wolfgang Paalen, Li Yuan-Chia and Carol Rama. Following its debut in 2015 Collections section returns with eight specialist galleries chosen by Sir Norman Rosenthal. The section features an array of thoughtfully curated presentations of historical art and objects. Frieze Masters Talks presents panels and conversations exploring relationships between his-torical art and contemporary practice. Frieze Masters Talks is supported by Gucci, Associate Sponsor of the fair. For the first time, the fair hosts a Reading Room with hourly events, along-side the celebrated Frieze Masters Talks programme.
Info: Frieze Masters 2016, The Regent’s Park, London, Days & Hours: Thu-Sat (6-8/10/16) 11:00-19:00, Sun (9/10/16) 11:00-18:00, frieze.com/fairs
