With visitor numbers in the region of 45,000, a number comparable with last year, the fair attracted international artists, collectors, curators and journalists, all of whom remarked upon the quality of the material brought by the galleries and the buoyant mood at the fair. Tickets sold out on the Sunday of the fair. Institutions throughout New York hosted numerous events to mark this year’s edition, with support for the fair felt across the city.

Frieze New York takes place in a bespoke temporary structure, designed by Brooklyn-based architects SO – IL, on Randall’s Island, Manhattan. Frieze New York is sponsored by Deutsche Bank.

Gallery Response

Thaddeus Ropac: ‘It was fantastic! We brought a significant Sigmar Polke and have sold it. We could not be more pleased, seeing a great number of American collectors but also Europeans too, which was a pleasant surprise.’

Lisa Spellman of 303 Gallery said: ‘Sales were fantastic. Collectors love this fair, it’s dynamic, high quality and offers an experience no other fair provides. We are really happy with the feedback, the sales, and the amount of curators and writers. It’s really a perfect fair.’

Luhring Augustine also met with success. Director, Lauren Wittels observed: ‘We came to the fair not knowing what to expect and were happily surprised by the wonderful reception. We were thrilled with the beautiful design of the tent, which allowed us to show new works by Tom Friedman in the best possible light to enthusiastic collectors, museum directors, curators, and the public. We had exceptional sales and sold all of the works within the first hour. It was a pleasure to participate in Frieze New York. We had a great experience.’

Iwan Wirth was also complimentary: ‘The second round of Frieze New York confirmed what we expected after our excellent experience in the inaugural year. Hauser & Wirth had a very strong week, greeting collectors and museum colleagues of the highest level. But most of all the fair was particularly fulfilling for our artists: Paul McCarthy, Matthew Day Jackson and Rashid Johnson. And, of course, it was fantastic for us to be able to share Paul McCarthy’s ‘Balloon Dog’ as part of the curated Sculpture Park in the landscape around the tent. We already look forward to next year.’

Glenn Scott Wright of Victoria Miro remarked, ‘I was struck by the high quality of material across the board. We brought work by artists with a museum presence in New York, for example Yayoi Kusama, and that quality of work sold very well. We’ve seen fantastic clients every day and the opening day was simply fantastic.’

Theresa Liang of Long March Space observed: ‘We had a very good experience. The fair has an open design that has enabled us to showcase our program. We took more space at the fair this year and that was a good decision as it allowed us to introduce the diversity of our artists to a wide audience. New York is one of the few cities that has a strong collector base and awareness of Chinese culture. Collectors, visitors and Museums are all well informed and that gives us the ideal context. We hoped that we would meet important new contacts here but it really has exceeded expectations.’

Young galleries in the Frame section of the fair also met with success. Frame is for galleries under six years old and is sponsored by Joe Fresh.

Gabriella Giattino of Bureau said, ‘Frieze New York gave us the chance to give our artist Julia Rommel more visibility as we’ve had just one solo show with her in the gallery. The audience we met here more than achieved that and we were very successful selling all her works on the opening day. We met new collectors from all across the US: Florida, Texas, Los Angeles and New York and were able to place her pieces in the right hands.’

First time Frame exhibitor Leo Xu was enthusiastic: ‘My first Frieze experience has been exciting and inspiring. The solo booth has been positively received and we’ve had commercial success. Another result is that a new commissioned project is now under generation and exhibition possibilities in America are being discussed. This growing conversation is exactly what we came to New York to find. The best thing is that visitors to Frieze New York are keen to see the new ideas from young Chinese artists that work in new media and deal with social transformation. That is unparalleled!’

In Focus, for galleries under ten years old, there was also a good response with participants developing new relationships.

Sylvia Kouvali of Rodeo remarked: ‘We chose to show Apostolos Georgiou, whose work has never been shown outside Greece before, and could not be more pleased with the response as we had really good sales with really good collectors, many of whom were new to us. For a relatively young gallery, like ourselves, it’s important to get broader recognition of who we are and what we do and here we’ve done that, we met everyone we could have wanted to – everyone came.’

Bruce Haines of Ancient and Modern could not have been more pleased: ‘We’re an unknown gallery in the US and we’ve brought an artist unknown in the US too, but the interest has been huge, from not only collectors but also our peer group. It’s been simply fantastic as I have made extraordinary sales and found new possibilities for our artists to exhibit. Everyone I have met
has been a new person to the gallery, not just from the US but also across the Americas as a whole.’

Museum Groups

With over 90 groups from the world’s major museums the fair had strong institutional attendance. Visiting museum groups included: Aspen Museum of Art; Bass Museum of Art; The Dallas Museum of Art; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens; LACMA; MACBA, Barcelona; Mamco, Geneva; MAXXI, Rome; MCA, Chicago; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Miami Art Museum; MoMA; Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Centre Pompidou; Seattle Art Museum; Serpentine Gallery; SFMoMA; SITE Santa Fe; Tate; Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw; The Power Plant, Toronto; Wadsworth Atheneum; Walker Art Center; Whitechapel Gallery and the Whitney Museum of Art.

Education

A new addition to the fair this year, the Frieze New York Education space was sponsored by Deutsche Bank and allowed public school classes and groups to further explore the fair through workshops.

Over 600 children took part in the Frieze New York Education Program with over ten school groups from schools across all five New York boroughs.

Taking place in a dedicated structure, the program for the space was devised by Free Arts NYC and 826NYC who together produced a dynamic context for students ranging from fourth to 12th grade, exploring notions of contemporary art and color.A creative documentation of the workshops and their results can be found on a dedicated Frieze Education tumblr page.

Stand Prize

The Frieze New York Stand Prize sponsored by Champagne Pommery was won by Galerie Elba Benitez who was awarded a prize of $15,000 for their solo showing of Carlos Bunga. The prize was judged by an international panel of curators: Juan A. Gaitán (Curator 8th Berlin Biennale); Naomi Beckwith (Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, MCA Chicago); Jeffrey Grove (The Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art).

Supporters and Sponsors

Michele Faissola, Head of Asset and Wealth Management at Deutsche Bank said of the fair: ‘The fantastic collection of art helped brighten New York this past weekend. The fair continues to be an impressive showcase of contemporary art from around the world, all of which was thoroughly enjoyed by our clients, employees and collectors. Frieze should be congratulated for organizing what has quickly become a mandatory event for artists and those who appreciate their talents.’

Further Information

Information on Frieze Projects NY, the fair’s non-profit program is available online. Frieze Talks and Frieze Sounds is available for download from Frieze.com

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World’s Leading Galleries

Frieze is pleased to present a careful selection of over 180 of the world’s leading contemporary art galleries. A strong contingent of US galleries is particularly in evidence, with 55 participating galleries from the fair’s host city. Galleries from the following 32 countries will show at Frieze New York 2013: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA.

Emerging galleries will be participating in the Focus and Frame sections of the fair. Focus is for galleries less than ten years old debuting works previously unseen in an art-fair context. Focus galleries will show curated projects or solo stands conceived for Frieze New York. Frame is a section dedicated to galleries established less than six years ago and, this year, is supported by Joe Fresh. The Frame galleries selection is made on the basis of a proposed solo presentation and has been advised by curators Rodrigo Moura and Tim Saltarelli.

Frieze Projects New York

The program includes seven specially commissioned projects. The participating artists have been invited to conceive site-specific works that either react to the exceptional location of Randall’s Island or engage with the experience of the fair. The Frieze Projects program is realized annually at Frieze New York and is curated by Cecilia Alemani.

The five artists participating in the Frieze Projects program this year are: Liz Glynn, Maria Loboda, Mateo Tannatt, Andra Ursuta and Marianne Vitale. The program will also feature a special tribute to legendary artist-run restaurant FOOD, originally conceived by Gordon Matta-Clark and Carol Goodden in 1971. With a menu that changes daily, the artists chefs at FOOD 1971/2013 are: Matthew Day Jackson, Carol Goodden, Tina Girouard and Jonathan Horowitz. The Frieze Projects program also features a literary project, Frieze Story, this year with an original text by novelist Ben Marcus.

Interviews with all the commissioned artists, plus a special homage to FOOD as a continuing source of inspiration, appear in the Frieze New York Catalogue, which is available to purchase at the fair, and via frieze.com, and is priced: $39.95 / £24.95

Frieze Talks

A daily program of presentations, panel discussions and conversations that takes place at Frieze New York, Frieze Talks features leading artists, writers and cultural commentators. Frieze Talks is programmed by editors of frieze Dan Fox (Co-Editor) and Sam Thorne (Associate Editor). This year’s participants include: Douglas Crimp, Lydia Davis, Joan Jonas and John Maus.

Frieze Sounds
For its second edition Frieze Sounds will feature three commissioned audio works by artists: Charles Atlas and the New Humans, Trisha Baga and Haroon Mirza. Frieze Sounds is programmed and curated by Cecilia Alemani and presented with BMW. The sound works will be premiered in the BMW 7 Series cars that operate the VIP shuttle services from Randall’s Island. Additionally, the works will be accessible at friezenewyork.com, available to download from May 10, 2013, and at a listening station within the fair.

Sculpture Park

The Sculpture Park at Frieze New York offers a rare opportunity to see a significant group of international work that is addressed on a public scale. The Sculpture Park is located along the waterfront of Randall’s Island overlooking the East River. New work made for the 2013 Sculpture Park includes Paul McCarthy ’s Balloon Dog (2013), an 80-foot-high inflatable work, as well as pieces from: Fiona Connor, Style Guide Spa (2013); Saint Clair Cemin, Fotini (2013); Martha Friedman, Amygdalas (2013); and Nick Van Woert, Primitive (2013). Also on show will be works by artists: Tom Burr, Tom Friedman, Andreas Lolis, Charles Long, Jason Meadows, Pae White and Franz West. The Sculpture Park at Frieze New York is selected by curator Tom Eccles.

Education

A new addition to the fair this year, the Frieze New York Education space is sponsored by Deutsche Bank and will allow public school classes and museum groups to further explore the fair through workshops. Taking place in a dedicated structure, the program for the space is devised by Free Arts NYC and 826NYC who together will produce a dynamic context for students ranging from 4th–12th grade to explore notions of contemporary art and color. The guide and space will center around color theory and contemporary art. A creative documentation of the workshops will be made via a Frieze Education tumblr page.

Gary Hattem, President of the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, said of the Education program: ‘This new educational component is a chance for children to interact with art from around the world in their own backyard.’

Stand Prize

The most innovative gallery stand at the fair will receive a prize supported by Champagne Pommery. The prize of $15,000 will be judged by an international panel of curators: Juan A. Gaitán (Curator 8th Berlin Biennale); Naomi Beckwith (Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, MCA Chicago); Jeffrey Grove (The Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art). The recipient of the Stand Prize will be presented with their award at 4pm on
Thursday 9 May.

Further Information
The restaurants at Frieze New York will be: Frankies Spuntino, Sant Ambroeus, The Fat Radish, Roberta’s, Mission Chinese, Blue Bottle Coffee and Court Street Grocers.

More updates on all the fair’s news and events will be available on the Frieze New York mobile app, accessible by navigating your device to friezenewyork.com.

All the latest from the fair can be found @FriezeNewYork on Twitter.

Press Contacts:

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Scott & Co
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Frieze Contact:

Belinda Bowring
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belinda.bowring@frieze.com

Notes to Editors

Tickets to Frieze New York are on sale now from $26 and can be bought online friezenewyork.com/visitors/tickets. Please note: to ensure the best experience for all visitors, tickets are limited and only available in advance.

Frieze ferry services run from the 35th Street Ferry Dock on the East River every 15 minutes during fair opening hours and take approximately 20 minutes. $12.50 round-trip including booking fee. Tickets only available in advance.

Frieze bus services run from outside the Guggenheim Museum on 5th Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets approximately every 10 minutes during fair opening hours. $5.50 round-trip including booking fee. Tickets only available in advance.

Taxi/Car 15 minutes from the Upper East Side, 30 minutes from Chelsea. Randall’s Island has paid parking for 1,300 cars. A valet service is also available.

SO – IL are an idea-based design office based in Brooklyn. Founded in 2008, Recent projects include the Province Hall in Antwerp, Belgium; offices for production company Logan in SoHo, New York and a public square in Manama, Bahrain. SO – IL are Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu.

Cecilia Alemani is the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Curator and Director of High Line Art Program. Alemani has worked as guest curator for Performa 11; Curatorial Director of X Initiative, New York (2009-2010) and, in 2009, o-founded ‘No Soul For Sale’, a festival of independent spaces, non-profit organizations, and artists collectives. She is the New York correspondent for Mousse Magazine and collaborates with other magazines including Domus and Art Press.

Tom Eccles is executive director of the Center for Curatorial Studies. Since joining CCS Bard in 2005, he has overseen the construction of the Hessel Museum of Art, which opened in November 2006.

Press credentials and online materials

Press accreditation closes May 3. Apply now at accreditation.frieze.com. Images will be available to download on a daily basis throughout the fair. All press releases and images are available via friezenewyork.com/press.

The Sculpture Park at Frieze New York is selected by curator Tom Eccles from proposals by the fair’s participating galleries. An opportunity to see a significant group of public-scale sculpture, the Sculpture Park at Frieze New York includes internationally recognized artists, both established and emerging.

New work made for the 2013 Sculpture Park includes Paul McCarthy ’s Balloon Dog (2013), an 80-foot-high inflatable work, as well as pieces from: Fiona Connor, Style Guide Spa (2013); Saint Clair Cemin, Fotini (2013); Martha Friedman, Amygdalas (2013); and Nick Van Woert, Primitive (2013). Also on show will be works by artists: Tom Burr, Tom Friedman, Andreas Lolis, Charles Long, Jason Meadows, Pae White and Franz West.

Tom Eccles commented: ‘Building upon the success of last year, our aim for this new edition is to increase the ambition of the Sculpture Park program both in scope and scale. Placed in an exceptional location, the program will continue expanding visitors’ experience by displaying large outdoor sculptures in dialogue with ephemeral pieces. Both physical objects and works that help define our experience of the park itself, a space that offers both bucolic and urban conditions.’

Frieze New York will take place May 10–13, 2013 and will present over 180 of the world’s leading galleries. Frieze New York is sponsored by Deutsche Bank.

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Frieze Contact:
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Notes to Editors

Tom Eccles is Executive Director of the Center for Curatorial Studies. Since joining CCS Bard in 2005, he has overseen the construction of the Hessel Museum of Art, which opened in November 2006.

Tickets to Frieze New York are on sale now from $26 and can be bought online at friezenewyork.com/visitors/tickets. To ensure the best experience for all visitors, tickets are limited and only available in advance.

Press accreditation is now open. Apply now at accreditation.frieze.com.

Full List of Works
Tom Burr, a few golden moments (2011): Bortolami
Saint Clair Cemin, Fotini (2013): Paul Kasmin Gallery
Fiona Connor, Style Guide Spa (2013): Hopkinson Cundy
Martha Friedman, Amygdalas (2013): Wallspace
Tom Friedman, Circle Dance (2010): Stephen Friedman Gallery
Andreas Lolis, Untitled (2013): The Breeder
Charles Long, Untitled (2013): Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
Jason Meadows, St. Francis (2010): Tanya Bonakdar Gallery and Marc Foxx
Paul McCarthy, Balloon Dog (2013): Hauser & Wirth
Pae White, Briquettes and Support: Fox, Bird, Owl, Turtle, Frog (2003): greengrassi, kaufmann repetto and Andrew Kreps Gallery
Nick Van Woert, Primitive (2013): Grimm
Franz West, Untitled (2011): Gagosian Gallery

This year sees the addition of new partners for the fair as well as the return of many restaurants from 2012. Blue Bottle Coffee, Court Street Grocers, Frankies Spuntino, Marlow & Sons, Mission Chinese Food, Roberta’s, Sant Ambroeus, and The Fat Radish will all take part in Frieze New York 2013.

Frankies Spuntino will provide a full-service restaurant at the fair that is available for bookings. The menu highlights classic Italian recipes with
a seasonal touch, sourcing local, organic products. The wine list includes offerings from small producers in Italy and beyond. Accompanying Frankies Spuntino, sister restaurant Prime Meats will serve a picnic area with their hand-crafted sausages and burgers.

Andrew Tarlow’s Marlow and Sons will host the VIP room restaurant for the first time. Marlow and Sons will feature a menu of seasonal and locally sourced cuisine paired with natural, continental wines in a relaxed and thoughtfully designed environment.

A new addition to the fair this year Mission Chinese will serve their signature cuisine at the fair including Kung Pao Pastrami. Returning from 2012,
Sant Ambroeus will offer fair visitors exceptional Italian coffee, handmade cornetti and paninetti as well as a new signature gelato service on the outdoor deck, overlooking the Sculpture Park. Roberta’s also returns, bringing with them two pizza ovens from Bushwick, serving their much- loved pizzas and a specially selected beer and wine list on the outdoor café deck.

The Fat Radish will bring its simple, elegant cuisine created with well- sourced, seasonal ingredients. Blue Bottle Coffee will set up a coffee bar at the fair serving freshly roasted coffees and art-inspired deserts. Court Street Grocers is another new addition to the fair providing a characteristically artisanal approach to sandwiches and salads.

Frieze New York will take place May 10–13, 2013 and will present over 180 of the world’s leading galleries. Frieze New York is sponsored by Deutsche Bank.

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Tyler Mahowald
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UK, Europe & ROW
Selina Jones
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selina@scott-andco.com

Frieze Contact:
Belinda Bowring
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belinda.bowring@frieze.com

Notes to Editors

Restaurant Reservations
Booking is recommended at Frankies Spuntino.
Please email reception@frankspm.com or call (718) 403 0033 ext. 12

Tickets to Frieze New York are on sale now from $26 and can be bought online at friezenewyork.com/visitors/tickets. To ensure the
best experience for all visitors, tickets are limited and only available in advance. Please book early to avoid disappointment, particularly at the weekend. Booking fees apply.

Press accreditation is now open. Apply now at accreditation.frieze.com.

Frieze Talks is a daily program of lectures, conversations and panel discussions that takes place at Frieze New York. The Talks program brings together a range of voices, from leading artists to musicians and novelists to cultural critics.This year’s program is curated by two editors of frieze magazine: Dan Fox (Senior Editor, frieze, New York) and Sam Thorne (Associate Editor, frieze, London).

In 2013, Frieze Talks will consider some of the most pertinent issues in contemporary art and culture today. This year’s program takes the fair’s New York context as its point of departure, tracing antecedents for current debates: Douglas Crimp will recall the New York art world of the 1970s and Joan Jonas will reflect upon 50 years of performance. At the same time, a panel discussion, ‘When Past Isn’t Past’, will explore the role of museum surveys in the construction of these histories, asking whether very recent events are becoming historicized at an accelerated pace.

The program also looks to broaden debates beyond the visual arts, exploring connected themes in politics, writing and music. Other subjects include: the role that artists can play as activists and the overlaps between fiction and criticism. This year’s program brings together a range of different formats, including readings and conversations as well as a listening session.

Dan Fox and Sam Thorne said of the 2013 Talks: ‘Frieze Talks is an exciting series of encounters between leading artists, curators, writers and musicians. We look forward to hosting four days of discussions that will range between fiction and activism, music and translation, dance and curating.’

Access to Frieze Talks is included in all admission tickets. Frieze Talks takes place in the onsite auditorium at Frieze New York from Friday, May 10 through Monday, May 13.

Frieze New York will take place May 10–13, 2013 and will present over 180 of the world’s leading galleries. Frieze New York is sponsored by Deutsche Bank.

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Frieze Contact:
Belinda Bowring
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belinda.bowring@frieze.com

Notes to Editors:

Access to Frieze Talks is included in the Frieze New York admission ticket. Seats for talks can be individually booked from 12pm on the day outside the auditorium within the fair; ticket-holders are requested to arrive at the auditorium 15 minutes before the talk starts in order to guarantee a place.

frieze magazine is published eight times a year and is acclaimed for its insightful criticism, original articles and stylish design. frieze is one of the world’s leading publications on contemporary art and culture and has been established for over 20 years.

Schedule:

Friday, May 10

12pm: Looking Forward: 2013 Carnegie International
Daniel Baumann (co-curator, 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh)
Tina Kukielski (co-curator, 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh)
Dan Byers (co-curator, 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh)

For the first time in the Carnegie International’s 117-year history, co- curators Daniel Baumann, Tina Kukielski and Dan Byers discuss their plans for the 56th edition of the exhibition, which opens on October 4, at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.

4pm – Suzanne Lacy in conversation with Nato Thompson
Suzanne Lacy (artist)
Nato Thompson (chief curator, Creative Time, Philadelphia)

Suzanne Lacy discusses 40 years of activism, education and what she has termed ‘new genre public art’ with curator Nato Thompson.

Saturday, May 11

12pm – Readings: Art in Literature
Rachel Kushner (novelist and critic, New York)
Ben Marcus (novelist, New York)
Chair: Katie Kitamura (novelist and critic, New York)

From Don DeLillo’s Point Omega to Michel Houellebecq’s The Map and the Territory, recent fiction has seen several prominent encounters with contemporary art. What are the limits of writing about images? And what difficulties are there with depicting the art world in fiction? Two readings are followed by discussion.

4pm – Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis (writer and translator, Upstate New York)
Emily Stokes (writer and assistant editor, Harper’s magazine, New York)

Lydia Davis is an acclaimed translator and writer of short stories. She gives a reading, followed by a conversation with Emily Stokes, covering Davis’ short stories as well as her award-winning of translations of Proust, Blanchot and Flaubert.

Sunday, May 12

1pm – Listening Session: John Maus
John Maus (musician, New York)
Ross Simonini (interviews editor of The Believer, New York)

The prolific musician discusses his influences, playing some of the songs and videos that have inspired him. He is in conversation with musician and writer Ross Simonini.

3.30pm – Joan Jonas (artist, New York)
The pioneering performance and video artist reflects on 50 years of work.

Monday, May 13

1pm – When the Past isn’t Past
Dominic Molon (chief curator, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis) Jenny More (associate curator, New Museum, New York)
Chair: Dan Fox (senior editor, frieze)

We are increasingly beginning to see survey exhibitions of the very recent past. How and why do decades come to be packaged as they do? What gets forgotten in these attempts to remember? And what does it mean to present ‘authoritative’ surveys of a time that is still very much in flux?

3.30pm – Douglas Crimp (art historian, curator and professor of art history, University of Rochester, New York)
Ahead of the publication of his memoir, Before Pictures, Douglas Crimp’s lecture explores the New York art world of the 1970s, considering the intersections of dance and critical theory, prior to his curating the seminal group show ‘Pictures’ at Artists Space in 1977.

Frieze Sounds 2013 will be premiered in the VIP cars at Frieze New York. The works will also be accessible via a listening station inside the fair and streamed online at friezenewyork.com.

Curator of the series Cecilia Alemani commented: ‘Last year Frieze Sounds captured visitors’ imaginations beyond my expectations. This year I wanted to commission artists who could use both the medium of sound and the journey to Randall’s Island as inspiration to metaphorically transport visitors up the East River. Each of the participants has taken a different appraoch to this brief: Trisha Baga will estrange everyday noise; Charles Atlas and New Humans will use their own voices whereas Haroon Mirza will employ the noise of the fair itself. I look forward to each of them and never making the same journey twice.’

BMW added: ‘We are once again pleased to bring Frieze New York into ours vehicles with Frieze Sounds,’ said Ludwig Willisch, President and CEO, BMW of North America, LLC. ‘These specially commissioned works selected by Frieze heighten the VIP shuttle experience and can extend the fair visit to even include the drive home.’

Frieze New York 2013 takes place May 10–13, 2013 and presents over 180 of the world’s leading galleries. Designed by Brooklyn-based architects SO – IL, Frieze New York is housed in a bespoke temporary structure located in the unique setting of Randall’s Island Park, Manhattan, overlooking the East River. Frieze New York is sponsored by Deutsche Bank.

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Press Contacts:

US & Americas
Tyler Mahowald
Black Frame
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tmahowald@framenoir.com

UK, Europe & ROW
Richard Scott
Scott & Co.
tel: + 44 (0)20 3487 0077
richard@scott-andco.com

Frieze Contact:
Belinda Bowring
frieze.com
tel: +44 (0)20 3372 6135
belinda.bowring@frieze.com

Notes to Editors

Trisha Baga (b. 1985, Venice, Florida, USA)
Trisha Baga is known for intricate installations that combine psychedelic projections, sculptural assemblages, and arrangements of found youtube videos combined with audio recordings. For Frieze Sounds, she will present Hercules Radio, a sound work that remixes sounds from disparate sources including Hollywood movie scores, everyday noises, ominous weather channel forecasts and voiceovers in several different languages. In this work, the artist highlights the tonal quality of language, rather than its content, composing the soundtrack for an imaginary journey that takes the listener through an array of fluid identities and incongruous locations.

Charles Atlas (b. 1958 St. Louis, Missouri, USA) and New Humans (Mika Tajima b. 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA/Howie Chen b. 1976, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Charles Atlas and New Humans have previously collaborated on a number of projects at the intersection of sound, installation and performance, including film productions as performance, sculptural installations, music events and live video presentations. For Frieze Sounds, Atlas and New Humans extend their collaboration into a new aural experience, utilizing electronically fractured vocals by Atlas and Tajima. A poem-like babble of unrelated words, the work articulates the flow of global materials, information and people extracted from distant places made readily accessible and mundane – the soundtrack and backdrop for urban island life.

Haroon Mirza (b. 1977, London, UK)
Haroon Mirza has been investigating the generative power of sound and noise in a series of architectural installations and kinetic sculptures that play with our perceptions of space. For Frieze Sounds, Mirza will work closely with the fair environment and the sounds generated by the visitors of the fair. Microphones installed inside the fair’s tent will absorb background noises and the sounds of people moving through the booths, bringing the listener to focus on that universe of unheard voices that pervade public spaces.

BMW
Since 2004, BMW has powered Frieze’s art fairs VIP shuttle service. Last year BMW expanded its commitment to Frieze by providing BMW 7 Series vehicles for New York, and providing a service across all Frieze fairs: Frieze New York, Frieze London and Frieze Masters.

The BMW 7 Series is the product of a self-assured design philosophy and consistent yet ever-evolving engineering artistry. This new sedan owes its unique character to a number of innovations whose purpose is to make driving an automobile – as well as riding in it – a memorable experience. The sound system of the BMW 7 Series is equally memorable and includes DIRAC signal processing, a 600W digital amplifier and 16 high-end loudspeakers strategically placed throughout the automobile. The result is that all four passengers in the 7 Series are enveloped in a surround sound experience that projects concert stage sound from the luxurious quietness of the interior.

The five artists participating in the Frieze Projects program this year are: Liz Glynn, Maria Loboda, Mateo Tannatt, Andra Ursuta, Marianne Vitale. The program will also feature a special tribute to legendary artist-run restaurant FOOD, originally conceived by Gordon Matta-Clark and Carol Goodden in 1971, and an original text by novelist Ben Marcus. The Frieze Projects program is realized annually at Frieze New York and is curated by Cecilia Alemani.

The program includes seven specially commissioned projects, three of which are situated outdoors in Randall’s Island Park. The participating artists have been invited to conceive site-specific works that either react to the exceptional location of Randall’s Island or engage with the experience of the fair. Whilst some projects confront the unique landscape of the site by inserting incongruous presences within the island’s landscape – including a color-coded garden, a speakeasy and a cemetery – others play with quotidian acts via folkloric traditions and formalist preoccupations. Together, the seven projects envision new, temporary spaces for participation in everyday rituals.

Cecilia Alemani said of the program: ‘For the second edition of Frieze Projects in New York, I asked the commissioned artists to intervene in the fair and its surrounding landscape by staging challenging works that play with everyday habits and collective behaviors. Basic actions such as eating, drinking, speaking and praying serve as the starting point for a series of site-specific installations that engage the ritualistic dimension of the fair and the unique landscape of the island.’

Frieze Projects presents newly commissioned artworks by international artists. The artists commissioned by Frieze Projects will use Frieze New York as a site to realize ambitious ideas.

Frieze New York will take place May 10–13, 2013 and will present over 180 of the world’s leading galleries. Frieze New York is sponsored by Deutsche Bank.

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Notes to Editors

2013 Projects

Liz Glynn (b. 1981, Boston. Lives in Los Angeles.)
Liz Glynn’s large-scale installations are often assembled with inexpensive materials such as wood and cardboard. These sculptures create impromptu architectures and gathering spaces, which incorporate fictional references to historical civilizations such as ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire. For Frieze Projects, the artist will use the grid of the fair to hide a secret bar inspired by 1920s prohibition-era speakeasies. Decorated like an old bank vault, the bar will be accessible through a secret door. Inside, bartenders will perform magic tricks while serving cocktails to guests.

Maria Loboda (b. 1979, Krakow. Lives in Berlin and London.)
Maria Loboda’s work analyzes systems of communications, underscoring the transformative power of languages and codes. Reflecting upon the relationship between nature and verbal communication, Loboda has realized a number of works in which the natural world is analyzed through the lens of language. Taking as inspiration the lush parkland of Randall’s Island, the artist will turn an area of the park into a color-coded garden, an exact replica of an illustration of a European interior design motif from the 19th century. Interested in the precision of color mapping, the artist will translate the two-dimensional image into a living landscape of plants, flowers and shrubs, highlighting not only the relationship between interior and exterior, but also between two and three-dimensional landscapes. Loboda’s project incorporates a bespoke perfume that takes as its inspiration an abstraction of tobacco. Loboda’s aspiration is to transport the audience of the work to a smoking room populated by elegant women who are exchanging ideas for their next worldwide art adventures. Loboda has been working with the Swiss fragrance business Firmenich to realize her Project, which is supported by The Fragrance Foundation.

Mateo Tannatt (b. 1979, Los Angeles. Lives in Los Angeles.)
Mateo Tannatt uses sculpture as a platform for performance, video, photography and painting. He creates landscapes of objects and props that are often brought to life by actors and performers. For Frieze Projects, Tannatt will craft seven individual sculptures that interrupt and punctuate the fair. Each of these seven situations will be activated by scripted performances and written texts. Viewers will be invited to sit and use the sculptures as part of the performance. Based on the subjective association of color, and the effect of public sculpture, this project not only offers viewers a resting point but also provides temporary stages for public theater, bringing the monumental into the everyday.

Andra Ursuta (b. 1979, Salonta. Lives in New York.)
Andra Ursuta’s work combines references to the traditional folklore of her native Romania with an investigation of feminine identity through a series of sculptures, installations and immersive environments. For Frieze Projects, Ursuta departs from the idea that art fairs have become temporary sites of pilgrimage. Instead Ursuta will pose the fair as an imaginary art village, and will construct a missing part of the everyday life of an art fair: a quaint little cemetery where art goes to die. Since art fairs do not allow room for the afterlife of art, Ursuta will provide that missing space by erecting group of marble slabs in the bucolic landscape of Randall’s Island, turning the site into a place of worship.

Marianne Vitale (b.1973, East Rockaway. Lives in New York.)
Known for her large-scale wooden sculptures of burnt bridges, barns and outhouses, Marianne Vitale’s work reflects upon contemporary American sculpture whilst conducting an investigation of vernacular art and architecture. For Frieze Projects, Vitale installs a monumental architectural fragment at the center of the fair evoking rural landscape, putting into question old-fashioned traditions and values. A severed barn wall with window encourages a vantage point into, or out of, the collapsed circumstance.

FOOD 1971/2013
At Frieze New York 2013, Frieze Projects will organize a special tribute to FOOD, the legendary restaurant opened in October 1971 by Gordon Matta-Clark and Carol Goodden in collaboration with other artists. This tribute will take the form of a temporary restaurant where the history and legacy of FOOD will be celebrated. A meeting space, a restaurant and a total work of art, FOOD was driven by the energy of the people that ran it and those who gathered there. In the same spirit, FOOD 1971/2013 will be a dynamic platform where each day a different artist will be invited to cook in a convivial environment. Both a restaurant and performance stage FOOD 1971/2013 will be a space where cooking and art are discussed, inspired and produced. At Frieze New York 2012, with a homage to Fashion Moda and a presentation of John Ahearn’s work, Frieze Projects started a series of tributes to historical artist-run spaces and initiatives that have defined and transformed the cultural and artistic life of New York City. FOOD 1971/2013 is the second project in this series.

Ben Marcus (b. 1967, Chicago. Lives in New York.)
In 2012, Frieze Projects inaugurated Frieze Story – a new platform for writers and novelists who are invited to develop short stories that expand upon the unique location of the fair – with a short text by Rick Moody. This year’s Frieze Story, novelist Ben Marcus has been invited to contribute an original composition which will add another voice to the polyphony of Frieze Projects. Associate Professor at Columbia University, Marcus is the author of a number of novels and short stories, including The Flame Alphabet (2012), Notable American Women (2002), and The Age of Wire and String (1995).

A strong American and European contingent of galleries is joined by those from the rest of the world, with 32 countries represented in total: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA. Galleries from the fair’s host city number 55.

Participating galleries new to the main section of the fair include: Marian Goodman Gallery (New York); Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg); L&M Arts (Los Angeles); Luhring Augustine (New York); galerie kamel mennour (Paris); Project 88 (Mumbai); and Jack Shainman Gallery (New York). The following artists will be shown as solo presentations: Alexandre Da Cunha (CRG gallery, New York); Zander Blom (Stevenson, Cape Town); Carlos Bunga (Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid); Jack Early (McCaffrey Fine Art, New York); Tino Seghal (Marian Goodman Gallery, New York); and Dianna Molzan (Overduin & Kite, Los Angeles). Two artist stands will include: John Wesley and Mary Reid Kelley (Fredericks & Freiser, New York); Pae White and Roe Ethridge (Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, and greengrassi, London); and Teresita Fernández and Do Ho Suh (Lehmann Maupin, New York).

Opened in or after 2002, Focus galleries debut works not previously seen within an art fair context. Integrated in zones around the fair, Focus galleries show both curated projects and solo stands, specifically conceived for Frieze New York. Ranging from Sara VanDerBeek at Altman Siegel (San Francisco) to Joan Semmel at Alexander Gray Associates (New York), more presentations of note include Ivan Gallery’s (Bucharest) show of Geta Brătescu, Horia Bernea and Paul Neagu; Galerie Mezzanin’s (Vienna) presentation of Thomas Bayrle and Gerald Domenig; and Untitled’s (New York) solo project by Henry Taylor.

Frame is a section dedicated to galleries established less than six years ago and, this year, is supported by Joe Fresh. The Frame galleries selection is made on the basis of a proposed solo presentation and has been advised by curators Rodrigo Moura and Tim Saltarelli. Frame offers visitors and collectors the opportunity to make discoveries and see work by artists who may not previously have benefitted from an international platform to show their work. Frame demonstrates a wide geography with exciting new art from all over the globe: Fiona Connor (Hopkinson Cundy, Auckland); Liu Chuang (Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai); Sophie Bueno-Boutellier (Circus, Berlin); Steve Bishop (Carlos/Ishikawa, London); Patricia Leite (Mendes Wood, São Paulo); and Antek Walczak (Real Fine Arts, New York).

Frieze New York also benefits from a curatorial program, Frieze Projects is curated by Cecilia Alemani. Frieze Talks is programmed by the editors of frieze and will explore the most pertinent issues in cultural criticism today.

Frieze New York takes a similar approach to the London fair, which brings an international focus to London every year. Designed by New York-based SO – IL Architects, Frieze New York is housed in a bespoke structure and located in a unique setting overlooking the East River.

Co-directors Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover commented, ‘The second edition of the fair is a fantastic opportunity to build on everything we achieved last year. New York in May 2013 promises to be one of the most exciting weeks in the art world calendar. The strength and depth of the participating galleries list demonstrates the importance of New York as an art center.’

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Notes to Editors:
Randall’s Island Park is conveniently located in the East River between Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. It is accessible by car and bus via the RFK Bridge and by a dedicated East River ferry service.

Randall’s Island Park is supported and programmed by Randall’s Island Park Alliance.

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Territories

Argentina	Greece	Romania
Australia	India	Russia
Austria	Ireland	South Africa
Belgium	Israel	Spain
Brazil	Italy	Switzerland
Canada	Japan	The Netherlands
China	Korea	Turkey
Colombia	Lebanon	UAE
France	New Zealand	UK
Denmark	Norway	USA
Germany	Poland

Participating Galleries (list in formation)
303 Gallery, New York
Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
Air de Paris, Paris
The Approach, London
Art: Concept, Paris
Alfonso Artiaco, Naples
Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels
Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid
Peter Blum Gallery, New York
Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Bortolami, New York
The Breeder, Athens
Broadway 1602, New York
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Galerie Buchholz, Cologne
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
carlier | gebauer, Berlin
Cheim & Read, New York
Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
James Cohan Gallery, New York
Sadie Coles HQ, London
Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
Pilar Corrias Gallery, London Galleria
Raffaella Cortese, Milan
CRG Gallery, New York
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Massimo De Carlo, Milan
Elizabeth Dee, New York
Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Galerie Eigen + Art, Berlin
galerie frank elbaz, Paris
Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw
Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo
Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
Fredericks & Freiser, New York
Carl Freedman Gallery, London
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Frith Street Gallery, London
Gagosian Gallery, New York
gb agency, Paris
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Greene Naftali, New York
greengrassi, London
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
Harris Lieberman, New York
Hauser & Wirth, New York
Herald St, London
Xavier Huf kens, Brussels
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
In Situ – Fabienne Leclerc, Paris
International Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles
Alison Jacques Gallery, London
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver
Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf
Casey Kaplan, New York
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
kaufmann repetto, Milan
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
Tina Kim Gallery, New York
Johann König, Berlin
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Kukje Gallery, Seoul
L&M Arts, Los Angeles
Yvon Lambert, Paris
Lehmann Maupin, New York
Tanya Leighton, Berlin
Galerie Lelong, New York
Lisson Gallery, London
Long March Space, Beijing
Luhring Augustine, New York
galerie kamel mennour, Paris
Metro Pictures, New York
McCaffrey Fine Art, New York
Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
Massimo Minini, Brescia
Victoria Miro, London
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
The Modern Institute, Glasgow
MOT International, London
Murray Guy, New York
Taro Nasu, Tokyo
Galleria Franco Noero, Turin
Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome
Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Maureen Paley, London
Participant Inc, New York
Galerie Perrotin, Paris
Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin
Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris
Printed Matter Inc, New York
Project 88, Mumbai
Rampa, Istanbul
Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Regina Gallery, Moscow
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Salon 94, New York
Esther Schipper, Berlin
Sfeir-Semler, Beirut
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
Sprüth Magers Berlin London, Berlin
Standard (Oslo), Oslo
Stevenson, Cape Town
T293, Naples
team gallery inc, New York
Richard Telles, Los Angeles
The Third Line, Dubai
Vermelho, São Paulo
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
Wallspace, New York
Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin
White Columns, New York
White Cube, London
Wien Lukatsch, Berlin
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
David Zwirner, New York
Focus
Altman Siegel, San Francisco
Ancient & Modern, London
Arratia Beer, Berlin
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
Canada, New York
Casas Riegner, Bogotà
dépendance, Brussels
Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich
James Fuentes, New York
François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles
Alexander Gray Associates, New York
Grimm, Amsterdam
Galerie Andreas Huber, Vienna
Ibid, London
Ivan Gallery, Bucharest
Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam
Karma International, Zurich
Limoncello, London
Kate MacGarry, London
Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna
mother’s tankstation, Dublin
Galeria Plan B, Cluj
Simon Preston Gallery, New York
ProjecteSD, Barcelona
Ramiken Crucible, New York
Rodeo, Istanbul
Seventeen, London
Société, Berlin
Untitled, New York
Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
Frame
47 Canal, New York, Stewart Uoo
Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles, Pablo Pijnappel
Bureau, New York, Julia Rommel
Carlos/Ishikawa, London, Steve Bishop
Circus, Berlin, Sophie Bueno-Boutellier
Clifton Benevento, New York, Michael E. Smith
Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Andy Boot
Algus Greenspon, New York, Adriana Lara Hopkinson
Cundy, Auckland, Fiona Connor
Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Adriana Bustos
Marcelle Alix, Paris, Marie Cool Fabio Balducci
Mendes Wood, São Paulo, Patricia Leite
Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Kaoru Arima
Take Ninagawa, Tokyo, Turuko Yamazaki
Real Fine Arts, New York, Antek Walczak
Sommer & Kohl, Berlin, Adrian Lohmüller
Simone Subal, New York, Frank Heath
Supportico Lopez, Berlin, J Parker Valentine
Whatiftheworld/Gallery, Cape Town, Cameron Platter
Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, Liu Chuang

Frieze New York 2013 – Information
Public opening dates and hours:
Friday 10 May: 12-7pm
Saturday 11 May: 12-7pm
Sunday 12 May: 12–7pm
Monday 13 May: 12-6pm

Preview
Thursday: 9 May

Tickets
friezenewyork.com (available from February)

How do I get a ticket for the fair?
Tickets for Frieze New York can be purchased from February each year, online at friezenewyork.com using a credit or debit card. Tickets can only be purchased online.

What makes Frieze New York different from other art fairs?
Frieze New York is one of the few fairs to focus on contemporary art and living artists. The exhibiting galleries represent the most exciting artists working today from around the globe. The focus on contemporary artists is also evident in Frieze Projects, New York, a program of talks and artist commissions presented at the fair. Frieze New York is housed in a bespoke temporary structure, which is located in Randall’s Island Park, Manhattan.

What is the relationship between Frieze New York and Frieze London?
Frieze New York takes a similar approach to Frieze London, one of the world’s most influential contemporary art fairs. Frieze New York is also housed in a bespoke structure and located in a unique setting overlooking the East River. Frieze New York and Frieze London are separate fairs and applications to each are a discreet process.

How are the galleries selected for the fair?
The application form for Frieze New York is available online in June of each year. The application deadline is in August and the selection is made in October. There is an appeals procedure in late November. The selection is made by a committee of gallerists who participate in the fair; the fair Directors chair the meeting but do not vote. In 2013 the Frieze New York committee members are: Tanya Bonakdar (Tanya Bonakdar Gallery), Eivind Furnesvik (Standard (Oslo)), Jeanne Greenberg (Salon 94), David Kordansky (David Kordansky Gallery), Marc Payot (Hauser & Wirth), Andrzej Przywara (Foksal Gallery Foundation) and Esther Schipper (Esther Schipper).

Who runs the curatorial program at the fair?
In 2013 the program is curated by Cecilia Alemani.

What is Frieze Projects, New York?
Frieze Projects is a program of artists’ commissions realized annually at Frieze New York. In 2013 it is curated by Cecilia Alemani, she also curated the 2012 program.

What are Frieze Talks?
Frieze Talks are a daily program of keynote lectures, panel debates and discussions featuring leading art-world figures, philosophers, and critical theorists. This year Frieze Talks is organized by Dan Fox and Sam Thorne of frieze magazine.

What is Frieze Sounds?
Frieze Sounds is a series of audio commissions curated by Cecilia Alemani. In 2012 the series was produced in association with BMW and the sound pieces were played in the BMW VIP cars provided at the fair. They are also streamed via the Frieze New York
website.

What is the Sculpture Park?
The Sculpture Park at Frieze New York is located beside the waterfront of the East River, adjacent to the fair. Works on display are by both established and emerging artists represented by Frieze New York exhibitors. In 2013 curator Tom Eccles is again responsible for the selection and placement of the works in the Sculpture Park.

Who are the Frieze New York Architects?
In 2012 and 2013, the architects for Frieze New York have been Solid Objectives– Indenburg Liu (SO–IL), whose Florian Idenburg was the project architect on the New Museum when working at SANAA. The practice has won a number of prizes including the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program and the AIA NY Young Practices Award, both in 2010.

How is Frieze New York organized?
Frieze New York is made up of the main gallery section, Frame and Focus; which is integrated in zones around the fair.

What is Focus?
Galleries included in Focus at Frieze New York are selected on the basis of a proposed solo stand or curated project, specifically conceived for the fair. The galleries taking part in Focus will have opened in or after 2002 and debut works not previously seen within an art fair context.

What is Frame?
Frame is a section dedicated to galleries established less than six years ago. Galleries are selected on the basis of a proposed solo presentation. Frame allows visitors and collectors to see work by artists who have not previously benefitted from an international platform to show their work.

Who are the Frame advisors?
In 2013 the advisors to the Frame section are curators Rodrigo Moura and Tim Saltarelli.

Does Frieze produce any publications to accompany the fair?
The Frieze New York Catalogue is an essential guide to international contemporary art. Inside, highly respected critics profile over 170 acclaimed international artists, from the best emerging talents to well-known and established names. This fully illustrated publication also features interviews with Frieze Projects artists. The catalogue’s clear and comprehensive directory details every gallery exhibiting at Frieze New York and the artists they represent. The Frieze New York Catalogue is available to buy online from April at friezenewyork.com.

What is Frieze Projects New York?
Frieze Projects New York is a non-profit organization, which was established in 2011, a year ahead of the inaugural edition of Frieze New York. Frieze Projects New York oversees: Frieze Talks, a program of panel discussions and lectures printed annually during the four days of the fair; Frieze Projects, a curated program of site-specific projects by artists in and around the fair and Frieze Sounds.

How is Frieze Projects New York funded?
Frieze has received funding from a number of sources and specific areas of the program receive sponsorship. For example in 2012 Mulberry sponsored the Frieze Projects and Frieze Sounds were produced in association with BMW.

How do I get to the fair?
Frieze organizes a frequent shuttle service from the Upper East Side, a 10-minute journey. Return tickets priced at $5.50 including booking fee and available online at friezenewyork.com. Access from downtown is via the FDR, just over the Triboro Bridge at 125th Street. Taxis and car services are an easy option for delivery or pick up. Randall’s Island has paid parking for 1,300 cars. A valet service is also available. A ferry service will also run from Randall’s Island to the east 34–35th Streets ferry port. The journey takes 20 minutes and return ferry tickets priced at $12.50 including booking fee are available at friezenewyork.com

Are there eating facilities at Frieze New York?
Frieze New York offers a choice of eating and drinking options.
In 2012 Frankies Spuntino was the restaurant at Frieze New York. Serving a selection of dishes including salads, sandwiches as well has housemade pasta and Frankies’ specials, the sit-down restaurant also had outdoor garden seating. More informal dining was offered by Sant Ambroeus, who served Italian cuisine and The Fat Radish offered a range of fresh, seasonal salads from a vintage New York-style salad counter.
On the deck, overlooking the East River, visitors could spend time at Roberta’s, who brought their mobile pizza oven to Frieze New York, or visited The Standard Biergarten‘s food truck. Intelligentsia Coffee offered a full coffee bar at Frieze New York. A special menu of Intelligentsia’s Direct Trade coffees from around the world was curated so that guests could enjoy different coffees each day throughout the fair.

If I cannot get to New York is there any part of the fair that I can still enjoy?
Our website friezenewyork.com offers details of all Frieze Projects, Frieze Talks and Frieze Sounds. Frieze New York also publishes a comprehensive guide to contemporary art the Frieze New York Catalogue, which is available from mid-April and can be ordered online at frieze.com or purchased from all good bookshops. For updates on Frieze New York 2012, follow @friezenewyork on twitter, become a fan on Facebook and sign up to the Frieze email newsletter at frieze.com.

More than 180 galleries from 30 countries took part in the inaugural edition of Frieze New York making it the largest event produced by Frieze. The fair took place in a bespoke temporary structure, designed by Brooklyn-based architects SO – IL, on Randall’s Island, Manhattan.

With visitor numbers in the region of 45,000, the fair attracted an international spectrum of artists, collectors, curators and journalists who
all remarked upon the quality of the material brought by the galleries and pleasant atmosphere of the fair as a whole. Tickets sold out for both Saturday and Sunday. Frieze New York is sponsored by Deutsche Bank.

Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp said: ‘We could not be happier with the reception to our first New York fair. Ahead of the fair we were confident that we had the right location, galleries and structure to make Frieze New York a success but those elements have worked together to make an instant international event that has surpassed our expectations. The quality of material brought by the galleries and the response from collectors throughout the entire duration of the fair that made it both a creative and a professional environment.’

Significant sales were reported at every level: Galerie Gisela Capitain sold an untitled work by Martin Kippenberger to a US collector for over €1,000,000. David Zwirner’s significant sales included John McCracken Be (2004) for $750,000 and two works by Donald Judd, both priced in the region of $500,000; Xavier Hufkens reported selling all of his works by Sterling Ruby ranging from $50,000 to $200,000; Victoria Miro placed four ‘Infinity Net’ works by Yayoi Kusama priced at $535,000 each. Metro Pictures placed a Cindy Sherman photograph from 1977 for $950,000. David Kordansky sold all nine available paintings by Jon Pestoni for $14,000 to $22,000.

In Frame, the section of the fair dedicated to galleries under six years old showing solo artist presentations, Take Ninagawa brought 10 works by Japanese artist Shinro Ohtake, which all sold for around $20,000 each. Bureau sold their cast concrete sculpture by Justin Matherly for $35,000 to a European collector. Curatorial advisor to the section Tim Saltarelli said: ‘Frame proved itself to be an invaluable research tool, presenting many of the galleries and artists, both emerging and overlooked, to an international audience for the first time. Frame represents the diversity of contemporary practices today, from the installation work of Samara Golden at Night Gallery, combining both live and pre-recorded video images in an immersive sculptural environment, to Vincent Vulsma’s Jacquard woven textile works based on Walker Evans’ documentary photographs of 19th century Kuba textiles at Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender.’ Co-advisor Rodrigo Moura added, ‘Frame has confirmed its importance in the overall fabric of the fair. The section acts as a forum for investigation, exchange, and discovery for curators, collectors and other professionals visiting the fair. Works spanned from strict studio practice, with artists like Shinro Ohtake, to research-oriented projects, like Charlotte Moth’s, and those with an interest in the economic and historical framework of the fair, such as Goldin + Senneby and José Dávila.’

Gallery response

Lisa Spellman of 303 Gallery (New York) said: ‘It wasn’t your average fair experience. Frieze is right when they say it an fair that puts artists first, I feel like it was a seamless place were one could finally become integrated with the works. I have never heard so many rave reviews from so many different collectors, curators and writers. It was a total place of inspiration and a huge tribute to New York and the culture of art in Manhattan. We sold a lot! To great New York collections, as well as LA, Dallas, Israel, London, Switzerland, it was totally an international fair we are beyond ecstatic.’

Andrea Rosen (New York) described Frieze New York as ‘a great fair, perhaps the nicest of all fair experiences that I have had. The whole place had a fantastic feeling and I very much liked the size and spaciousness as well as the organization of the booths. We presented a specific, focused stand with work by Elliott Hundley and that worked for us as we sold out our booth on the first day. I could not have asked for more.’

Alessandra D’Aloia of Galeria Fortes Vilaça (Sao Paulo) said: ‘It has been eight years since we’ve done a fair in New York and it’s great to be back. This is the right environment for a New York fair as it’s fresh. We’ve made good sales and met important collectors.’

Franco Noero (Turin) also described his positive experience, ‘Altogether Frieze has found a wonderful formula in this fair. We had very good sales, and met very good people. There is such an energetic atmosphere too as the structure is extraordinary. Being a European gallery it’s important for us to have a place in the US and we’ve found it here, meeting American collectors including South Americans and Canadians.’

Alex Zachary (New York) described the fair as ‘wonderful in every sense. It gave us a platform for Lutz Bacher’s works and doing a solo show really worked. We met old friend, new friends, curatorial friends – everyone.’

Maureen Paley (London) said that the fair had gone ‘extremely well’ for the gallery. ‘We have engaged with a very well informed audience. The structure and organization of the galleries made the whole concept into a specific destination with people returning and revisiting. Having brought new works by Rebecca Warren and Wolfgang Tillmans, the level of serious collecting is refreshing.’

Tanya Leighton (Berlin) stated: We’ve met new collectors from across the United States and made lots of institutional connections. We presented two artists unknown in the states, with Aleksandra Domanovic and Oliver Laric, but that pairing really worked for us and translated into great sales.’

Galerie Daniel Buchholz (Cologne) remarked upon the level of new contacts they had made. ‘Lots of new collectors had a universal interest in all our artists. We’ve made sales every day of the fair, right up until the last day. And it was a very nice idea of have it here on Randall’s Island.’

Pauline Daly of Sadie Coles (London): ‘It was a really good fair. We loved it as a space to work in and met both new and old contacts.’
Özkan Cangüven of RAMPA (Istanbul) said: ‘It was the best fair. Lots of curators, collectors, very productive. We had interest in all our artists and the clear environment and wonderful lighting was amazing.’

Jane Hait of Wallspace (New York) was also very positive: ‘It was an amazing experience. We loved the venue, the light and, of course, the curve; it meant that you were continuously seeing art, rather than a corridor. The location of Randall’s Island itself made it a destination and we had a great response to our artists across the boar. In particular we debuted sculptural pieces by Harry Dodge and were rewarded by bringing unusual material.’

James Fuentes (New York) remarked ‘Since I entered the contemporary art field 14 years ago I have not had the pleasure to partake in a more successful international event – either as a visitor or an exhibitor. I have had a nonstop dialogue with collectors, institutions and art lovers throughout the entire duration of the fair. To have an insight into what is happening globally is new for New York and is in tune with what this city is all about.’

Those exhibiting in Frame were similarly pleased:
Gabriella Giattino of Bureau (New York) was enthusiastic: ‘We have had an excellent experience. Many collectors have told us that this is the best fair they’ve ever been to. We sold all our work to new people. It has also been an important experience for our artist Justin Matherly as we wouldn’t have been able to present this level of work in the gallery.’

Alexander Hertling of Balice Hertling (Paris) found the whole experience ‘very positive: we sold to both new and old contacts and had a good reaction from curators and writers too.’

Mieke Marple of Night Gallery (Los Angeles) said ‘having done a fair of this level we now don’t want to do anything less. It has been the most amazing platform for us and having made a significant effort with this work it has been rewarding as the response has been amazing. Frieze gave us the flexibility and freedom to be the best we could be. We are fairly new at this and we’ve met a lot of people which is a testament to the people that Frieze attracts and has translated into sales. It’s life changing!’

Collector response

Jerry Speyer observed, ‘Frieze New York is a perfect example of what the combination of intellect and creativity can dare to imagine, and then accomplish to the delight of the people who were lucky enough to attend. The location provided a unique backdrop for this event. The architectural design and details were well thought out and helped create a wonderful setting for this fair. This event set a new standard.’

Art Advisor Allan Schwartzman added: ‘Frieze New York raised the bar for how a great art fair can be experienced. The layout of the booths, the unfolding of its boulevards and the plazas of rest in between, the occasional grounding peeks into the outside landscape and the river beyond, and all that yummy great food spread throughout the fair made for a most civilized experience for viewing art. This was even more finely experienced in the section of solo presentations by younger galleries called Frame, which was the best focused section-within-a-fair I have ever seen. Both in how this section was distinguished from the main flow of the fair while still being integrated into its central fabric, I felt like I had wandered into a well- curated presentation of compelling young artists from all over the world; I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.’

Rosa de la Cruz also enjoyed the fair: ‘I loved that Frieze chose Randall’s Island; to find a place, as in London, in which we were in a park but at the same close to the city. The galleries had a lot of space to showcase the art and the work looked splendid. What a nice surprise!’

Museum Groups

A large number of international museum groups attended the fair, including: Acacia Collectors Group, Milan; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; American Patrons of Tate, New York; ARTIC, Chicago; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; Chrysler Art Museum, Virginia; Contemporary Art Society, London; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York; Courtauld, London; Denver Art Museum, Denver; Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin; DIA, New York; FNG, Berlin; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Guggenheim Museum, Venice; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; High Museum, Atlanta; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; KAS, Berlin; LACMA, Los Angeles; La Maison Rouge Paris; MAM, Sao Paolo; Macro, Rome; Menil Society, Houston; Miami Art Museum, Miami; MOCA, Los Angeles; MOCA, Miami, MoMA, New York; MoMA, San Francisco; Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey; MUAC, Mexico; Museum of Arts & Design, New York; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Outset, London and Israel; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Parasol Unit, London; Secession, Vienna; Serpentine, London; Tate, London; The Aldrich, Ridgefield; The Art Society Belgium; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Warsaw Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; Whitney Museum, New York.

Non-Profit Spaces

Peter Russo of Triple Canopy said ‘having worked with the notion of the expanded field of publication this has given us a way to find a new public. We’ve reached new supporters too via a new collector base via our limited editions and multiples.’

Matthew Higgs said of White Columns participation: ‘It was an extraordinary platform to introduce White Columns and Creative Growth to this audience and locate those ideas within the larger drift of contemporary art.’

Stand Prize
Galerie Jocelyn Wollf won the Frieze Art Fair Stand Prize sponsored by Champagne Pommery. The prize was judged by Alessandro Rabottini (Curator at Large, GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy); Eungie Joo (Keith Haring Director and Curator, Education and Public Programs, New Museum, NY, USA); and Polly Staple (Director, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK).

Having won the Frieze Art Fair Stand Prize Jocelyn Wolff said that he’d had a good experience at the fair, ‘It’s an honour to win the stand prize and a surprise. I have always focused on a curatorial approach and I thought that in an art-fair context that it could be invisible, however I am pleased that is not the case in this fair.’

Frieze Projects New York Projects

The Frieze Projects New York program was curated by Cecilia Alemani and featured the work of eight artists: John Ahearn, Uri Aran, Latifa Echakhch, Joel Kyack, Rick Moody, Virginia Overton, Tim Rollins and K.O.S. and Ulla von Brandenburg. Frieze Projects were sponsored by Mulberry.

Interviews with all the commissioned artists appear in the Frieze New York Catalogue, which is available for purchase at frieze.com and is priced: $39.95 / £24.95.

Frieze Talks

Nearly 750 visitors attended the Frieze Talks program, a daily program of presentations, panel discussions and conversations that took place in the auditorium at Frieze New York. The talks program was programmed by Cecilia Alemani and participants included: Georges Didi-Huberman (Professor, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris) Okwui Enwezor (Director, Haus der Kunst, Munich), Zoe Leonard (Artist), Glenn D. Lowry (Director, The Museum of Modern Art, New York), Saskia Sassen (Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology Columbia University, New York), Taryn Simon (Artist), Robert Storr (Dean, Yale School of Art), and Sheena Wagstaff (Chairman, Modern and Contemporary Art Department, Metropolitan Museum, New York). Frieze Talks are available online at: friezeprojectsny.org/talks/2012

Frieze Sounds

For its debut edition Frieze Sounds featured three commissioned audio works by artists: Martin Creed, Rick Moody and Frances Stark. Frieze Sounds was programmed and curated by Cecilia Alemani and presented with BMW. The sound works premiered in the BMW 7 Series cars that operate the VIP shuttle services from Randall’s Island. Additionally the works are accessible at friezenewyork.com

Sculpture Park

The Sculpture Park at Frieze New York offered a rare opportunity to see a significant group of international work addressed on a public scale. The Sculpture Park was located along the waterfront of Randall’s Island overlooking the East River. The Sculpture Park at Frieze New York was selected by curator Tom Eccles and included work by James Angus, Rathin Barman, Louise Bourgeois, Christoph Büchel, Joshua Callaghan, Ryan Gander, Subodh Gupta, Jeppe Hein, Ernesto Neto, Suzanne Philipsz, Jaume Plensa, Tomás Saraceno, Katja Strunz and Cerith Wyn Evans.

Sponsors and Partners

Pierre de Weck, a member of the Deutsche Bank AG’s Group Executive Committee and Chairman of the Deutsche Bank Global Art Advisory Council commented: ‘The organizers should be commended for not only setting impressive goals for their inaugural event in New York, but also for exceeding them. Deutsche Bank is very pleased to extend our partnership with Frieze to include both sides of the Atlantic. The fair truly positions New York, and the participating artists, center stage on the global cultural map.’

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Notes to Editors

Randall’s Island Park is conveniently located in the East River between Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. It is accessible by car and bus via the RFK Bridge and by dedicated East River ferry service. During the fair shuttle services operated between 125th street and Frieze New York and Frieze ferry service ran between Randall’s Island and 35th Street.

Randall’s Island Park is supported and programmed by the Randall’s Island Park Alliance.