Fresh From Frieze: October 15

Tuesday, October 15th was the private opening of both Frieze Masters and the Outdoor Sculpture show which was kicked off with a tour by Clare Lilley, the curator of the sculpture exhibition. It was fun to hear her talk about my Multi-color Rearrangeable Blocks which of course, I “rearranged” as soon we arrived. At 3 PM, the doors opened on Frieze Masters and the next four hours were a blur with collectors and curators from all over the world milling around. Each day there is a Frieze publication put out by the Art Newspaper and I was featured in the first day edition which was just incredible. As I told Adriano Pedrosa, the curator of FM, I feel honored to be getting so much media attention, not to mention being in the company of some of the greatest artists in history (there are some gorgeous Klimt drawings in the booth near mine). Moreover, as I mentioned in an earlier post, the Spotlight section of Frieze Masters (which consists of 23 solo shows) features 11 women. In contrast, Larry Gagosian’s London Gallery is hosting a show of 35 artists, all men. Its title is “The Show is Over” and let’s hope that the title comes true and that particular (and unfortunate) trend will go the way of the dinosaurs.