In two hours and 10 minutes, the inaugural Frieze New York will close its door on Randall’s Island. Its massive tent—said to be the largest ever erected in North America—will be removed, and Randall’s Island will return to its regular operations as a site of track meets and concerts. Read More
Wednesday night, at a party thrown by MoMA PS1 that kicked off the week of art fairs beginning tomorrow in New York with the opening of Frieze, Martha Wainwright burst through a side door of the museum’s so-called performance dome, the white bulbous half-sphere that rests in the building’s courtyard, holding an acoustic guitar and wearing a jacket that sparkled when the light caught it. She was accompanied by PS1′s director, Klaus Biesenbach. She climbed on stage and told a very chatty audience Mr. Biesenbach requested that she sing Edith Piaf songs. Read More
In a letter that was sent to Deutsche Bank and several members of the press Thursday afternoon, the New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenters, announced a labor dispute with Frieze Art Fair, the London fair that is preparing to open its inaugural year in New York on Randall’s Island. Deutsche Bank is the fair’s main sponsor. Read More
Over in The New York Times, Florence Fabricant–a k a FloFab–serves up news that Brooklyn pizza redoubt Roberta’s, the Orchard Street bistro Fat Radish, Italian purveyors Frankies Spuntino, Madison Avenue pastry have Sant Ambroeus and The Standard Biergarten will sell food at Frieze New York, which hits Randall’s Island next month. Read More
Seven, the small collective art fair organized by Hales Gallery, Pierogi Gallery, Postmasters, BravinLee Programs, P.P.O.W., Ronald Feldman Fine Arts and Winkelman Gallery during the Miami fairs in December, will open a satellite this spring in New York to coincide with the inaugural Frieze art fair on Randall’s Island. It will open the Saturday before Frieze, April 28, in the massive Boiler exhibition space started by Pierogi Gallery on N. 14th Street in Williamsburg. Read More
