The international event of the art world week is
Frieze New York, returning to The Shed in Manhattan from 7th to 11th May with sixty-five of the world’s leading contemporary art galleries, as well as a myriad of special projects and satellite events taking over the city.Christine Messineo, director of Frieze New York and Frieze Los Angeles, promises: “dynamic voices that shape today’s art world engage with the best and the brightest in New York City’s rich cultural landscape. The result is an experience that deepens one’s understanding and enjoyment of contemporary art.”
The Wick is particularly looking forward to this year’s Focus section, twelve exhibitors from around the world present solo shows by emerging artists, led by New York-based curator and writer Lumi Tan – the woman behind the traveling amusement park, Luna Luna. Focus this year includes sublime textiles by Citra Sasmita, the Balinese artist currently exhibiting at the Curve at the Barbican.
In a similar vein, also noteworthy are artists from the Americas, such as Pia Camil (presented by both OMR and Instituto de Visión), Claudia Alarcón, Maria Nepomuceno and Beatriz Milhazes (presented by Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel), revealing environmental connections expressed through community-making, with nods to inherited ancestral making practices.
