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The October art fair frenzy kicks off with Art London 2-6 October at Royal Hospital Chelsea, celebrating its tenth anniversary by presenting eighty galleries, 1,000 artists and five continents.
As well as artists from all over the UK and Europe, the range extends from Aboriginal and Inuit art through to Asian artists, including work from Japan and China and, for the first time this year, North Africa and the Arab world. Frieze Art Fair running 16-19 October at Regent’s Park features around 150 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world, and also includes specially commissioned artists’ projects, a talks programme and an artist-led education schedule. Presented in association with Cartier, Frieze Projects is curated this year by Neville Wakefield and includes commissions for eleven artists. Included are Cory Arcangel, Pavel BÜchler, Ceal Floyer, Tue Greenfort, Sharon Hayes, Jeppe Hein, Norma Jeane, Agnieszka Kurant, Bert Rodriguez, Alan Ruppersberg and Andreas Slominski. In 2008, Frieze Projects engages with the ecology of the fair and its surroundings, reflecting on the tensions between nature and culture, pollution and purity, economic gain and strategic loss. Above all, Frieze Projects presents art that regards the particular.The Cartier Award 2008 recipient is Wilfredo Prieto who will present a new site-specific commission at Frieze...
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