Welcome to your guide of what to see in NYC during Frieze Week 2019. As if the New York City art scene isn't busy enough right now, enter Frieze week. To help you cut down on research time we’ve put together a must see list of fairs happening this week to help you strategize all your art-hopping plans. Frieze New York Featuring galleries from 26 countries, Frieze New York showcases an extraordinary cross-section of work, from today’s most exciting emerging artists to seminal figures of the 20th century. Building on Frieze’s history as a platform for discovery and challenging the traditional art fair format, the eighth edition introduces new curators and collaborations with leading museum directors; including two exhibitions exploring virtual...
Artist Michael Jordan Spiegel to make his The Other Art Fair debut in Los Angeles. Michael Jordan Spiegel, an LA based contemporary artist will be showcasing his works at the 2019 Los Angeles edition of The Other Art Fair Presented by Saatchi Art. The fair known for displaying independent emerging artists, will kick of in Los Angeles from March 28-31 in The Magic Box at The Reef. Spiegel is known for his signature style of blending custom cut-outs with quirky text. His art reflects his attitude of excitement in pushing boundaries. Drawing inspiration from his travels and time spent working with visionary contemporaries. Michael Jordan Spiegel is looking to highlight his “Custom Club” Concept. The idea of creating custom...
New York based artist Josh Sperling a will present his newest works in a solo exhibition titled “Two Purple Tigers” at Galerie Perrotin Seoul in South Korea. This is his second show with Perrotin and first in Asia. The show will feature the artists' signature geometric forms and colors in new configurations. Josh Sperling’s work follows in the tradition of the "shaped canvas" and minimalist paintings of the 1960s and 1970s.Sperling (born in 1984 in Oneonta, New York) uses intricate and sinuous cutting to define the outline of his works, often adding three-dimensionality under the surface of the canvas. Each shaped canvas is hand formed. Layers of plywood are built up forming the shapes over which canvas is stretched and then painted. "The visible ridges add not only texture, but...
French artist Jean Jullien is to exhibit a show entitled “GIB,” at the Arsham Fieg Gallery. The miniature presentation features Jullien’s original works of natural landscapes and minimalist subjects. “The show is called GIB because it’s the opposite of BIG,” stated the gallery.
The French graphic designer and illustrator will be displaying his miniature paintings and sculptures alongside 3D models of Daniel Arsham and Ronnie Fieg, the galleries curators/owners.
Gagosian New York has announced a Richard Prince exhibition entitled “High Times.” The show will feature new mixed-media pieces alongside a series Prince made for High Times magazine named Hippie Drawings.
Prince has established an infamous reputation as an “appropriation artist” known for taking images from mass media, advertising and entertainment and adding his spin to it, to create his own "unique" pieces. Since the late 1970s, Richard Prince has redefined the concepts of authorship and ownership.
RICHARD PRINCE
High Times
November 1–December 15, 2018West 21st Street, New York
