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FRIEZE NEW YORK 2019

Artists ruby onyinyechi amanze and Wura-Natasha Ogunji will present a live collaboration at Frieze New York

Artists ruby onyinyechi amanze and Wura-Natasha Ogunji will present a live collaboration at Frieze New York

FRIEZE ART FAIR
Randall’s Island Park
May 2-5, $27-$53 per day
frieze.com

Frieze New York returns to Randall’s Island Park this week with two hundred galleries from around the world showing their wares in the big white tent. Among this year’s highlights are a tribute to Linda Goode Bryant and her gallery Just Above Midtown (JAM), the “Electric” VR exhibit curated by Daniel Birnbaum, “The Doors of Perception” display of works by self-taught artists curated by Javier Téllezwill, the annual Frame, Focus, and Spotlight sections, the Diálogos celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of El Museo del Barrio curated by Patrick Charpenel, a reading room, food from Court Street Grocers, Frankies 457 Spuntino, Roberta’s, Foul Witch by Blanca, and Black Fox Coffee, and pieces by such key figures as Dawoud Bey, Tracey Emin, Jenny Holzer, Robert Indiana, Lorna Simpson, Anish Kapoor, Alex Katz, Ana Mendieta, Howardena Pindell, Robert Rauschenberg, Nari Ward, and many others. Below are some of the scheduled talks and performances, all free with fair admission.

Thursday, May 2
MATCHESFASHION.COM: Designing the Future with Brandice Henderson, MATCHESFASHION.COM Lounge, 2:00

MATCHESFASHION.COM Talk: Sneakers and the Luxury Market, MATCHESFASHION.COM Lounge, 4:00

Friday, May 3
FRIEZE TALKS: Simone Leigh in conversation with Saidiya Hartman, Talks Lounge, 12:30

ruby onyinyechi amanze & Wura-Natasha Ogunji — twin: live performance + drawing, North Entrance Lawn, 12:30 – 4:00

MATCHESFASHION.COM Talk: More Sex, Fashion, Pleasure: Christopher Kane and Liz Goldwyn In Conversation, MATCHESFASHION.COM Lounge, 2:00

FRIEZE TALKS: Sheila Heti in conversation with Josephine Decker, Talks Lounge, 3:00

MATCHESFASHION.COM Talk: The Dialogue Between Art and Fashion with Grace Wales Bonner, MATCHESFASHION.COM Lounge, 5:00

Nico Wheadon, Aruna D’Souza, and Sable Elyse Smith will discuss the state of the art world at Frieze

Nico Wheadon, Aruna D’Souza, and Sable Elyse Smith will discuss the state of the art world at Frieze

Saturday, May 4
FRIEZE TALKS: Aruna D’Souza in conversation with Nico Wheadon and Sable Elyse Smith, Talks Lounge, 12:30

MATCHESFASHION.COM Talk: Art & Queer Culture with Richard Meyer, MATCHESFASHION.COM Lounge, 2:00

FRIEZE TALKS: Andrew Durbin in conversation with T. J. Wilcox, Talks Lounge, 3:00

MATCHESFASHION.COM Talk: Art and Dance with Pari Ehsan and Friends, MATCHESFASHION.COM Lounge, 4:00

Sunday, May 5
MATCHESFASHION.COM: Transcending the Social – 1970 and Today, with William T. Williams & Courtney Martin, MATCHESFASHION.COM Lounge, 12:30

FRIEZE TALKS: Valeria Luiselli in conversation with Terence Gower, Talks Lounge, 12:30

MATCHESFASHION.COM Talk: Cameron Russell on Sustainability, MATCHESFASHION.COM Lounge, 2:00

MATCHESFASHION.COM Talk: Food as Art: A Live Installation with Laila Gohar, MATCHESFASHION.COM Lounge, 3:00

FRIEZE NEW YORK 2017

Frieze 2017 takes place May 5-7 on Randall’s Island

Frieze 2017 takes place May 5-7 on Randall’s Island

FRIEZE ART FAIR
Randall’s Island Park
May 5-7, $46 per day ($69 including magazine subscription and ferry)
frieze.com

While visiting many art fairs year in and year out can feel more like a chore than a privilege, Frieze continues to be one that we look forward to every May. Held on Randall’s Island, the fair features more than two hundred galleries from around the world, organized into manageable aisles that tend not to get too ridiculously crowded. Plus, you get to take a ferry. For this year’s special projects, Dora Budor will employ cinematic doubling, Jon Rafman will create a secret movie theater, and Elaine Cameron-Weir will offer a peek into an outdoor air-raid shelter. Frieze 2017 will pay tribute to Galleria La Tartaruga’s 1968 exhibition “Il Teatro delle Mostre” with a restaging of Fabio Mauri’s Luna on Sunday and new commissions by Ryan McNamara on Friday and Adam Pendleton on Saturday. This year’s Frame artists, each of whom gets a solo presentation, are Eva LeWitt, Zhou Siwei, Jan Vorisek, Jared Ginsburg, Thomson & Craighead, Milano Chow, Susan Cianciolo, Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Sven Loven, Hudinilson Jr., Daniel Boccato, Akira Ikezoe, Lea Cetera, Piotr Lakomy, Daiga Grantina, Ulises Carrión, and Li Qing, while Spotlight: 20th-Century Pioneers consists of solo installations by avant-garde artists Katalin Ladik, Francis Newton Souza, Agustin Fernandez, Judith Linhares, Waltercio Caldas, Etienne-Martin, Thomas Kovachevich, Amilcar de Castro, Jaime Davidovich, Felipe Jesus Consalvos, Kenny Scharf, Dieter Krieg, Paul Feeley, Dumile Feni, Virginia Jaramillo, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Peter Young, Irma Blank, Tony DeLap, Julio Plaza, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Lee Mullican, Alfred Leslie, USCO and Gerd Stern, Jared Bark, Teresa Burga, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, and Kimiyo Mishima. Even the curation of the restaurants is thoughtful, with food from Café Altro Paradiso, Court Street Grocers, Frankies Spuntino, Marlo & Sons, Roberta’s, Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream, Russ & Daughters, Sant Ambroeus, and TYME Fast Food. Below are the special events scheduled for the weekend, including several not taking place on Randall’s Island.

Southard Reids Threshold, 2017, HD video projection, painted steel, concrete, safety glass, glazed porcelain, resin, plastic, glass, ocean pebble, silicone rubber, bronze, cigarette butts, ash, HD video projectors, media players, speakers, dimensions variable. Courtesy: the artist and Southard Reid, London; (photo by Ernst Fischer)

Southard Reid’s “Threshold” is part of Frieze Frame program (courtesy of the artist and Southard Reid, London; photo by Ernst Fischer)

Friday, May 5
Symposium panel: Discussing Latin American and Latino Art, with Edward Sullivan, Deborah Cullen, Guillermo Kuitca, and Chon Noriega, 9:15 am; “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985,” with Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, María Evelia Marmolejo, and Sylvia Palacios Whitman, 10:30; “Art, Architecture & Visions of Modernism,” with With Dan Fox, Jonathas de Andrade, Clara M. Kim, and Clarissa Tossin, 11:30, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, the James B. Duke House, 1 East 78th St., $50

Lower East Side and Soho Morning: apexart, Bridget Donahue, Callicoon Fine Arts, Daata Editions x Vanity Projects, David Lewis, Derek Eller Gallery, Foxy Production, Galerie Perrotin, James Cohan, James Fuente, Lehmann Maupin, Kate Werble Gallery, Martos Gallery, Miguel Abreu Gallery, On Stellar Rays, Rachel Uffner Gallery, RxArt, Salon 94, Simon Preston Gallery, Simone Subal Gallery, the Drawing Center, WhiteBox, free, 10:00 am – 12 noon

Conversation: Complicating the Modern, with Laura Owens and Ann Temkin, free with Frieze admission, 11:30 am

ARTnews: Meet the Editors, Reading Room, 12:30

frieze: Asad Raza, author of Home Show, in conversation with Andrew Durbin, Reading Room, 2:30

Artforum: Tobi Haslett and David Velasco review the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Reading Room, 4:30

Saturday, May 6
Upper East Side and Harlem Morning: Americas Society, Acquavella Galleries, Almine Rech, Anton Kern Gallery, Blum & Poe, Castelli Gallery, Ceysson & Bénétière, Elizabeth Dee, Hauser & Wirth, Henrique Faria, Institute of Fine Art, NYU, Jason Jacques Gallery, Marian Goodman Gallery, Mendes Wood DM, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Skarstedt, Taka Ishii Gallery, 10:00 am – 12 noon

Panel: The activity of a lifetime, with Tania Bruguera, Anri Sala, and Jeanne van Heeswijk, chaired by Shuddhabrata Sengupta, free with Frieze admission, 11:30

ArtMag by Deutsche Bank: Approaching the End, with Rebecca Rose Cuomo and Andrea Galvani, Reading Room, 12:30

W Magazine Presents Custom Portraits with Ian Sklarsky, Reading Room, 2:30

#SolarTalks: The rise of Narco culture, with Igor Ramírez García-Peralta and Beatriz López, Reading Room, 4:30

Chelsea Night: 303 Gallery, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, David Zwirner, Dia: Chelsea, Fredericks & Freiser, Gagosian Gallery, Galerie Lelong, Garth Greenan Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Jack Shainman Gallery, James Cohan, Lehmann Maupin, Lisson Gallery, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Pace Gallery, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Sean Kelly, Skarstedt, Tanya Bonakdar, Tina Kim Gallery, free, 6:00 – 8:00

Sunday, May 7
Reading & discussion: Claudia Rankine, free with Frieze admission, 11:30

ARTBOOK + Koenig Books: book signing with Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen: An American Lyric, Reading Room, 12:30

Even: Jason Farago in conversation with Kanishk Tharoor, author of Swimmer Among the Stars, Reading Room, 2:30

frieze in conversation with Hands off our Revolution: conversation and workshop with Ana Marie Peña and Brooke Lynn McGowan, Reading Room, 4:30

PANORAMA NYC FOOD

panorama food

Panorama: Music Art Technology
Randall’s Island Park
July 22-24, $125 per day ($230 VIP), $369 for three-day pass ($699 VIP), ferry $25 per day, shuttle $30 per day
www.panorama.nyc

Once upon a time, the food at all-day music festivals was little more than hot dogs, burgers, cotton candy, soda, and pretzels. But the foodie revolution has changed all that, and now festivals of all genres rely on artisinal food trucks and booths to feed hungry concertgoers. Panorama NYC is right on top of the trend with some of the best food vendors in the five boroughs. Taking place July 22-24 on Randall’s Island with such performers as Arcade Fire, Sia, LCD Soundsystem, the National, Kendrick Lamar, Alabama Shakes, and Sufjan Stevens, Panorama also boasts a pretty impressive gourmet lineup of nearly four dozen eateries. Among the food purveyors, with gluten-free and vegan options available, of course, are American Cut, Arancini Bros., Asia Dog, Bareburger, the Beatrice Inn, Dough, Khe-Yo, Landhaus, MatchaBar, Melt Bakery, the NoMad, Pasquale Jones, Roberta’s, Sushi Azabu, Tica’s Tacos, and Waffle de Lys. Although you don’t go to such festivals as Panorama for the food, it’s a lot more fun when you can chow down on some quality eats and drinks while watching eleven hours of music in the hot sun.

MAD. SQ. EATS FALL 2015

Fall edition of Mad. Sq. Eats continues through October 1 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Fall edition of Mad. Sq. Eats continues through October 1 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Worth Square, across from Madison Square Park
Broadway & Fifth Ave. at 24th St.
Daily through October 1, free admission, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
www.madisonsquarepark.org

The fall edition of Mad. Sq. Eats is up and running in the pedestrian plaza known as Worth Square at the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Ave. at 24th St., where more than two dozen gourmet vendors are serving culinary delights through October 1. People flock to the area, just across the street from Madison Square Park, to amass their own international multicourse tasting menu. This season’s participants are Arancini Bros., ASIADOG, Bar Suzette Crêperie & Bistro, Bangkok Bar, Calexico, the Cannibal Beer and Butcher, Farm Road, Fire Belly Korean BBQ, the Gumbo Bros., Hong Kong Street Cart, ilili, Jicama “California Street Food,” KOA, Macaron Parlour, Mayhem & Stout, Melt Ice Cream Sandwiches, Mexicue, Momofuku Milk Bar, Nunu Chocolates, Paella Shack by Barraca, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Roberta’s, Sigmund’s, La Sonrisa Empanadas, Takumi Taco, Cheesesteaks by the Truffleist, Two Tablespoons, and Uma Temakeria.

FRIEZE ART FAIR WEEK 2015

(photo by twi-ny/mdr)

The art world will descend on Randall’s Island for the Frieze Art Fair this week (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

FRIEZE ART FAIR
Randall’s Island Park
May 14-17, $28-$109
friezenewyork.com

The giant white tents of the Frieze Art Fair will cover Randall’s Island once again for four days in May, promising crowds of eager patrons and onlookers both provocative, astonishing, world-class, expensive art and a group of often delightful, sometimes mystifying, occasionally participatory projects, as well as superlative people-watching and classy eats. Those looking to acquire museum-level works can check out the booths of Marian Goodman, which features the work of Giuseppe Penone, a member of the Italian Arte Povera group; or Paul Kasmin, who has works by Sigmar Polke, Iván Navarro, Jules Olitski, and Laylah Ali on its temporary walls. Matthew Marks will show lots of Nan Goldin and Paul Sietsema; Cheim & Read has Ghada Amer, Louise Bourgeois, and Lynda Benglis; Yoko Ono is at Galerie Lelong; and fans of German painting can choose from Martin Eder, David Schnell, and Melora Kuhn at Eigen + Art. With more than two hundred galleries, Frieze can be overwhelming, but there’s an app to download here and sustenance provided by high-end dining-scene stalwarts Frankie’s Sputino, Milk Bar, Prime Meats, and Roberta’s, among others.

Performance art and an outdoor sculpture garden are part of annual Frieze fair (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Performance projects and an outdoor sculpture garden are part of annual Frieze Art Fair (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

We enjoy the Frieze projects immensely; you can see our video with Marie Lorenz here, as we exited the fair in a rather unique way. This year, there seems to be a theme; two projects boast mazelike layouts and a third is highlighted by a hidden subterranean chamber. Japanese-born Aki Sasamoto makes his maze into a sort of personality test and multiple-choice questionnaire via a series of rooms and doors (shades of Door Number Two and Let’s Make a Deal, perhaps?) while the Flux-Labyrinth reconceives George Maciunas’s 1975 Fluxus work as a participatory set of narrow corridors and mysterious door handles. Korakrit Arunanondchai’s massage chairs and Pia Camil’s free fabric giveaways add to fairgoers’ fun. Los Angeles-based artist Samara Golden’s secret room beneath the fair reveals the working underbelly of pillars, electric cables, and air-conditioning vents — vents that we fervently hope work very well as the enormous crowds descend on this, one of twi-ny’s all-time favorite New York art fairs. Below are some of the special programs at Frieze, as well as information about the other fairs in town this week.

Thursday, May 14
Frieze Talks: ‘Some may like a soft Brazilian singer,’ with Christian Jankowski, featuring the music of Caetano Veloso, 4:00

Friday, May 15
‘Aesthetics’ of ‘Female’ ‘Attractiveness,’ with Casey Jane Ellison, Grace Dunham, Reina Gossett, Karley Sciortino, and Leilah Weinraub, 12 noon

Saturday, May 16
‘Ask Jerry,’ with Jerry Saltz, 12 noon

Sunday, May 17
Paul McCarthy & Leigh Ledare in conversation with Chrissie Iles, 12 midday

COLLECTIVE DESIGN FAIR
Skylight Clarkson Sq.
550 Washington St.
May 13-17, $15-$25
collectivedesignfair.com

Saturday, May 16
“Witness to the Future: Vladimir Kagan and Michael Boodro in Conversation,” 2:30

Sunday, May 17
“Among Friends: The Collaborative Practice and Ongoing Influence of Isamu Noguchi,” 1:00

NADA NEW YORK 2015
Basketball City, 299 South St. at the East River
May 14-17, free
newartdealers.org

Thursday, May 14
“Tachyon Path,” a musical piece composed by Jay Israelson, 6:00

Friday, May 15
Regina Rex presents “Selections from Sports Closet,” a performance by Alina Tenser, 1:00 & 5:00

Sunday, May 17
“On Connectivity,” a discussion with artists from the New Museum’s 2015 Triennial: “Surround Audience,” 3:00

ART MIAMI NEW YORK
Pier 94, 12th Ave. at 55th St.
May 14-17, $15-$25 (multiday pass $55)
www.artmiaminewyork.com

Friday, May 15
Artist Spotlight: “The Diamond,” with Iftah Geva and Gal Goldner, 1:00

Saturday, May 16
“Bad Collector — A Primer on What Not to Do,” with Karen Boyer, Albina De Meio, James Kober, and Samuel Pugatch, 2:00

Book Signing with Acclaimed Photographer & Stylist Marisol, Post-Modern Booth #B19, 3:00 – 6:00

Sunday, May 17
Artist Spotlight: Alexander Zakharov — Exploring New Media Art,” 1:00

SELECT
Center 548, 548 West 22nd St. St.
May 14-17, $10-$20 (multiday pass $25)
www.select-fair.com

Saturday, May 16
“Freedom of Press?” with Lori Cole, Christopher Howard, Aruna D’Souza, and Colleen Asper, moderated by Dushko Petrovich, Select Lounge, third floor, 2:00

Sunday, May 17
“Digital Objects,” with Zoë Salditch, Greg Borenstein, Andrea Wolf, Marco Antonini, and Siebren Versteeg, moderated by Yin Ho, Select Lounge, third floor, 2:00

FRIDGE ART FAIR
Retro Bar & Grill at the Holiday Inn
150 Delancey St.
May 14-17, free
www.fridgeartfair.com

1:54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR
Pioneer Works
159 Pioneer St., Red Hook
May 15-17, $5-$10 ($25 with catalog)
1-54.com/new-york

Friday, May 15
Keynote Address: “Black Aesthetics Unbound,” Margo Natalie Crawford, 1:30

Saturday, May 16
“Breaking the Ice,” with Christian Haye and Melvin Edwards, moderated by Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, 3:00

GINGERBREAD EXTRAVAGANZA: MADE IN NEW YORK

Citarella has re-created the Fulton Fish Market out of gingerbread for annual City Harvest fundraising display at Le Parker Meridien

Citarella has re-created the Fulton Fish Market out of gingerbread for annual City Harvest fundraising display at Le Parker Meridien

Le Parker Meridien, 56th St. atrium lobby
119 West 56th St. between Sixth & Seventh Aves.
Daily through January 4, free ($1 per vote)
212-245-5000
www.giving.cityharvest.org
www.parkermeridien.com

Gingerbread dates back thousands of years, to the time of the ancient Greeks and Egyptians; in the 1500s, Queen Elizabeth I had gingerbread cookies decorated to look like visiting guests, and in 1812, the Brothers Grimm published “Hansel and Gretel,” a story of two children who get trapped by a witch in a house made of gingerbread and candy. Wonderfully designed gingerbread cakes and cookies have been a longstanding Christmas tradition in America — and at Le Parker Meridien in Midtown Manhattan as well, where the annual Gingerbread Extravaganza continues through January 4. This year’s theme is “Made in New York,” with such inventive constructions made out of gingerbread as FIKA’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” centered by a mirror silhouette of Audrey Hepburn; Crave.It’s “Balancing Justice in NYC,” with Spider-Man battling an evil villain atop the Brooklyn Bridge; Great Performances’ “Katchkie Farm Gingerbread Farmhouse,” a tribute to the organic farm in Kinderhook; Citarella’s “Fulton Fish Market,” which smells a lot better than the real thing; Norma’s “The Great White Gingerbread Way,” celebrating Times Square and Broadway; Silk Cakes’ “Cookie Monster Takes a Bite Out of NY,” in which the Sesame Street favorite munches on Manhattan; Rolling Pin Productions and Sotto Voce Restaurant’s “Saturday Night Before Christmas,” with Santa, Mrs. Claus, and the elves partying at the much-lamented Palladium, Limelight, and Studio 54; Baked Ideas’ “City Harvest Holidays,” with the familiar City Harvest truck collecting food for the hungry; and Sullivan St Bakery’s “Domino Sugar Factory,” a snowy-sweet scene depicting the since-demolished refinery. Unfortunately, Cake Alchemy’s “Going Ape over New York,” with King Kong wearing a Santa hat, came tumbling down the other day and is no more. In addition, you can find Roberta’s “Made in Bushwick” at the pizza place on Moore St., “Lady Liberty & the Seven Year Itch” at Colicchio & Sons on East Nineteenth, and “Industrial Gingerbread in the Jazz Age” at Maialino on Lexington Ave. The event is a fundraiser for City Harvest; visitors are encouraged to vote for their favorite gingerbread display, with individual ballots available for one dollar each, either at Le Parker Meridien or online, with each buck representing four pounds of food. All voters will be eligible to win a five-day trip to the Parker Palm Springs in California.