frieze is 20. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the editors of frieze have invited a range of contributing critics, artists and curators to select their favourite articles from the magazine’s archive.
frieze is 20. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the editors of frieze have invited a range of contributing critics, artists and curators to select their favourite articles from the magazine’s archive.
Alice Rawsthorn
23/02/11
Alice Rawsthorn is design critic of the International Herald Tribune. Her picks include essays on Las Vegas, Polaroid and fashion photography.
Polly Staple
18/02/11
Polly Staple is director of Chisenhale Gallery and a contributing editor of frieze. Here her choices include an artist’s project by Elad Lassry and an essay by Linder.
Tirdad Zolghadr
16/02/11
Tirdad Zolghadr is a curator and writer, and has been contributing to frieze since 2004. Here his picks include essays and columns by Jan Verwoert, Jennifer Allen and Jörg Heiser.
Vivian Rehberg
16/02/11
Vivian Rehberg is a contributing editor of frieze. Here her selections run from reviews of Miranda July and Frances Stark to nine theses on slapstick and an interview with philosopher Simon Critchley.
Jens Hoffmann
09/02/11
Jens Hoffmann is director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco. Here his choices focus on biennials – from the first Manifesta to the so-called CNN documenta.
Matthew Higgs
07/02/11
‘Looking back over the early years of frieze was a revelation. What surprised me was that – 20 years on – I can still clearly visualize every issue from this era. (My own complete run of copies of the magazine’s first decade have been in storage in the UK since 2001.) The texts I have selected here err towards the interface of popular culture and art, and include pieces for the magazine by writers who I still seek out today (many of whom were perhaps better known at the time for their non-art writing.) I’m sure I could easily have focused on another tendency. Re-reading these early issues what stands out the most perhaps is the extent to which Stuart Morgan’s (1948–2002) passionate and critical voice is missing from today’s art world.’
Tom Morton
01/02/11
Tom Morton has contributed to frieze since 2001. Here his selections run from Dave Hickey writing about Las Vegas to Michael Bracewell on British sitcoms, from Takashi Murakami to Mamma Anderson.
Adrian Searle
25/01/11
Art critic Adrian Searle has been a regular contributor to frieze since the first issue of the magazine in 1991. Here his selections run from Italo Calvino to ruin lust, from Eva Hesse to Andy Warhol.