Richard Flood

18/09/11

Richard Flood is a curator who first contributed to frieze in 1992. His selections include a monograph on Sigmar Polke, a city report from Naples and an essay about what it means to be a professional artist.

  • 1

    Men Without Women by Collier Schorr

    Issue 49, November-December 1999

    On Lukas Duwenhögger. 'Reasoning as pleasure.'

  • 2

    Blue Notes by Jim Lewis

    Issue 59, May 2001

    On Raymond Pettibon. 'A perfect couple.'

  • 3

    Distant Relations by Dominic Eichler

    Issue 105, March 2007

    Collier Schorr’s photographs and collages question what we look at – and why. 'A very clear look at a very complex artist.'

  • 4

    Cosmic Rays by Jörg Heiser

    Issue 110, October 2007

    Sigmar Polke’s body of work since the mid-1960s has been consistently iconoclastic, enigmatic and technically innovative. 'Polke in ecstasy.'

  • 5

    Naples by Jörg Heiser, Mario Codognato and Pádraig Timoney

    Issue 119, November-December 2008

    'Great travel advisory.'

  • 6

    How Will This Affect Me? by Dominic Eichler

    Issue 120, January-February 2009

    Censorship, sexuality, creativity and the economic meltdown. 'Prurience only makes it better.'

  • 7

    A Serious Business by Dan Fox

    Issue 121, March 2009

    What does it mean to be a professional artist? 'Pathfinding through land mines.'

  • 8

    Secret Society by Jan Verwoert

    Issue 124, June 2009

    Cracking the codes of Conceptual art. 'A timely caution.'

  • 9

    Back & Forth by Emily King

    Issue 138, April 2011

    The histories of two legendary Milanese magazines, Domus and Abitare, are intertwined with the extraordinary generation of Italian designers who burst onto the scene 50 years ago. 'Now I know.'

  • 10

    Down the Line by Lauren Cornell and Kazys Varnelis

    Issue 141, September 2011

    The last 20 years have seen revolutions in technology that have transformed our lives. How have art and its institutions reacted? 'Essential information.'

About the contributor Richard Flood

Richard Flood is Director of Special Projects and Curator at Large at the New Museum, New York, USA.

Favourite cover

Frieze Issue 114 cover

Issue 114, Boris Mikhailov, April 2008