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For the 20th anniversary of Frieze London, new section Artist-to-Artist invites eight leading artists to highlight rising art stars from Berlin to Bangkok

BY Skye Sherwin |

Golden Lion-winning artist Simone Leigh nominates Deborah Anzinger to show new paintings in a solo presentation at Frieze London 2023. Presented by Nicola Vassell Gallery

Eight internationally acclaimed artists, including Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin CBE RA and Wolfgang Tillmans, are proposing new voices for solo exhibitions at Frieze London

This year marks Frieze’s 20th anniversary, with the most international edition of Frieze London to date and a new artist-led section, alongside new programming at Frieze Masters with Studio and Modern Women

From the rise of sculpture to the return of landmark art events, three frieze editors discuss the year in art



 

From the Cecilia Vicuña’s paintings celebrating Indigenous forms at the Giardini to Marlene Dumas’s groundbreaking exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, these are the highlights from the 59th Venice Biennale

BY frieze |

The curator talks about her approach to the 59th International Art Exhibition and restoring energy to the Venice Biennale

BY Matthew McLean AND Cecilia Alemani |

The frieze editors select the projects they are most looking forward to at the National Pavilions

BY frieze |

At Maximillian William, a group show celebrates modernist sculpture bringing Simone Leigh and Magdalene Odundo’s anthropomorphic vessels together with Thaddeus Mosley’s Brancusian forms

BY Vanessa Peterson |

As the artist’s inaugural show at Paula Cooper Gallery opens in New York, Rianna Jade Parker guides us through her filmmaking trajectory

BY Rianna Jade Parker |

In further news: Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke win Nobel prizes in literature; ‘censored’ Aichi Triennale reopened

BY Frieze News Desk |

From the High Line Plinth to the Whitney Biennial and the Guggenheim, the artist’s sculptures celebrate the architecture of the Black female body

BY Rianna Jade Parker |

Talks are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis Friday - Sunday in the Talks Lounge

In further news: Simone Leigh commissioned for High Line Plinth; Seoul Museum of Art director suspended over harassment claim

For our second report from BB10, ahead of its public opening tomorrow, a focus on KW Institute for Contemporary Art

BY Harry Thorne |