Frieze New York 2021: Colorful Abstract Artworks

Painting and sculpture that captivated at the NYC event

Distilling the many artworks on show at any art fair proves itself to be a difficult task, but this year at Frieze New York—the first in-person art event in the city for some 14 months—we found ourselves drawn to entities we missed over the past year. Not only were faces an alluring theme, but so was color. While we saw plenty of bright, beguiling work (from …

Creator House Cultural Space Opens Alongside Frieze New York

A dinner for artist and poet Precious Okoyomon introduces a new arts destination

To celebrate the poet and artist Precious Okoyomon—the 2021 recipient of the annual Frieze Artist Award—official Frieze partner Ruinart Champagne hosted a dinner for artists, writers and members of the fashion community at a brand new cultural center, Creator House. Known for their immersive, organic installations, Okoyomon’s solo exhibition, Fragmented Body Perceptions as Higher Vibration Frequencies to God, on view a few blocks south of Creator …

Frieze New York 2021: Human Faces

Five styles of artistic facial representation at the in-person art fair

60 galleries presented work at the Frieze New York art fair, in-person at The Shed. The first group event of its kind within the boundaries of NYC, Frieze (which continues digitally until 14 May) provided attendees with an opportunity to bask in the brilliance of as-yet-unseen artwork, to reconnect with the cultural dialogue around the power and purpose of art, and to appraise the industry as …