Frieze !

Frieze! – an art show that will definitely stop you in your tracks

Under a cloudy October sky Frieze London entertains Londoners and its London’s visitors to a host of art presented by galleries from around the world. Here only one gallery was to be found representing Colombian artists: Casas Riegner fronted by its International Curator and Director Paula Bossa. This is Casas Riegner’s fifth consecutive year at the Frieze London art fair and it has had a tremendous reception.

One of the more important artists represented by the gallery is Beatriz Gonzalez who’s work is important enough to be in the latest exhibition of pop art at the Tate Gallery in London titled “The World Goes Pop”. (Click here to read Beatriz Gonzalez “The World Goes Pop” Tate interview)

Other artists whose work is presented by the gallery are: Johanna Calle, Adolfo Bernal, Bernardo Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Antonio Suarez Londoño.

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Frieze Art Fair Itself

Frieze London is a great event situated in Regents Park in the heart of London. Within the park is the London Zoo and the park itself is dotted with wood sculptures, trails and paths, football and rugby field where local kids and adults come to exercise and now, as part of their cultural diet they can include a visit to over to the Sculpture Garden which is going to remain in-situ till January 2016. It really is a perfect place for the event and the shuttle buses provided by BMW to ferry people between Frieze and Frieze Master were a definite boon on what was a rather cold Saturday when I visited.

Unfortunately Freize (not Frieze Masters) has introduced a new cloakroom policy  whereby all medium to large bags are not permitted inside the fair and so such items will need to be left at the cloakroom inside the fair at a cost of £5 per item. Coats and smaller items can be checked free of charge. Not a good idea!!!  I think as people pay £30 pounds a head and may wish to bring their kids along in a stroller that another £5 is a bit much, especially when for many families it may be an unexpected additional surprise cost – even for a small rucksack which many people use when visiting London but were asked to check creating a long line. However, the event is free for accompanied children under 12 and that is a policy to be lauded and encouraged as are the free Art Talks and the availability of art tours and bespoke art tours.