Yes, it's here again. The distended corporate megalith that is Frieze Art Fair plonks its bad self down in Regent's Park for a whole week of free Pommery, anxious back-slapping and mega-bucks art sales. The world's most influential curators, critics and eccentric billionaires are descending upon our fair city, threatening to crush us all under the great tasselled loafer of wealth. 'Get out my way paupers, I've got art to see!'
On the plus side, there are all manner of great art shows going on. I'm going to be attending as much of all this as I possibly can, tweeting live and reporting back on all the latest goings on right here on Spoonfed. So if you want all the news and scoops on Frieze Week then this is your first port of call.
Monday
Free Art Fair @ The Barbican
6.30pm: On my way to free art fair at the barbican. Fingers crossed for canapes!
7.10pm: One work says 'a show of good intentions but rubbish results'. Seems apt so far
7.50pm: Man in bear suit + vampire with pink guitar + sieve head man = urgh. Performance art.
9.40pm: Right so art done. Going for some fried chicken. Draaaaaaaaapessss
Tuesday
Paris – checking out the UK launch of French fashion website Vente-Privee
7.34am: Full english on the eurostar. Woo! First class
12.33pm: Mmmm champagne...
2.08pm: Foie gras, veal, claret: the height of investigative journalism
4.16pm: Lauduree macaroons... sweeeeeeeeeeeet
12:00am: Trashed on margaux and black cod
Wednesday
11:45am: Slightly overdid the breakfast wine. Off to see damien hirst
1-3: Damien Hirst – The Blue Paintings @ Wallace Collection
"And so, after all the hype, it's finally opened. After making his name
putting cows in alcohol, coating skulls with diamonds and employing
staff to undertake the oh-so-challenging task of putting spots onto
canvases, Damien Hirst has decided to produce some real paintings, and he's actually done them himself. With a brush and everything..." Click here to read the full review of Damien Hirst at the Wallace Collection.
6-9: Kandinsky Prize @ Louise T Blouin Institute
7.02pm: Oh dear i am an idiot. Turns out kandinsky prize opens friday...
Thursday
12-1: Whitechapel Art Gallery media view
11.52pm: Whitechapel done. Interesting encounter with a tramp, now off to Frieze
"Derrida, Foucault, Barthes, Deleuze, Baudrillard: we all love a wee bit
of late twentieth century French philosophy from time to time. When I
say 'we' I of course mean 'I'. I'm not really so bothered about what
you think..." Click here to read the full review of Sophie Calle at The Whitechapel Gallery.
3-5: Frieze Art Fair
12.37pm: Right i'm in. It's bloody rammed
1.02pm: Bob and roberta smith sporting a snazzy hat/jacket combo
1.11pm: Is that lloyd grossman? Yawn
1.30pm: Rescued from the tedium! Bumped into my pal minnie from tate
2.05pm: Can't bear this any longer. Back to the calm and cake in spoonfed hq
"Regent's Park is abuzz with money: navy worsted suits, grey flannels, suede, leather,
enough cashmere to cloak a kingdom. Big block mirrored letters glint in
the autumn sun. A massive gold arch is the statement of intent. It's
here again, in capitals as ever: FRIEZE ART FAIR..." Click here to read the full review of Frieze Art Fair 2009.
5-6: The Future Can Wait @ Old Truman Brewery
6-9: Young Masters @ Old Truman Brewery
Friday
8-10: JT Projects @ James Taylor Gallery
12-2: Zoo Art Fair
"Sitting in a darkened, chillingly cold warehouse in Shoreditch, the
video begins. It's about 5 minutes long and consists almost entirely of
various shots of a young man wanking copiously into, onto and over the
camera lens. What a charming way to spend a Sunday afternoon..." Click here to read the full review of Zoo 2009.
Image © Julie E Khan
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