The Frieze London art fair has a new look for 2024 as it strives to keep its freshness amid increased competition with the new kid on the art fair block, next week’s Art Basel Paris.
So how effective is the re-design? Ben Luke talks to Kabir Jhala, the art market editor at The Art Newspaper, about this year’s fair and about the auctions, which have also taken place in London this week.
Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad AKA The White Pube © Maria Gorodeckaya
The duo The White Pube who, since 2015, have shaken-up the world of art criticism in the UK, have just published a new book, called Poor Artists. We speak to the book’s authors, Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad, about it.
Giuseppe Penone, Alpi marittime (1968-85) Photo: Gérard Rondeau © ADAGP, Paris, 2024
And this episode’s Work of the Week is a vital contribution to the history of the Italian Arte Povera group. Giuseppe Penone’s Alpi Marittime (1968) has just gone on display in a new survey of Arte Povera at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris.
The exhibition is curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and we talk to her about Penone’s work.
• Frieze London and Frieze Masters, until 13 October, Regent’s Park, London.
• Poor Artists by The White Pube, Particular Books (UK), £20 (hb), Prestel (US) published 12 November, $24.99; thewhitepube.com
• Arte Povera, Bourse de Commerce, Paris, until 20 January
