Frieze Art Fair 2009 - Preview

15-18 October 2009
Regents Park London

Frieze Art Fair 2009 takes place in Regent's Park, London. The fair showcases new and established artists to an international audience. A fresh and exciting addition for 2009 will be the first presentation of Frame, a new section within the fair dedicated to solo artist presentations. Frame will show young galleries from around the world that have been in existence for less than six years. The galleries selection has been advised by curators Daniel Baumann and Sarah McCrory.

The Fair features more than 164 galleries from around the world, including leading galleries from across America and Europe. The strength of galleries from emerging territories such as Asia and Eastern Europe continues this year - galleries new to the fair include Kukje Gallery from Seoul (South Korea), Galerie Plan B from Cluj (Romania) and The Third Line from Dubai (UAE). Also new in 2009 are Lisboa 20 Arte Contemporânea from Lisbon (Portugal), Office Baroque from Antwerp (Belgium), Kamm from Berlin (Germany) and hiromiyoshii from Tokyo (Japan). This provides visitors with a unique opportunity to see and buy art by the world's leading artists. The fair also hosts an annual curatorial programme, presented by Frieze Foundation.

This year's Sculpture Park, sponsored by Heath Lambert, presents work by some of the most acclaimed international sculptors working today, including Louise Bourgeois and Eva Rothschild. Paul McCarthy's work, Henry Moore Bound to Fail (Bronze), 2004 will remain on display for six months. It is presented in the wonderful setting of the English Gardens of Regent's Park, the Sculpture Park is located a short walk to the east of the entrance to the fair. Entry to the Sculpture Park is free 2009 features include, Hella Jongerius, Sylvère Lotringer, Agnès Varda and Yu Yeon Kim forming part of the international line-up of highly respected artists, filmmakers, designers, curators and cultural commentators making up Frieze Talks 2009. This year, Frieze readers can ask John Baldessari a question as part of, Frieze Talks a daily programme of keynote lectures, panel debates and discussions that take place in the auditorium at Frieze Art Fair. It is presented by Frieze Foundation and programmed by the editors of frieze magazine, Jennifer Higgie, Jörg Heiser and Dan Fox.Other events include,The Projects a programme of artists' commissions curated by Neville Wakefield and realised annually at Frieze Art Fair.

This year's fair includes seven new projects as well as The Cartier Award and collaborations with this year's partner institutions CAC Vilnius (Lithuania) and Arte Contempo (Portugal). The artists commissioned to create site-specific work for Frieze Art Fair are Mike Bouchet, Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth, Ruth Ewan, Ryan Gander, Per-Oskar Leu, Monika Sosnowska and Stephanie Syjuco. Jordan Wolfson is the recipient of the 2009 Cartier Award. Commenting on this year's projects, Neville Wakefield stated: "Whether taking the form of grand architectural obstruction or finding new ways of protesting, authenticating or motivating our relationship to the objects we make, look at and buy, this year's projects create aesthetic opportunity out of the uncertainty that has become the hallmark of our troubled times.

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