From the fair daily edition
At Frieze London this year, artists and collectors find virtue in humble things
From Frieze daily edition. Published 12 Oct 12
Committees will focus on Indian and Russian art
From Frieze daily edition. Published 12 Oct 12
Christie's results point to shift in taste towards serious works
From Frieze daily edition. Published 12 Oct 12
Collectors like the concept of mixing old and new, but sales at the twin fairs will be the test
From Frieze daily edition. Published 11 Oct 12
Fair will be international, de luxe and is planned for 2013
From Frieze daily edition. Published 11 Oct 12
Auction house cites "distractions" for disappointing auction result
From Frieze daily edition. Published 11 Oct 12
Artists with Gagosian and from China dominate Artprice findings
From Frieze daily edition. Published 11 Oct 12
Competition for top artists is hotting up as art market goes global
From Frieze daily edition. Published 10 Oct 12
Germany and France discuss swapping spaces at next year's Venice Biennale
From Frieze daily edition. Published 10 Oct 12
Kabakovs could be victims of French budget cuts
From Frieze daily edition. Published 10 Oct 12
Dealers at PAD-London optimistic as they watch Frieze Masters closely
From Frieze daily edition. Published 10 Oct 12
As luxury goods lose their economic lustre, the art world—despite its close connections—sashays on
From Frieze daily edition. Published 9 Oct 12
The new commission is industrial magnate Victor Pinchuk’s gift to the steelworkers of his hometown
From Frieze daily edition. Published 9 Oct 12
Sculpture will be displayed in Rockefeller Plaza before Christie's auction
From Frieze daily edition. Published 9 Oct 12
Exhibitions to take place in Jerusalem and in six towns
From Frieze daily edition. Published 9 Oct 12
Diary
You couldn’t be blamed for associating the exposed male body with Frieze: for instance, one can hardly miss the penis shots in Paul McCarthy’s photo series “Hot Dog”, dating to 1974, on the exterior wall of Hauser & Wirth’s booth (FL, C8), and who could forget Judith Bernstein’s flying penis drawings from last year? But Frieze Masters is giving the contemporary tent a run for its money where raciness is concerned. The centrepiece of London dealer Guy Stair Sainty’s Masters booth (FM, G7) is a painting by Gericault. The work, Torse d’homme, le bras gauche levé, (Man’s chest with raised left arm), 1812 (above), features a young man, torso exposed, with a piece of drapery slipping down to expose the hair in the upper quarters of the model’s nether region. When Stair Sainty got the painting, there was quite a bit more drapery, he said, but a restorer, who also works on Gericault’s paintings at the Louvre, told him it was added later, and so he removed it. Why was the drapery added? Did the painting belong to John Ruskin? “It probably made it easier to sell,” Stair Sainty guessed. These days, of course, the opposite applies.
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