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Frieze Frames

News and notes from the British art fair circuit surrounding Frieze: the biggest sales, the debate over activity in the private market, attendance anxiety, and the battle with Paris.

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Fewer collectors, especially Americans, were coming to this year’s Frieze, and many more prominent galleries were taking a pass, than in previous years. Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu/Getty Images
Marion Maneker
October 8, 2024

Art fair weeks in a foreign city are a bit like a mountaineering expedition, requiring careful preparation and planning. But, ultimately, they are successful if you just keep putting one foot in front of the other. There’s always one more thing to see, one more person to say hello to, one more question to ask. If you’re not careful, it can all catch up to you at the summit where you’re gasping for oxygen—and collapse.