This year, Frieze New York will offer three pieces by artists who approach performance “in radically different ways.”
Listen to the birds sing, strike up a conversation with a stranger or walk along the High Line, a potted seedling in hand. Those are the ideas behind the performance pieces that will unfold at Frieze New York.
Performance art has been a feature of the fair since its debut in 2012, but this year will see the most expansive lineup to date.
“Frieze’s investment in performance art began with the recognition that much of today’s exciting, relevant work happens live in ways that are process-driven, participatory and time-based,” Christine Messineo, the director of Frieze New York and Los Angeles, said.
This year’s edition of the fair — which runs from Thursday through Sunday at the Shed at Hudson Yards — will offer three performance pieces: “Immortal Coil” by the Berlin-based Asad Raza; “Freestyle Hard,” from Carlos Reyes, who divides his time between Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Caguas, P.R.; and “The Pin” created by the Berlin-based Pilvi Takala. All three have previously participated in Frieze London but are newcomers to the New York edition.
The focus on performance works is specific to New York, Messineo said, because the city has a “rich history of dance, theater and avant-garde performance.”
In 2022, Frieze New York began a partnership with the nonprofit arts gallery Artists Space in TriBeCa that debuted with a performance, “Grandmother Cindy,” by the dancer and choreographer Devynn Emory.
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