A New York heatwave that caused temperatures to spike inside the Frieze tent didn’t stop the crowds of international dealers, collectors, and art lovers from making the trip to Randall’s Island.
Despite sauna-like conditions it was business as usual, gallerists were in sales mode animatedly pitching their artworks to the cast of buyers including Susan and Michael Hort, Mera and Don Rubell, and Marty Margulies, who were busy navigating the fair’s new layout.
Already, reports of sales began to trickle in, with David Kordansky reporting the sale of seven photographs by Torbjørn Rødland for between $14,000 and $28,000, and four Tom of Finland drawings for between $10,000 and $25,000, while Pace reported the early sale of an impressive 27 David Hockney works priced at $26,000 each.
While our reporters are in the field looking for more data, here are images that give a sense what the scene is like on Randall’s Island.
Gagosian booth at Frieze New York 2018
Photo by Mark Blower. Courtesy of Mark Blower/Frieze.
Gagosian gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Dealer Sean Kelly [right] at his booth. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Artist Tracey Emin at Frieze New York 20178. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Artist Vik Muniz. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Artist Marilyn Minter at Frieze. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Stephen Friedman gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Skarstedt gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Salon 94 gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Waddington Custot gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Sprüth Magers gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Nature Morte gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Mitchell Innes & Nash gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
JTT gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Mendes Wood DM gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Lehmann Maupin gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
James Cohan gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Hauser & Wirth gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Gavin Brown gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Galerie Llorcan O’Neil. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
David Kordansky gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Cheim & Reid gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Anton Kern gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Almine Rech gallery. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Frieze New York, 2018. Photo: Henri Neuendorf.
Installation view of Frieze New York 2018. Photo by Mark Blower. Courtesy of Mark Blower/Frieze.
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