More than 110 of the world’s leading galleries will participate in the fair, with sections for emerging talent and historical art, the Frieze Artist Award commission, Frieze Film, talks and a Frieze Week festival of culture
Geographically defined group exhibitions abound, categorizing artists according to nationality, ethnicity, or both. Are these shows an attempt to resist the evaporation of cultural difference? Or do they fetishize locality and biography, undermining more complex approaches to looking at art?