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Livia Russell

Livia Russell is a writer based in London, UK.

Frieze London
Work in Progress: Naminapu Maymuru-White

Ahead of her show of new bark panel paintings at Frieze London 2024, Naminapu Maymuru-White discusses the ancestral charge of her practice

BY Naminapu Maymuru-White AND Livia Russell |
Frieze London & Frieze Masters
Celebrating 100 Years of Surrealism at Frieze

Discover the movement’s iconic artists and contemporary legacy at the London fairs, from Man Ray, Dora Maar and Leonora Carrington, to Carol Bove and Leiko Ikemura

BY Livia Russell |
Frieze London , Interviews
Work in Progress: Edgar Calel

The Maya Kaqchikel artist explores memory, community and land in new paintings for Frieze London 2024

BY Edgar Calel AND Livia Russell |
Frieze London , Interviews
Work in Progress: Bani Abidi

The Pakistani artist talks about her new solo project for Frieze London 2024 and how she uses drawing and photography to foster new forms of radical collectivity

BY Bani Abidi AND Livia Russell |
Frieze Seoul , Interviews
Work in Progress: Sean Landers and Emily Mae Smith

Showing new paintings with Petzel at Frieze Seoul 2024, the two artists discuss their studio rituals, and what sustains their practices

BY Sean Landers, Emily Mae Smith AND Livia Russell |
Frieze London , Interviews
Work in Progress: Florence Carr

Ahead of Frieze London 2024, the London-based artist discusses the fickleness of memory and the abstract potential of found domestic objects

BY Florence Carr AND Livia Russell |
Frieze Seoul , Interviews
Work in Progress: Honor Titus

The Los Angeles-based artist discusses the enduring themes of class and beauty that drive his work and his reluctance to predict what happens next

BY Honor Titus AND Livia Russell |
Frieze Seoul , Interviews
Work in Progress: Tuan Andrew Nguyen

The artist transforms unexploded ammunition found in Quang Tri, Vietnam, into a large, dynamic sculpture for Frieze Seoul

BY Tuan Andrew Nguyen AND Livia Russell |
Frieze Seoul , Interviews
Work in Progress: Jeon Joonho

The Busan-based artist reckons with social, political and material instability to create his new sculptures for Frieze Seoul

BY Jeon Joonho AND Livia Russell |
Frieze Seoul , Interviews
Work in Progress: Hayal Pozanti

The Turkish-American artist gives a behind-the-scenes look at the process for her latest nature-suffused paintings, which debut at Frieze Seoul

BY Hayal Pozanti AND Livia Russell |
Frieze New York , Interviews
Work in Progress: Trey Abdella—“How can I make a painting breathe?”

We go behind the scenes with artists bringing new work to Frieze fairs. Brooklyn-based Trey Abdella talks about blending assemblage, sculpture and painting

BY Livia Russell AND Trey Abdella |
Frieze New York , Interviews
Work in Progress: “I know a painting is done when it feels like it is eating itself”

We go behind the scenes with Gina Fischli and Willa Nasatir as they prepare to show new work at Frieze New York

BY Livia Russell, Gina Fischli AND Willa Nasatir |
Frieze New York , Interviews
Work in Progress: Olivia van Kuiken—“My paintings are always a surprise, even to me”

In this behind-the-scenes look at artists bringing new work to Frieze fairs, Olivia van Kuiken talks world-building and warping the backdrops of the past

BY Livia Russell AND Olivia van Kuiken |
Frieze New York , Interviews
Work in Progress: Rose Salane—“A love poem to the city of New York”

This series goes behind the scenes with artists who are bringing new work to Frieze fairs. US artist Rose Salane explains how a shower of confetti inspired her most recent photographs

BY Livia Russell AND Rose Salane |
Frieze New York , Interviews
Work in Progress: Holly Hendry—“The spontaneity and chaos of the moment”

In a new series, we go behind the scenes with artists who are bringing their latest work to Frieze fairs. Holly Hendry introduces her new sculptures, incorporating glass blowing and unsettling anatomies

BY Livia Russell AND Holly Hendry |