October 4, 2006

London Calling

The London art world opens its doors this week for the annual influx of art fairs. The star attraction, the Frieze Art Fair, hosts high-end galleries and leading artists, while the fringe Zoo Art Fair and Scope London challenge the status quo with emerging art. We select highlights from Frieze, including new videos from Mika Rottenberg and Phil Collins, and interview Alexis Hubshman, founder of Scope, about his vision for the fair. The satirical duo Los Super Elegantes, exhibiting at the Zoo Art Fair, catch our fancy, and we look behind the scenes with Johnnie Shand Kydd's candid art-world photos. A short hop from London, Pia Fries debuts new paintings in Madrid, and Lari Pittman brings his spiny symbolism to Berlin.