October 15, 2008

Art in London

Even amid the market turmoil, London is overflowing with international collectors, gallerists, and artists. This issue of Artkrush turns its attention across the pond on the annual occasion of the Frieze Art Fair, touring Regent's Park for choice works from Frieze’s Galleries, Projects, and Sculpture Park, and looking at a handful of satellite art and design fairs. We leave the city limits for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial, where we highlight Alison Jackson's paparazzi-style shots of celebrity and politico lookalikes caught in outrageously staged situations. Back in New York, Artkrush editor Paul Laster sits down for a colorful interview with London-based duo Gilbert & George, whose current retrospective has patrons blushing at the Brooklyn Museum, while our media pick explores the manifold inspirations of London design maverick Tom Dixon. Our reviews, on the other hand, offer a steadfastly international spread, including taxidermied creatures from Thomas Grünfeld in Berlin, Gagosian Gallery's showcase at the Red October Chocolate Factory in Moscow, and Clifton Childree's distorted fairgrounds in Miami.