COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MARLBOROUGH FINE ART
The 2016 edition of Frieze Masters, the companion fair to Frieze London (a preview of its offerings is here) focusing on art and objects from the ancient era to the late 20th century, opens Thursday, October 6 and runs through Sunday, October 9. VIPs—and journalists—can visit today. The fifth edition of the fair brings 133 exhibitors from 30 countries to London. Among the highlights are Michelangelo Pistoletto at Italy’s Tornabuoni Art and James Rosenquist at Paris’s Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in the main section, as well as Bill Walton at Philadelphia’s Fleisher/Ollman and Mrinalini Mukherjee at Mumbai’s Jhaveri Contemporary in the Spotlight section.
Click the photos below to see works on offer at the fair.
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Tornabuoni Art, Milan, Paris, London | Main
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Business, 1979, silkscreen print on polished stainless steel.
Marlborough Fine Art, London | Main
Paula Rego, Cruzada (Crusade), 1983, acrylic on paper.
Kicken, Berlin | Main
André Gelpke, Christine mit Spiegel, from the portfolio "Fluchtgedanken. Ein Monolog," 1981, gelatin silver print.
©ANDRÉ GELPKE
Marianne Boesky Gallery, Dominique Lévy, and Sprüth Magers | Main
Frank Stella, Requiem for Johnny Stompanato, 1958, oil and enamel on canvas.
©2016 FRANK STELLA / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK
Galeria Marilia Razuk, São Paulo | Spotlight
José Leonilson, A lira, 1990.
Vintage Galéria, Budapest | Spotlight
1. Dóra Maurer, Displacements I, 1974–75, acrylic, oil, paper, and plywood.
Luxembourg & Dayan, New York and London | Main
Alberto Burri, N. 7, 1954, oil and acrylic and vinavil on celotex.
©2015 FONDAZIONE PALAZZO ALBIZZINI COLLEZIONE BURRI, CITTÀ DI CASTELLO/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/SIAE, ROME
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris | Main
James Rosenquist, Untitled (Joan Crawford says), 1964, magazine cutout.
Hauser & Wirth | Main
Philip Guston, Warwick II, 1959, oil on paper, mounted on panel.
CHRISTOPHER BURKE
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York and London | Spotlight
Nancy Grossman, Male Figure, 1969, black ink on paper.
Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai | Spotlight
Mrinalini Mukherjee, Yakshi, 1984, hemp fiber.
Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia | Spotlight
Bill Walton, Cannon, n.d. (ca. 1987), painting: graphite and gesso on canvas; panel: wood and iron; and shelf: glass and copper.
Parafin, London | Spotlight
Michelle Stuart, Cultivated Marks & Earth Draws Near Stonehenge, 1981, earth from site, black and white photographs, ink, and rag paper.
Lampronti Gallery, London and Rome| Main
Annibale Carracci, Head study of a bearded old man, late 1580s, oil on paper, laid down on canvas.
Galería Espaivisor, Valencia, Spain | Spotlight
1. Françoise Janicot, Encoconnage (detail), 1972, triptych of black-and-white photograph.
P420, Bologna, Italy | Spotlight
1. Franco Vaccari, Photomatic d’Italia, 1972–74, photo-strip and typewritten text on paper (diptych).
Pace | Main
Lucas Samaras, Untitled, 1974 pastel on paper.
KERRY RYAN MCFATE/©LUCAS SAMARAS
Richard Saltoun, London | Spotlight
1. Li Yuan-Chia, Untitled, late 1950s, Chinese calligraphy brush ink and watercolor on paper.