Frieze New York will return to Randall’s Island Park, Manhattan from May 9 to 12, 2014. The third edition of the New York fair will feature over 190 of the world’s leading contemporary galleries, with 53 participants from the fair’s host city.

The 2014 fair brings to the city the most exciting contemporary galleries from across the globe, alongside critically acclaimed Projects, Talks, Sounds and Education programs.

Frieze Talks is a daily program of lectures, conversations, and panel discussions that takes place in the auditorium at Frieze New York, programmed in 2014 by Tom Eccles (Executive Director of the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College) and Christy Lange (Associate Editor, frieze). Frieze Talks invite discussions of some of the most hotly debated issues in visual arts today by exploring connections with politics, writing, and filmmaking and bringing together a range of voices, from artists and curators to filmmakers and musicians.

Participants include: Masha Alekhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot / Zona Prava; Okwui Enwezor, Artistic Director of the 56th Venice Biennale; Kenneth Goldsmith, poet and author; Joshua Oppenheimer, director of The Act of Killing (2012); and Adam Szymczyk, Artistic Director of documenta 14.

Schedule for Frieze Talks 2014

Friday May 9th
12:00 pm: Okwui Enwezor in conversation with Jason Moran
Okwui Enwezor (Artistic Director, 56th Venice Biennale)
Jason Moran (musician and composer, Artistic Adviser for Jazz, the Kennedy Center)

4:00 pm: Masha Alekhina & Nadya Tolokonnikova in conversation with David Remnick
Masha Alekhina & Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot / Zona Prava) David Remnick (Editor, The New Yorker)

Saturday May 10th
12:00 pm: Beatrix Ruf in conversation with Helen Marten & Jordan Wolfson
Beatrix Ruf (Director, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam)
Jordan Wolfson (artist, Los Angeles)
Helen Marten (artist, London)

4:00 pm: Adam Szymczyk in conversation with Jenny Jaskey
Adam Szymczyk (Artistic Director, documenta 14) Jenny Jaskey (Curator, The Artist’s Institute)
Sunday May 11th

12:00 pm: Panel Discussion – The World Wide Web at 25: Terms and Conditions
Chair: Orit Gat (writer)
Tyler Coburn (artist and writer)
Gene McHugh (curator and writer)
Christiane Paul (Associate Professor, The New School)

4:00 pm: Keynote Lecture – Kenneth Goldsmith
Kenneth Goldsmith (poet, founder of UbuWeb)

Monday May 12th
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Screening:  The Act of Killing & Panel Discussion 
Joshua Oppenheimer (director, The Act of Killing)
Thomas Keenan (Director, Human Rights Program at Bard College)
Dana Stevens (film critic, Slate)

Access to Frieze Talks is included in all admission tickets. Frieze Talks takes place in the onsite auditorium at Frieze New York from Friday May 9 through Monday, May 12. Tickets for the talks can be reserved on the day of each talk at the information desk outside the auditorium.

Frieze New York will take place May 9–12, 2014 in Randall’s Island Park, Manhattan. Presenting over 190 of the world’s leading galleries, Frieze New York is sponsored by Deutsche Bank for the third consecutive year.

http://friezenewyork.com