All the fun of the fairs: the art world gathers for Frieze

What financial crisis? The heavy hitters of the art world are gathering in London for Frieze, the youngest, coolest art fair on the calendar. Alice Jones sets the scene, we profile 20 featured artists, and we offer expert advice to buyers and party blaggers Friday, 10 October 2008 If all is doom and gloom in the financial sector, then nobody seems to have told the art world. Hot on the heels of Damien Hirst's historic auction of his own work last month – which raised £111.5m – comes Frieze week, a chance to see the global art market in all its brash, pulsating and devastatingly healthy glory. The opening of the sixth Frieze Art Fair in Regent's Park on Wednesday will see a juggernaut of artists, dealers, gallerists, curators, buyers and hangers-on roll into London for days of private views, big deals and endless parties. It's... [read full story]