Frieze Top Five: Benedikte Bjerre’s Bouncy Penguins, Jeff Koons’ Balloon Monkey and Carlos Martiel Makes a Bold Debut at 1-54
3 min read · 10 Oct 2024
Benedikte Bjerre, The Birds (2017) at Palace Enterprise’s booth, Frieze London. Copyright the artist.
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A $15m Lucian Freud, $9m Jeff Koons and record breaking Sarah Sze were the standout lots in Christie's $107.5m, 20th / 21st Century sale. For all the highlights, see the HENI news report.
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An early David Hockney and recording breaking Martha Jungwirth led Sotheby's $49.14m evening auction, helping it match the pre-sale estimate. For more, see the HENI news report.
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David Hockney (again) and Joseph Yaeger were the stars of Phillips’ Modern & Contemporary sale, which totaled $19.79m. For more, see the HENI News report.
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Benedikte Bjerre’s flock of swaying helium penguins at Palace Enterprise is destined to be the most Instagrammed work at Frieze London, predicts the Guardian in its pick of the fair's must-see booths.
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Carlos Martiel’s gold-and-blood medal at Verve of Sao Paulo’s booth at the 1-54 fair made an emphatic Afro-Latinx, decolonial statement. His art-fair debut in London comes hot on the heels of the NY-based, Cuban artist’s solo show at El Museo del Barrio. Artishock Revista.
In other news
New York: Images by Peter Hujar and Nan Goldin were among the 61% of lots selling above their low estimate at Phillips’ Photographs' auction, which totaled $3.55m. HENI News
Profile: Kerri Dick, a Chilkat weaver who fused traditional carving, weaving and beading techniques, has died. She was 41, reports Hyperallergic.
"‘I wanted to be an archaeologist. My dad used to work in a science museum in Paris,’ says the artist and DJ Christelle Oyiri, who is the first winner of Tate Modern’s Infinities Commission prize."
- W Magazine
