LONDON — With nine fairs, seven auctions, and more than 150 selling exhibitions in galleries, London’s “Frieze Week,” which starts Monday, is a hectic seven days in the art world. So many events jostle for attention, that it can be difficult for visiting collectors to decide where to spend their time, not to mention their money.
Talks on Collecting “in conversations”
Frieze Art Fair 2014, London
Features Suzanne Deal Booth, American collector
Thursday, 16 October
9:30 – 11am
Talks on Collecting are ‘in-conversations’ between eminent collectors and Louisa Buck, writer, broadcaster and correspondent for The Art Newspaper, taking place over breakfast in the VIP Room at Frieze London. This programme offers unique insight into what drives the world’s most active collectors, providing inspiration to established and emerging collectors alike. The casual setting encourages the sharing of stories, art world anecdotes, and great questions from the audience.
ABOUT FRIEZE TALKS
Frieze Talks is a daily programme of keynote lectures, panel debates and discussions, is presented by Frieze Projects in collaboration with frieze magazine. Frieze Talks 2014 will be curated by frieze editors Jörg Heiser, Christy Lange and Amy Sherlock.
Two years ago this Saturday, James Turrell’s “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace (aka The Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion) opened to the public. Since then, more than 75,000 people have visited the work of art that has become one of the most photographed attractions on campus and a popular recommendation for tourists.
“It’s a star and people are drawn to it,” said Rice Public Art Director Molly Hubbard. “It’s so picturesque.”
“It’s been brewing for a while,” says Suzanne Deal Booth of her and her husband’s decision to make a precedent-setting gift to the business school. But she also sees it as a natural progression of their shared personal interests, as well as their professional and philanthropic commitments.
Booth has made her career in the field of artistic and historic preservation; she met David Booth shortly after moving to Los Angeles to work at the Getty Conservation Institute. She describes her husband as someone who “loves history” and is an avid reader of nonfiction. Even family vacations have been built around exploring cultural legacies. “We don’t go to the beach,” she adds with a laugh. “We go look at what past civilizations have left behind.” Read more
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all images of the centennial pavilion copyright James Turrell