Frieze Art Fair 2016 – the highlights
By Ben Luke.
Frieze is a paradise for those of us who love art but it also presents a dilemma: where should you begin to explore the hundreds of shows stretching from Peckham to Camden, from Mile End to Mayfair? Here’s the cream of the crop.
Protest
Victoria Miro, N1. Until Nov 5
Victoria Miro partners with human-rights charity Reprieve on a show about politics and human rights, featuring artists as diverse as Wolfgang Tillmans and Yayoi Kusama.
Read also The Evening Standard's preview of Protest, by Jessie Thompson.
Artists are questioning the status quo with a new exhibition at the Victoria Miro gallery that explores the language of protest.
Featuring both historical and contemporary works, the exhibition shows artists examining the socio-political issues of their day, including migration, censorship and struggles for equality and democracy
The exhibition begins with 1936 painting Nazis Murder Jews by Alice Neel, which shows a Communist party torchlight parade on the streets of New York City. It then examines the power of words from slogans, graffiti, signs and newspaper stories, including Doug Aitken’s Free, created this year using mirrors to turn the word into an ever shifting experiences.
