Forbes: EDITORS' PICK | Apr 29, 2021,12:30pm EDT|2,240 views Frieze New York 2021 Preview: A Sneak Peek At Some Of The Art Fair’s Priciest And Most Popular Pieces

By Tanya Klich.

An untitled work by Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco valued at nearly $1 million.

COURTESY KURIMANZUTTO AND THE ARTIST GABRIEL OROZCO.

After a year of cancelled exhibits and shuttered galleries, New York's biggest art fair is back. Frieze New York will take place for the first time at The Shed in Manhattan from May 5 to May 9.

From Miguel Abreu to David Zwirner Gallery, Frieze will gather more than 60 leading galleries from around the world, paired with panels and special projects to highlight artists through the ongoing pandemic. A bulk of the fair’s highlights will also be featured online via the Frieze Viewing Room.

Highly anticipated solo presentations include large-scale canvases by Dana Schutz, and a painting by Trenton Doyle Hancock where he imagines his alter-ego as a black superhero coming face to face with a Klansmen depicted in one of Philip Guston’s KKK paintings. But established artists aren’t the only ones on display. Frieze’s Frame platform features emerging galleries and artists; this year it will showcase up-and-coming talent like Agustina Woodgate from Buenos Aires to New York’s own WangShui.

While tickets to the physical fair at The Shed are sold out, here’s an exclusive sneak peek at some of the most exciting pieces to be displayed. From some major names with big price tags to other solo shows drawing worldwide interest, here are some highlights to appease your inner art fanatic.

William Kentridge 

Drawing from Waiting for the Sibyl (Comrade Tree, I report to you), 2020

Ink wash, red pencil and collage on hemp and sisal fiber Phumani handmade paper, mounted on raw cotton

115 x 116.1 in. (292 x 295 cm)

$700,000 (Quoted price exclusive of taxes)

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