Newslinks

Gordon Matta-Clark with camera at Food restaurant, 1972. Photo by Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone. via Mousse

■ The second edition of Frieze New York is kicking off on 10 May. Part of this year’s project includes a tribute to artist-run spaces and initiatives that have defined and transformed the cultural and artistic history of New York City. While Frieze New York 2012 acknowledged the contribution of Fashion Moda with a presentation of John Ahearn’s work, the fair is this year organizing homage to FOOD, the legendary restaurant opened in October 1971 by Gordon Matta-Clark and Carol Goodden in collaboration with other artists.

â–  Marina Abramovic co-created a new production of the “Boléro” ballet with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet, which had its world premiere at the Garnier Opera de Paris last week. See the ArtInfo review as well as an ParisMatch interview (in French) with Abramovic.

â–  Larry Gagosian again expands his gallery empire with plans to open a third London space, making a total of thirteen venues worldwide. He is currently negotiating for a 2,000-square-foot location at 20 Grosvenor Hill in Mayfair, hoping to launch it in time for Frieze 2014. [The New York Times]

■ Commercial galleries and non-profit spaces in Malmö, Sweden’s the third largest city, are boycotting “Malmö Nordic”, a new festival occurring between 3 May – 18 August 2013. Apparently, they consider the “Nordic” tag as being too exclusive and nationalistic. [The Art Newspaper]

â–  “Supreme” clothing brand took Leah McSweeney of Married to the MOB to court over her “Supreme Bitch” product line, while the former brand all too obviously borrowed its logo design from Barbara Kruger’s signature red and white poster style. When reporting the story, Complex magazine prompted Kruger for her thought on the dispute; without picking a side she called them all “a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers…”

■ Ellsworth Kelly never created paraphernalian merchandise of his art, such as Jeff Koons or Damian Hirst, with the exception of designing a dress in 1952 while in the South of France, with leftover fabric from his work entitled “Red Yellow Blue White”. To celebrate the artist’s 90th birthday on 31 May, Calvin Klein reproduced the dress to display it in the window of his Upper East Side store. [The New York Times]

â–  Jay Jopling’s White Cube gallery celebrates 20 years of existence this month.
[The Art Newspaper]

â–  ArtReview magazine interviews artists exhibiting this year in different national pavilions, for The Venice Questionnaire, at the rate of one artist per day, everyday until the opening of the biennale of the same name.