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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.
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The Art of Horror [Slide Show]

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Barbara_Kruger_You_Have_Serached_and_destroyed_1982
chapman brothers_
Peter Doig
KUB_Maurizio Cattelan 895
cindy_sherman_Untitled 153
Ed_Kienholz_Five Car Stud
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Marcel Dzama_
Valerie Blass
Makoto_Aida_Blender
Douglas_Gordon,_'Monster',_1996-7
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Richard Prince, Nurse of Greenmeadow, 2002

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (You have searched and destroyed), 1982

Jake and Dinos Chapman, detail from Explaining Christians to Dinosaurs, 2003. Installation view at Kunsthaus Bregenz. Photo by Wurzeltod

Maurizio Cattelan All, 2007. Marble. Installation view Kunsthaus Bregenz. Photo: Markus Tretter © Maurizio Cattelan, Kunsthaus Bregenz

Cindy Sherman, Untitled #153, 1985. Chromogenic color print. MoMa Collection. Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Fund. © 2012 Cindy Sherman

Ed Kienholz, Five Car Stud, 1969. Installation view at LACMA, San Francisco, 2011. Photo by Tom Vinetz

Francis Bacon, Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953

Marcel Dzama, Last Winter Here, 2004. Courtesy the artist and Richard Heller Gallery, CA; David Zwirner Gallery, NY

Valérie Blass, Ce nonobstant, 2011. Courtesy the artist and Parisian Laundry, Montreal. Photo by Guy L’Heureux

Makoto Aida, Blender, 2001. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy the artist and Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo.

Douglas Gordon, Monster, 1996-7. Colour photo in a painted wood frame. Private collection. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery, NY

Jan Švankmajer, Jabberwockey, 1971. Film still. © Jan Švankmajer

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (You substantiate our horror), 1983. Courtesy the artist and Skarstedt Gallery, NY.

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It’s Halloween. M-KOS selected some images of contemporary art of horror.