Frieze magazine is launching an art writer’s prize to
discover and
promote new art critics.
Entrants must submit one 700 word review of a recent
contemporary
art exhibition. Entries must be submitted
in English, but it may be
a translation (this must be
acknowledged). Entrants must be over 18
years old.
The entrant must not previously have had any writing
published in
any national or regional newspaper or
magazine, with the exception
of student
publications.
The winning entrant will be
commissioned to write a review for the
October issue of
frieze and be awarded ?2000 at an event during
Frieze
Art Fair 2006.
Closing date is: 3 July 2006
Entries should either be sent to
Frieze Writer’s
Prize 5-9 Hatton Wall London EC1N 8HX
or emailed as a
word attachment to writersprize@frieze.com
The
judges decision is final and no correspondence will be
entered
into regarding individual entries.
frieze magazine issue 99/ May 2006.
Issue 99 of
frieze explores the relationship between art and
architecture. Jonathan Bell's round-up of new museums and
art
galleries traverses the globe; Tirdad Zolghadr and
Tony Chakur
report on Beirut's emerging art scene and
Victoria Pomery and Ole
Bouman debate the client versus
the architect. Dejan Sudjic
considers the problematic
relationship between architecture and
repressive
regimes, and Eyal Weizman discusses the use of
philosophy as a tactical device by the Israeli military.
Also
included are a profile of the influential
architecture critic
Reyner Banham, an interview with
artist and filmmaker Anthony
McCall, profiles of
artists Sean Snyder and Marjetic Potrc, and a
discussion of architectural doppelgangers.