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Frieze announces international art writer's prize

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.