Alfred Leslie’s Americans, Youngstown, Ohio (1977-78) at Bruce Silverstein Gallery at Frieze New York. Photo by Julia Halperin.
Amid an unsteady market, dealers and collectors turn to under-recognized names from the 1960s and '70s.
Frieze New York was once considered a destination for works of art so new that the paint on them might still be dripping. But the fair—and the market—has changed. Frieze’s sixth edition, which opened to VIPs on Thursday and opens to the public today, is packed with work from the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Rediscovery is the name of the game: Many of these works are by artists in their 80s and 90s who have yet to receive a monographic museum show in the US.
