Why I'm excited for Frieze Week

It's that time of year again... all of my art-world colleagues are working long hours, our offices are buzzing and rumours are floating around about the exciting things that galleries will be exhibiting at Frieze London and Frieze Masters this year (3 - 8 October 2017, Regent's Park).

I can't wait to see what magical items are exhibited at the two fairs, but also what will be happening at the 1:54 fair at Somerset House, PAD (Pavilion of Art & Design) London at Berkeley Square, The Other Art Fair near our offices at the Truman Brewery and Unfold Space, a new initiative on Church Street. Basically, if you're in London next week, you're guaranteed not to be bored and to have so much new inspiring content to think about.

But, we at Vastari have taken on the challenge and decided to organise some events in parallel to the fairs, at an exciting new venue in South Kensington that's opening in 2019 called Cromwell Place.

The events will be called "Blueprint Breakfast Briefings" and it's a series of panel discussions every morning next week that will discuss innovations and/or ideas shaping the art world. I am so proud of what we're going to be talking about, from Authenticity in the Digital World to how spaces need to evolve for 21st century content, and even a Dragons-den-style Pitch Breakfast of some of the hottest new startups in the art world. On the Thursday we have collaborated with the Fleming Collection and Thomas Marks will be moderating a discussion between three British private foundations in discussion with a Spanish one. Friday I can't wait to see Resch, Petterson and Bourron debate data in the art world. I am so excited that we have been able to collaborate with Cromwell Place to bring together such brilliant minds on all fronts.

Find out more details about the events below, or at this blog post. We'd love to see you there!

Monday, October 2nd

Culture Connect Presents: How will the aura of the original evolve in the 21st Century?

Brendan Cormier - Senior Curator, V&A

Sam Jacob - Principal, Sam Jacob Studio

Change Coughenour - Programme Manager, Google Art Institute / Founder, Rekrei,

Ana?s Aguerre (Moderator) - Founder and Managing Director, Culture Connect

RSVP for Monday: https://goo.gl/rt7drD

Tuesday, October 3rd

The Evolving Gallery: Exhibition Spaces and Audiences in the Physical and Digital World

Elizabeth Markevitch - President and Founder, ikonoTV

Hugh Feilden - Partner, Feilden+Mawson

Sylvain Levy - Collector, DSL Collection

Sarah Gillett (Moderator)- Creative Director, Cultureschock Media

Presentation: Cromwell Place

Paul White - Director, BuckleyGreyYeoman

John Martin - Creative Director, Cromwell Place

Joris Demnard - Ikonospace

RSVP for Tuesday: https://goo.gl/q12ktj

Wednesday, October 4th

The Art Tech Pitch Breakfast

Andy McCartney - Whitespace Ventures, formerly Microsoft Ventures CEO-in-Residence

Alexandre Massart - Principal, Blend Ventures

Sophie Muir - Director, Capital Engine

Peter Nahum - Former Director, Sotheby’s, Online Galleries and Leicester Galleries

Lori Yi Luo - Writer & Collector

RSVP for Wednesday: https://goo.gl/B3yKse

Thursday, October 4th

Public Institutions: Working With Private Foundations and Galleries

James Knox - Director, Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation

Jo Baring - Director, The Ingram Collection

Lara Wardle - Director, Jerwood Foundation; Jerwood Collection; Independent Curator, Modern & Contemporary British art

Javier Lumbreras - CEO, The Charitable Museum Endowment Fund & Collector & Director, Artemundi

Thomas Marks (Moderator) - Editor, Apollo Art Magazine

RSVP for Thursday: https://goo.gl/4QjrZs

Friday, October 6th

Mining for Big Data in The Art World

Anders Petterson - Founder and Managing Director, ArtTactic

Magnus Resch - Entrepreneur, Founder of “Shazam for Art”

Christine Bourron - CEO, Pi-eX

Bernadine Br?cker Wieder (Moderator) - CEO, Vastari

RSVP for Friday: https://goo.gl/62D7bA

I hope to see you there, it promises to be a great way to start the day during Frieze Week! We'll be there from 9am every morning, with coffee and pastries.