Frieze Art Fair Frieze Art Fair Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair in London and New York. It takes place every October in London's Regent's Park and since 2014, has also been running on New York's Randall's Island. The fair is staged by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the publishers of "frieze" magazine. Frieze Art Fair features more than 170 contemporary art galleries, and the fair also includes specially commissioned artists’ projects, a talks programme and an artist-led education schedule. Although staged for the purpose of selling work, the fair has become a cultural entertainment event and out of its
Madrid Book Fair Madrid Book Fair The Madrid Book Fair (Spanish: "Feria del Libro de Madrid") is an annual event held in the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid. It is not to be confused with the trade fair LIBER, which alternates its venues between Barcelona and Madrid. The Madrid Book Fair is international in scope. Although it features mainly books from Spanish-speaking countries, the event promotes the literature of a guest country, which in 2018 was Romania. As of 2018, the fair does not feature e-books. The event began in 1933. It ceased for a few years because of the Spanish Civil War.