Voices From Frieze – Kimberly Drew
Welcome to Voices From Frieze, brought to you by luxury fashion destination MATCHESFASHION. In this series of mini audio guides, experts and insiders bring you the most important news, up-and-coming talent and local insights from the Frieze art fairs. Even if you can’t be there in person, the creatives featured in this series will guide you around all the pulse points of interest and excitement in and around the fair. In this episode, Rebecca Siegel, director of Americas and content for Frieze Los Angeles, speaks to Kimberly Drew, the Brooklyn-based curator and writer who came to public consciousness with her Tumblr, Black Contemporary Art, where she built an audience of young, creative and socially minded fans. They discuss her involvement with the Vision and Justice project, and why it has evolved into the powerful political arts and culture platform it is today. She also shares her tips for how best to spend an afternoon enjoying art in New York.