THE BIG FRIEZE
by Charlie Finch

The leaders of London's Frieze Art Fair have a reputation for being controlling, intimidating and disciplined (hence, successful), so it was no surprise when I walked into St. Mark's Bookstore (now restocking its inventory for the first time since Cooper Union tried to shut it down last winter) in the East Village last week and found a stack of Frieze Art Fair pamphlets inside the door, advertising Frieze New York, which doesn't debut until May 2012.

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