In Profile: Sarah McCrory

Sarah McCrory is the curator of Frieze Projects, established in 2003 as part of London's annual Frieze Art Fair. Running from October 13–16, this year's program includes works McCrory has commissioned from eight locally based artists and the winner of the Emdash Award for emerging artists outside the U.K., for which she was a member of the selection panel. McCrory also serves on the development committee and board of trustees of the South London not-for-profit Studio Voltaire, where she was formerly the curator.

Can you tell us a little bit about the process of choosing the artists for Frieze Projects? Is there one unifying thread tying them all together?

I couldn't say how many studios I visited, but I make occasional research trips around the world, trying to fit in as many in each city as I can, as well as seeing artists in London regularly. There isn't a particularly big push to see more in the research period; I try to see artists all year round. I approach artists who are doing something interesting, whose work seems particularly timely, and look at what it is that unites them in retrospect. It doesn't make sense to impose a theme on the works in the fair; reacting to or against the context of the fair is challenge enough.

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