Frieze New York 2026
Erwin Wurm on his fat sculptures; how to achieve art world fame in your 80s; a tale of five Rothkos; and can artists survive in New York?
Detail from ‘Titanium’ (2025) by Rafa Silvares, shown at Frieze New York © Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul Photo © CHROMA
Erwin Wurm: ‘I once made a Fat Ferrari for a collector in Aspen’
The Austrian artist’s bloated cars and puffed-up houses poke fun at consumer culture — but are curators scared of them offending gallery-goers?
