Who actually buys the art at Frieze?

Glitchslap · 17 October 2026

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1. Who actually buys the art at Frieze?
2. Not you.
3. Not me.
4. Not the art students queuing outside.
5. Collectors. Funds. Advisers.
6. People whose job title is just "wealth".
7. Art used to be about saying something.
8. Now half of it is money, hanging in a frame.
9. We'd rather it said something.
10. Subscribe. Art for people, not portfolios.
11. Long live the glitch.