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'''Matthew Slotover''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 1968) is an English publisher and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Frieze, a media and events company, which now includes the [[Frieze Art Fair]], [[Frieze (magazine)|''frieze'']] and Frieze Academy.
'''Matthew Slotover''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 1968) is an English [[publisher]] and [[entrepreneur]]. He co-founded [[Frieze (magazine)|Frieze]], a media and events company that has a focus on the [[art scene]] and that also produces the annual [[Frieze Art Fair]]. in 2021 he co-founded [http://www.toklaslondon.com Toklas] restaurant, London, and in 2022 he opened [http://www.fortroadhotel.com Fort Road Hotel], Margate.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Slotover was born in London and grew up in South Kensington. He attended [[St Paul's School, London]] and then studied Psychology at [[Oxford University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fantastic Man 15 - Matthew Slotover|url=https://www.bruil.info/product/fantastic-man-15-matthew-slotover/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Bruil & van de Staaij|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Slotover was born in London and grew up in South Kensington. He attended [[St Paul's School, London]] and then studied Psychology at [[Oxford University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fantastic Man 15 - Matthew Slotover|url=https://www.bruil.info/product/fantastic-man-15-matthew-slotover/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Bruil & van de Staaij|language=en-GB}}</ref>


His paternal family (originally the Zlotovers) emigrated from Lithuania in the 1930s and settled in Newcastle.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-02|title=All the fun of the fair|url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/oct/03/aida-edemariam-interview-frieze-duo|access-date=2021-05-10|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Slotover's father, [[Robert Slotover]] manages classical musicians including the composer [[Sir Harrison Birtwistle]]; his mother [[Jill Slotover]] is a children's book editor. Matthew's maternal grandfather, [[Richard Kravitz]] was an American magazine publisher who introduced ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' and [[DC Comics]] to the UK.<ref>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+FAIR+GAME%3B+In+two+weeks,+the+key+players+in+the+contemporary+art...-a0137282339 {{deadlink|date=May 2021}}</ref>
His paternal family (originally the Zlotovers) emigrated from Lithuania in the 1930s and settled in Newcastle.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-02|title=All the fun of the fair|url=http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/oct/03/aida-edemariam-interview-frieze-duo|access-date=2021-05-10|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Slotover's father, Robert Slotover manages classical musicians including the composer [[Sir Harrison Birtwistle]]; his mother Jill Slotover is a children's book editor. Matthew's maternal grandfather, Richard Kravitz was an American magazine publisher who introduced ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' and [[DC Comics]] to the UK.<ref>http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+FAIR+GAME%3B+In+two+weeks,+the+key+players+in+the+contemporary+art...-a0137282339 {{dead link|date=May 2021}}</ref>


He first became interested in contemporary art after visiting the [[Young British Artists|YBA]] art exhibition [[Modern Medicine (art exhibition)|Modern Medicine]], in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|author=Aida Edemariam|author-link=Aida Edemariam|date=3 October 2009|title=All the fun of the fair|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/oct/03/aida-edemariam-interview-frieze-duo|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
He first became interested in contemporary art after visiting the [[Young British Artists|YBA]] art exhibition [[Modern Medicine (art exhibition)|Modern Medicine]], in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|author=Aida Edemariam|author-link=Aida Edemariam|date=3 October 2009|title=All the fun of the fair|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/oct/03/aida-edemariam-interview-frieze-duo|work=The Guardian}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
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[[File:Preparing for Frieze Art Fair, Regents Park (6) - geograph.org.uk - 1524041.jpg |thumb |right|Marquees being erected in [[Regents Park]] in early October 2009 for the Frieze Art Fair]]


Slotover launched ''[[Frieze (magazine)|Frieze]]'' in June 1991 with Tom Gidley as co-editor. The pilot issue featured the first ever magazine interview with [[Damien Hirst]],{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} with a detail of a Hirst butterfly painting on the cover. [[Amanda Sharp]] joined ''Frieze'' in July 1991. In 1999, he founded Counter Editions, a low-cost, high-volume edition company, with [[Carl Freedman]] and Neville Wakefield.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
Slotover launched ''[[Frieze (magazine)|Frieze]]'' in June 1991 with Tom Gidley as co-editor. The pilot issue featured the first ever magazine interview with [[Damien Hirst]],{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} with a detail of a Hirst butterfly painting on the cover. [[Amanda Sharp]] joined ''Frieze'' in July 1991. In 1999, he founded Counter Editions, a low-cost, high-volume edition company, with [[Carl Freedman]] and Neville Wakefield.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}


Slotover is chair of Margate's [https://turnercontemporary.org/about/our-staff-and-trustees/ Turner Contemporary], and serves on the board of [https://www.sadlerswells.com/about-us/our-people/board-of-trustees/ Sadlers Wells]. In 2021 with Caius Pawson he co-founded [https://www.murmur.earth Murmur], a charity to combat the climate crisis via the arts.
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Slotover is chair of the South London Gallery board of trustees. In 2000, he was a judge on the [[Turner Prize]].{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} And in 1993, he curated a section of the Aperto at the [[Venice Biennale]], which included Damien Hirst, Mat Collishaw and Rirkrit Tiravanija.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}


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He was a judge on the [[Turner Prize]] in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haveron-Jones |first=Alexander |date=2021-06-06 |title=In Conversation with Matthew Slotover |url=https://cherwell.org/2021/06/06/in-conversation-with-matthew-slotover/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Cherwell |language=en-GB}}</ref> And in 1993, he curated a section of the Aperto at the [[Venice Biennale]], which included Damien Hirst, Mat Collishaw and Rirkrit Tiravanija.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
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Through ''Frieze,'' Slotover has published the books: ''What the Butler Saw - The Selected Writings of Stuart Morgan;'' ''All Tomorrow's Parties - Photographs of Andy Warhol’s Factory,'' by [[Billy Name]]; and ''Designed by Peter Saville,'' a retrospective of [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|Saville]]'s graphic design.

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Through ''Frieze,'' Slotover published the books: ''What the Butler Saw - The Selected Writings of Stuart Morgan;'' ''All Tomorrow's Parties - Photographs of Andy Warhol’s Factory,'' by [[Billy Name]]; and ''Designed by Peter Saville,'' a retrospective of [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|Saville]]'s graphic design.


In 2009, Slotover received an honorary degree from [[University of the Arts London]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arts.ac.uk/newsevents/3066/frieze-frame/ |title=Frieze frame |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721030602/http://www.arts.ac.uk/newsevents/3066/frieze-frame/ |archive-date=21 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arts.ac.uk/news/52769.htm |title=University of the Arts London - University of the Arts London Honorary Awards 14 May 2009 |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091005232107/http://www.arts.ac.uk/news/52769.htm |archive-date=5 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
In 2009, Slotover received an honorary degree from [[University of the Arts London]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arts.ac.uk/newsevents/3066/frieze-frame/ |title=Frieze frame |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721030602/http://www.arts.ac.uk/newsevents/3066/frieze-frame/ |archive-date=21 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arts.ac.uk/news/52769.htm |title=University of the Arts London - University of the Arts London Honorary Awards 14 May 2009 |access-date=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091005232107/http://www.arts.ac.uk/news/52769.htm |archive-date=5 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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In 2010, Slotover debated whether "art fairs are about money" with [[Louisa Buck]], [[Matthew Collings]], and [[Jasper Joffe]] for the motion and against the motion [[Norman Rosenthal]], [[Richard Wentworth (artist)|Richard Wentworth]], Matthew Slotover.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://magazine.saatchionline.com/articles/debate-art-fairs-are-about-money-not-art |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104193151/http://magazine.saatchionline.com/articles/debate-art-fairs-are-about-money-not-art |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-04 |title=Debate: Art Fairs Are About Money Not Art }}</ref> Joffe claims that his criticisms of [[Frieze Art Fair]] led to his work being banned from the fair in 2010. ''Frieze'' replied that Resonance FM had hung a number of works, including Joffe's, against their agreement with the fair, and that to ensure a high quality level, artworks in the fair are included only via the galleries in the fair who are selected by the selection committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/diary/diary-joffes-jokey-picture-falls-flat-with-frieze-2105072.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/diary/diary-joffes-jokey-picture-falls-flat-with-frieze-2105072.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Diary: Joffe's jokey picture falls flat with Frieze|work=The Independent|date=12 October 2010}}</ref>
In 2010, Slotover debated whether "art fairs are about money" with [[Louisa Buck]], [[Matthew Collings]], and [[Jasper Joffe]] for the motion and against the motion [[Norman Rosenthal]], [[Richard Wentworth (artist)|Richard Wentworth]], Matthew Slotover.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://magazine.saatchionline.com/articles/debate-art-fairs-are-about-money-not-art |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104193151/http://magazine.saatchionline.com/articles/debate-art-fairs-are-about-money-not-art |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-04 |title=Debate: Art Fairs Are About Money Not Art }}</ref> Joffe claims that his criticisms of [[Frieze Art Fair]] led to his work being banned from the fair in 2010. ''Frieze'' replied that Resonance FM had hung a number of works, including Joffe's, against their agreement with the fair, and that to ensure a high quality level, artworks in the fair are included only via the galleries in the fair who are selected by the selection committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/diary/diary-joffes-jokey-picture-falls-flat-with-frieze-2105072.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/diary/diary-joffes-jokey-picture-falls-flat-with-frieze-2105072.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Diary: Joffe's jokey picture falls flat with Frieze|work=The Independent|date=12 October 2010}}</ref>


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In 2010, Slotover and Sharp were placed jointly at number 41 in the [[ArtReview]] "Power 100", a list of influential people in fine arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artreview100.com/people/691/|title=Power 100 / Art Review |publisher=Art Review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320132630/http://www.artreview100.com/people/691/ |archive-date=March 20, 2011 |year=2011 }}</ref>
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In May 2011, Slotover and Sharp announced the launch of two new art fairs - Frieze New York, and Frieze Masters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e2308e16-8266-11e0-8c49-00144feabdc0.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/aAD1j |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=From Frieze to triptych|work=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/may/20/frieze-masters-art-fair|title=New Masters fair should end the classic art Frieze-out|author=Jonathan Jones|work=The Guardian|date=20 May 2011}}</ref>


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In May 2011, Slotover and Sharp announced the launch of two new art fairs - Frieze New York, and Frieze Masters.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Frieze to triptych |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e2308e16-8266-11e0-8c49-00144feabdc0.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/aAD1j |archive-date=11 December 2022 |work=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jonathan Jones |date=20 May 2011 |title=New Masters fair should end the classic art Frieze-out |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/may/20/frieze-masters-art-fair |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Frieze Los Angeles was launched in 2019, followed by Frieze Seoul in 2021. Frieze is [https://news.artnet.com/market/william-morris-endeavor-frieze-stake-475892 now owned] by Endeavor.
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In 2010, Slotover and Sharp were placed jointly at number 41 in the [[ArtReview]] "Power 100", a list of influential people in fine arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artreview100.com/people/691/|title=Power 100 / Art Review|author=Site name}}</ref>


Slotover and Sharp were both appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to the visual arts.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60009 |date=31 December 2011 |page=12 |supp=y}}</ref>
Slotover and Sharp were both appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to the visual arts.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60009 |date=31 December 2011 |page=12 |supp=y}}</ref>

In 2021 he co-founded [http://www.toklaslondon.com Toklas] restaurant, London, with Frieze co-founder Amanda Sharp.

In 2022 he opened [http://www.fortroadhotel.com Fort Road Hotel], Margate with Gabriel Chipperfield and Tom Gidley.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Slotover is married to design historian Emily King.

In April 2017, the couple unsuccessfully applied for planning permission to build a townhouse just off [[Barnsbury Square]] in [[Islington]], North London. They would have had to make a £50,000 contribution to affordable housing in the borough, if the plans had been approved, but the application was rejected on the grounds that the plans constituted an under-use of the land, and over concerns regarding the destruction of nearby trees.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Neighbours get preview of couple's townhouse plan|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/neighbours-get-preview-of-couples-townhouse-plan|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Camden New Journal|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Couple's bid to build dream home is dashed|url=http://islingtontribune.com/article/couples-bid-to-build-dream-home-is-dashed|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Islington Tribune|language=en-gb}}</ref> In 2019 the planning rejection was overturned on appeal.
In April 2017, the couple unsuccessfully applied for planning permission to build a townhouse just off [[Barnsbury Square]] in [[Islington]], North London. They would have had to make a £50,000 contribution to affordable housing in the borough, if the plans had been approved, but the application was rejected on the grounds that the plans constituted an under-use of the land, and over concerns regarding the destruction of nearby trees.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Neighbours get preview of couple's townhouse plan|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/neighbours-get-preview-of-couples-townhouse-plan|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Camden New Journal|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Couple's bid to build dream home is dashed|url=http://islingtontribune.com/article/couples-bid-to-build-dream-home-is-dashed|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Islington Tribune|language=en-gb}}</ref> In 2019 the planning rejection was overturned on appeal.


Latest revision as of 22:09, 21 November 2024

Matthew Slotover
BornDecember 1968 (age 55–56)
London, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, publisher
Known forCo-founding art and media company Frieze
SpouseEmily King

Matthew Slotover OBE (born 1968) is an English publisher and entrepreneur. He co-founded Frieze, a media and events company that has a focus on the art scene and that also produces the annual Frieze Art Fair. in 2021 he co-founded Toklas restaurant, London, and in 2022 he opened Fort Road Hotel, Margate.

Early life

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Slotover was born in London and grew up in South Kensington. He attended St Paul's School, London and then studied Psychology at Oxford University.[1]

His paternal family (originally the Zlotovers) emigrated from Lithuania in the 1930s and settled in Newcastle.[2] Slotover's father, Robert Slotover manages classical musicians including the composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle; his mother Jill Slotover is a children's book editor. Matthew's maternal grandfather, Richard Kravitz was an American magazine publisher who introduced Esquire and DC Comics to the UK.[3]

He first became interested in contemporary art after visiting the YBA art exhibition Modern Medicine, in 1990.[4]

Life and career

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Marquees being erected in Regents Park in early October 2009 for the Frieze Art Fair

Slotover launched Frieze in June 1991 with Tom Gidley as co-editor. The pilot issue featured the first ever magazine interview with Damien Hirst,[citation needed] with a detail of a Hirst butterfly painting on the cover. Amanda Sharp joined Frieze in July 1991. In 1999, he founded Counter Editions, a low-cost, high-volume edition company, with Carl Freedman and Neville Wakefield.[citation needed]

Slotover is chair of Margate's Turner Contemporary, and serves on the board of Sadlers Wells. In 2021 with Caius Pawson he co-founded Murmur, a charity to combat the climate crisis via the arts.

He was a judge on the Turner Prize in 2000.[5] And in 1993, he curated a section of the Aperto at the Venice Biennale, which included Damien Hirst, Mat Collishaw and Rirkrit Tiravanija.[citation needed]

Through Frieze, Slotover published the books: What the Butler Saw - The Selected Writings of Stuart Morgan; All Tomorrow's Parties - Photographs of Andy Warhol’s Factory, by Billy Name; and Designed by Peter Saville, a retrospective of Saville's graphic design.

In 2009, Slotover received an honorary degree from University of the Arts London.[6][7]

In 2010, Slotover debated whether "art fairs are about money" with Louisa Buck, Matthew Collings, and Jasper Joffe for the motion and against the motion Norman Rosenthal, Richard Wentworth, Matthew Slotover.[8] Joffe claims that his criticisms of Frieze Art Fair led to his work being banned from the fair in 2010. Frieze replied that Resonance FM had hung a number of works, including Joffe's, against their agreement with the fair, and that to ensure a high quality level, artworks in the fair are included only via the galleries in the fair who are selected by the selection committee.[9]

In 2010, Slotover and Sharp were placed jointly at number 41 in the ArtReview "Power 100", a list of influential people in fine arts.[10]

In May 2011, Slotover and Sharp announced the launch of two new art fairs - Frieze New York, and Frieze Masters.[11][12] Frieze Los Angeles was launched in 2019, followed by Frieze Seoul in 2021. Frieze is now owned by Endeavor.

Slotover and Sharp were both appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to the visual arts.[13]

In 2021 he co-founded Toklas restaurant, London, with Frieze co-founder Amanda Sharp.

In 2022 he opened Fort Road Hotel, Margate with Gabriel Chipperfield and Tom Gidley.

Personal life

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Slotover is married to design historian Emily King.

In April 2017, the couple unsuccessfully applied for planning permission to build a townhouse just off Barnsbury Square in Islington, North London. They would have had to make a £50,000 contribution to affordable housing in the borough, if the plans had been approved, but the application was rejected on the grounds that the plans constituted an under-use of the land, and over concerns regarding the destruction of nearby trees.[14][15] In 2019 the planning rejection was overturned on appeal.

References

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  1. ^ "Fantastic Man 15 - Matthew Slotover". Bruil & van de Staaij. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "All the fun of the fair". the Guardian. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+FAIR+GAME%3B+In+two+weeks,+the+key+players+in+the+contemporary+art...-a0137282339 [dead link‍]
  4. ^ Aida Edemariam (3 October 2009). "All the fun of the fair". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Haveron-Jones, Alexander (6 June 2021). "In Conversation with Matthew Slotover". Cherwell. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Frieze frame". Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  7. ^ "University of the Arts London - University of the Arts London Honorary Awards 14 May 2009". Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Debate: Art Fairs Are About Money Not Art". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Diary: Joffe's jokey picture falls flat with Frieze". The Independent. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Power 100 / Art Review". Art Review. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2011.
  11. ^ "From Frieze to triptych". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022.
  12. ^ Jonathan Jones (20 May 2011). "New Masters fair should end the classic art Frieze-out". The Guardian.
  13. ^ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 12.
  14. ^ "Neighbours get preview of couple's townhouse plan". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Couple's bid to build dream home is dashed". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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