Frieze New York announces new performance commissions for its 2025 edition.

Frieze New York has announced its performance programming for its 13th edition, which will run from May 7th to 11th at The Shed and the High Line in Chelsea. The new program will feature new works by Finnish artist Pilvi Takala, New York–based artist Asad Raza, and American artist Carlos Reyes.

“Visitors to Frieze New York 2025 will have the opportunity to engage artists from around the world,” Christine Messineo, Frieze’s director of Americas, said in a press statement. “The vitality of their art is not only seen in gallery presentations but extends to the auxiliary spaces of the Shed architecture and our neighbor, the High Line, where our visitors will encounter a series of newly commissioned durational performances.”

Takala, a Finnish artist who is based in Berlin, will present The Pin, a performance that challenges societal norms that dictate behavior in everyday settings such as offices and parks. This performance is curated by Taylor Zakarin, associate curator of High Line Art. This will mark the second co-commissioned performance from High Line Art and Frieze, after Matty Davis’s Die No Die (The High Line) in 2024. Takala represented Finland in the 2022 Venice Biennale.

Another performance co-commissioned by High Line Art and Frieze is Raza’s Immortal Coil. This participatory event will feature seedlings, cuttings, and clippings from several High Line plants selected with the help of the High Line’s senior director of horticulture, Richard Hayden. Participants will be invited to walk the city trail with one of these plants on May 10th. As part of the project, climate science journalist Zoë Schlanger will give a lecture on the environment, and Los Angeles–based singer Kelsey Lu will create a song to accompany the performance. The walking participants will be encouraged to take home their plants.

Living between Caguas, Puerto Rico and New York, Reyes explores ephemeral phenomena in his sculptural, site-specific works. At the Shed, the artist will present Freestyle Hard, an immersive soundscape at the Shed, a durational performance on May 8th, featuring a series of live bird calling by bird callers. These sounds will be projected across the Shed, including the building’s escalators, coat check, and passageways.

After debuting at Frieze in 2022, the “Artist Plate Project” will return to the fair, featuring plates designed by more than 50 artists, including Amy Sherald, Mickalene Thomas, and KAWS. These artists’ limited edition plates will benefit the Coalition for the Homeless. Each plate sold will directly support essential services like meals and housing assistance. Boutique design company Atelier Eightyeight will produce 250 editions of each plate.