‘The US art market is the biggest in the world,’ Frieze CEO Fox told Art News, having bought up art-fair rivals Expo Chicago and The Armory Show, New York, in a single sitting. If, with Paris+, Art Basel has locked down European fairs, Frieze has locked down the US. Fox now controls four of the country’s major art fairs (including Friezes New York and LA), putting pressure on the fifth, Art Basel Miami Beach. The new acquisitions bring challenges: Armory is scheduled for the same week as Frieze Seoul, whose second edition landed in September. Emanuel, CEO of parent company Endeavor, was bullish, stating that Basel ‘made a mistake [opening a fair] in Hong Kong. I think we made the right decision in South Korea.’ Back in London, where the first Frieze art fair celebrated its 20th anniversary, the company’s permanent gallery space (rented primarily by those who take part in the fairs) hosted a range of shows, from Tehran’s Dastan Gallery to Cape Town’s Blank Projects, as well as an Afro-Cuban summer carnival.