Matthew Slotover

Matthew Slotover (b. 1969), is an English, publisher and entrepreneur. He is co-publisher of Frieze and co-director of Frieze Art Fair with his business partner Amanda Sharp. In 2010, the two were placed jointly at number 41 in the ArtReview "Power 100", a list of influential people in fine arts.

Slotover attended St Paul's School, London and then went on to Oxford University.

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

Matthew'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.

In 2009, Slotover received an honorary degree from University of the Arts London.

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. Joffe claims that his criticisms of Frieze Art Fair led to his work being banned from the fair in 2010. Matthew Slotover, director of Frieze Art Fair had taken part in the debate on art fairs.

In May 2011, Slotover and Sharp announced the launch of two new art fairs - Frieze New York, and Frieze Masters.