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Film / The Best Films at Cannes 2025

From Mascha Schilinski’s striking debut to Wes Anderson’s triumphant return to form, here are five films generating buzz at the French festival

BY Rory O'Connor | 20 May 25

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Exhibition Reviews / Paul Niedermayer’s Portraits Bug the System

At The Wig, Berlin, the artist’s insect photographs playfully subvert the rules of wildlife photography

BY Louisa Elderton | 22 May 25

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Exhibition Reviews / Steina Explores a Nonhuman Perspective

The pioneering artist, who has worked with machine vision since the 1970s, gets the retrospective treatment at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum

BY Lauren Stroh | 22 May 25

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Opinion / Five Works to See at Sharjah Biennial 16

From Stephanie Comilang’s genre-defying filmic portrait of the pearl industry to Sakiya’s satirical reimagining of the seat of US power

BY Chloe Stead | 22 May 25

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Opinion / Essex Hemphill and the Washington, DC That Was

At The Phillips Collection, an exhibition maps the poet’s radical networks – offering both homage and a quiet indictment of the city that let his world disappear

BY Ian Bourland | 21 May 25

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Opinion / Rafał Zajko’s Drive to Foreverise

The artist’s camp, playful sculptures and performances – now at Focal Point Gallery – offer a spirited, surreal attempt to preserve the past

BY Rafał Zajko AND Sean Burns | 23 Apr 25

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Opinion / ‘The Mud Gives My Paintings a Unique Beauty’: Vivian Suter

How the artist integrates nature into her creative process, letting her surroundings shape and co-create her canvases

BY Vivian Suter AND Lauren O’Neill-Butler | 23 Apr 25

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Opinion / The Paintings of Noah Davis Refuse to Settle

A look at the art historical echoes in the artist’s work, on the occasion of a major retrospective at the Barbican Art Gallery, London

BY Christopher Alessandrini | 23 Apr 25

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Exhibition Reviews / Slugs, AI, Ghosts: Richard Hawkins’s Haunted House

Drawing inspiration from Butoh, the artist’s show at Empty Gallery, Hong Kong, features collages of queer bodies

BY Bradford Nordeen | 14 May 25

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Exhibition Reviews / The Ritualistic Power of CAConrad’s Poetry

At Champ Lacombe, London, a series of poems printed on chiffon lingers in the joy and violence of contemporary life

BY Sam Moore | 19 May 25

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Exhibition Reviews / ‘11 Parthenon’ Embraces Intimacy Over Spectacle

At 11 Parthenon Street, Nicosia, a group show positions the home as a space for gentle interruptions and understated transformations

BY Ben Livne Weitzman | 19 May 25

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Music / Frieze DJ in Residence: Lotus L. Kang

To accompany her profile in the latest issue, the artist curates a playlist of 49 personally meaningful tracks

BY Lotus L. Kang | 23 Apr 25

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Music / Frieze DJ in Residence: Lotus L. Kang

To accompany her profile in the latest issue, the artist curates a playlist of 49 personally meaningful tracks

BY Lotus L. Kang | 23 Apr 25

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Music / Frieze DJ in Residence: Lotus L. Kang

To accompany her profile in the latest issue, the artist curates a playlist of 49 personally meaningful tracks

BY Lotus L. Kang | 23 Apr 25

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Frieze New York / A Tour of Frieze New York with Joey Terrill

The Los Angeles artist discovers works that reimagine art history and illuminate the experiences of queer, diasporic and Black communities

10 May 25

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Frieze New York / Pilvi Takala: ‘Can You Keep a Secret?’

At Frieze New York, the artist’s participatory performance The Pin challenges the norms of inclusion and exclusion in public spaces

11 May 25

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Frieze New York / ‘Frieze New York 2025 Truly Delivered’

Artwork sales and voices from the fair, which saw great engagement from collectors, sold-out stands and an overwhelming spirit of positivity

12 May 25

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Frieze New York / In Pictures: Frieze New York 2025

As the fair opens at The Shed, here are some highlights of the first two days, from Jeff Koons’s Hulks to Asad Raza’s delicate seedlings

08 May 25

What's On At No.9 Cork Street

frieze's first permanent exhibition space for international galleries in the heart of Mayfair, London

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Frieze / May-June Shows at Frieze No.9 Cork Street

Three new exhibitions are on view from 23 May to 8 June, presented by Vadehra Art Gallery, Jhaveri Contemporary, and Rashid Rana

21 May 25

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Frieze / May-June Shows at Frieze No.9 Cork Street

Three new exhibitions are on view from 23 May to 8 June, presented by Vadehra Art Gallery, Jhaveri Contemporary, and Rashid Rana

21 May 25

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Frieze / May-June Shows at Frieze No.9 Cork Street

Three new exhibitions are on view from 23 May to 8 June, presented by Vadehra Art Gallery, Jhaveri Contemporary, and Rashid Rana

21 May 25

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Collaborations / Art:LIVE in New York: Meet the Movers and Shakers

Gallerists, artists and art professionals weigh in on the questions of the moment

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Collaborations / Art:LIVE in New York: Meet the Movers and Shakers

Gallerists, artists and art professionals weigh in on the questions of the moment

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Collaborations / Art:LIVE in New York: Meet the Movers and Shakers

Gallerists, artists and art professionals weigh in on the questions of the moment

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Critic's Guides / What to See During Amsterdam Art Week 2025

From Arturo Kameya’s paintings of mundane yet precious childhood ephemera to a retrospective of Augusta Curiel’s photography

BY Andrew Pasquier | 20 May 25

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Books / The Books that Influence Hito Steyerl

As her new book Medium Hot hits the shelves, the artist shares her essential reads – a toolkit for resisting today’s wave of authoritarian tech

BY Hito Steyerl | 20 May 25

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Exhibition Reviews / The Islamic Arts Biennale Anchors Itself in the Past

In Jeddah, the biennial’s second edition wrestles with how to honour history without mothballing it

BY Nadine Khalil | 16 May 25