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Reviews / The First Toronto Biennial Mines the History of the City’s Shoreline

From colonization to industrialization, the exhibition tackles complex local issues with international ambition

Opinion / ‘Untitled Goose Game’ And Why It Feels Good To Be Bad

‘It’s a lovely morning in the village, and you are a horrible goose.’ Aren’t so many of us feeling like that these days?

‘Untitled Goose Game’ And Why It Feels Good To Be Bad

Review / Paul Gauguin’s ‘Self-Obsessed’ Portraits at The National Gallery

In the first show dedicated to the artist’s portraits, a narcissistic personality emerges

Paul Gauguin’s ‘Self-Obsessed’ Portraits at The National Gallery

Fairs / Frieze London 2019: ‘Fascinatingly Inventive’

A round-up of what has been said about Frieze London 2019

Frieze London 2019: ‘Fascinatingly Inventive’

Fairs / ‘I Follow My Curiosity and Sometimes Building On That Curiosity Becomes a Work of Art’

‘I Follow My Curiosity and Sometimes Building On That Curiosity Becomes a Work of Art’

Video / Fabio Mauri and the Post-War Italian Avant-Garde

Achille, brother of Fabio Mauri, traces the cultural scenes of post-war Rome and Milan

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Fabio Mauri and the Post-War Italian Avant-Garde

Fairs / ‘I Follow My Curiosity and Sometimes Building On That Curiosity Becomes a Work of Art’

‘I Follow My Curiosity and Sometimes Building On That Curiosity Becomes a Work of Art’

Fair News / In Pictures: Frieze Masters 2019

In Pictures: Frieze Masters 2019

Review / Is the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s Radical Message Compromised by Big Oil?

In the third edition of the biennial, progressive politics and BP sponsorship underscore the tensions between discourse and direct action

Is the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s Radical Message Compromised by Big Oil?

Review / Is the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s Radical Message Compromised by Big Oil?

In the third edition of the biennial, progressive politics and BP sponsorship underscore the tensions between discourse and direct action

Is the Chicago Architecture Biennial’s Radical Message Compromised by Big Oil?

Critic's Guide / The Best Shows in Los Angeles Right Now

A guide to the city’s autumn exhibitions

The Best Shows in Los Angeles Right Now

Opinion / ‘It Almost Felt Like Meaning’: On Hillary Clinton Reading Her Emails at the Venice Biennale

There is a place for evidentiary art – but not for Kenneth Goldsmith’s print-out of 62,000 pages of the former US Secretary of State’s correspondence

‘It Almost Felt Like Meaning’: On Hillary Clinton Reading Her Emails at the Venice Biennale

Profile / How Jessye Norman (1945-2019) Broke Opera’s Rules for Black Women

The singer committed her life to defying a classical music industry that was not only deeply critical of women’s bodies, but also sceptical of black talent

How Jessye Norman (1945-2019) Broke Opera’s Rules for Black Women

Review / Pierre Huyghe’s Okayama Art Summit and the Non-Future of Humanity

‘IF THE SNAKE’ shows a world caught in limbo – or hell

Pierre Huyghe’s Okayama Art Summit and the Non-Future of Humanity

Opinion / The Defiant Art and Design of Extinction Rebellion

A pink octopus, guerrilla projections, a bloody ‘die-in’ – what the environmental pressure group gets right about visual communication

The Defiant Art and Design of Extinction Rebellion

Review / Carmen Maria Machado’s Lesbian Fairy Tale Fights for Complex Queer Characters

‘In the Dream House’ grapples with the ‘bad PR’ of an abusive queer relationship

Carmen Maria Machado’s Lesbian Fairy Tale Fights for Complex Queer Characters

Archive / Bridges, Trains and Ships

Made in 1977 for German public television, a rare look at Harun Farocki’s films for children

Bridges, Trains and Ships

Review / Carmen Maria Machado’s Lesbian Fairy Tale Fights for Complex Queer Characters

‘In the Dream House’ grapples with the ‘bad PR’ of an abusive queer relationship

Carmen Maria Machado’s Lesbian Fairy Tale Fights for Complex Queer Characters

Profile / I Want To Liberate A Full Life: An Interview with Roger Hiorns

The artist talks about the mystery and politics of making

I Want To Liberate A Full Life: An Interview with Roger Hiorns

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Fairs / Frieze London 2019 in Pictures

Highlights from the 2019 edition of Frieze London which closed on Sunday 6 October. See you next year!

Frieze Academy / Art & Architecture Summit, Singapore

On 22 November, Frieze Academy is bringing the flagship London edition of the Art & Architecture Summit to Singapore, in partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board. The Summit brings together leading artists, architects, thinkers and museum professionals, presenting a diversity of perspective investigations into where and how we live.

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09 Oct 2019

'I follow my curiosity and sometimes building on that curiosity becomes a work of art'

Watch artist Mark Bradford in conversation with Hans-Ulrich Obrist at Frieze Masters 2019

BMW Open Work - 06 Oct 2019

The Road to 'Sirens'

The journey that led to Camille Blatrix’s commission for BMW Open Work 2019

06 Oct 2019

Watch Ai Weiwei in conversation with Tim Marlow

'I am fortunate that I don't have to think about art all the time'

Zanele Muholi acquired by CAS Collections Fund at Frieze for Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Frieze Fairs - 03 Oct 2019

’It's a Victory for the Participants of the Series’

On the significane of Zanele Muholi’s ‘Faces and Phases’ series, acquired by the Contemporary Art Society at Frieze London 2019

frieze video - 15 Aug 2019

At Home with Duggie Fields

A frieze commissioned film: Artist Duggie Fields leads a tour of the home and studio in London’s Earls Court that he’s lived in for more than 50 years (and once shared with the musician and co-founder of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett)

frieze video - 21 Jun 2019

Walking Around Venice In My Slippers

In opening week of the 58th Venice Biennale, a new performance programme strove to soften the crowd

frieze video - 04 Jun 2019

Watch: Laure Prouvost at the 58th Venice Biennale

The artist takes us on a tour of her pavilion

Anne Pasternak discusses the Frieze LIFEWTR Fund 2019

04 May 2019

‘An Artist Who Has the World Really Buzzing Right Now’

The Frieze LIFEWTR Fund acquires Diedrick Brackens for the Brooklyn Museum

Anish Kapoor, still from Into Yourself, Fall, 2018. Courtesy of Anish Kapoor and Acute Art

Sponsored Content - 17 Apr 2019

‘Electric’ in Partnership with LIFEWTR

Featuring artists including Anish Kapoor, Rachel Rossin and Koo Jeong A, a new VR exhibition at the fair is realized in partnership with LIFEWTR, marking the launch of its new series Art through Technology

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