Critic's Guides

Experimental magazines, absurdist writing and new fiction, the publishing highlights of 2011

A survey of modern living in California, biennials in Asia and a new generation of design studios

The best movies and artists’ films of 2011

The factors behind the mayor of Berlin’s controversial decision to fund the exhibition ‘Made in Berlin'

From housing design in Japan to urban interventions in Caracas, architecture in 2011 was characterized by a rethinking of public and private space

Remembering 9/11: how exhibitions in New York and Berlin commemorated the tenth anniversary of the attacks

‘Pacific Standard Time’ is an collaboration that traces different histories of Southern Californian art from 1945 to 1980

The first of an occasional series in which frieze invites an artist, curator or writer to discuss the images that have influenced them

Keith Stuart slips into 21st-century sportswear

In an ongoing series, frieze asks artists and filmmakers to list the movies that have influences their practice Originally trained as a sculptor, Deimantas Narkevičius began working with film in the early 1990s. His films examine the relationship of personal memories to political histories, particularly those of his native Lithuania. Employing documentary footage, voice-overs, interviews, re-enactments and found photographs, Narkevičius’s films and videos submit historical events to the narrative structures of storytelling and cinema. His work was on view at the New Museum in New York in the recent exhibition ‘Ostalgia’, and his solo exhibition at gb agency in Paris, ‘Restricted Sensation’, runs until 22 October.

frieze invited 15 artists and writers to discuss some of the significant musicians and releases of the last 20 years

We invited frieze contributors to discuss the writers and publications they consider to be the most significant of the last 20 years

We invited 20 artists who have been on the cover of frieze to nominate a contemporary artist whose work inspires them

The Cure, Damien Hirst and beyond: the evolution of the British cultural landscape

We are currently witnessing a profound cultural implode which mirrors in its intensity the recent economic collapse. As the markets round on nations unable to sustain the debt brought upon them through bank bail-outs, and as the proverbial house of cards looks set to spectacularly fall once again, the arts assumes a familiar historical position.

In an ongoing series, frieze asks an artist, curator or writer to list the books that have influenced them

In an ongoing series, frieze asks an artist, curator or writer to list the books that have influenced them

The artist lists the books that have influenced him

For artists, institutions and magazines, December was a time for self-analysis

The best motion pictures and moving images of 2010