Editorial

Profile - 26 Jul 2017

A Brief History of the Future

A recent show traces the creative legacies of an artist and an architect who helped shape Japan’s futurist postwar aspirations

By Philip Brophy

Latest Articles

News - 25 Jul 2017

Briefing

Istanbul Biennial announces artists; Abounaddara say Milan Triennale showed work without consent; Beirut Arab Art Museum to open in 2020

Profile - 25 Jul 2017

In Memoriam: Khadija Saye

Friends and mentors of the artist Khadija Saye pay tribute to an extraordinary talent

By Nicola Green, Josie Dobrin and Ingrid Swenson

Review - 24 Jul 2017

‘TV 70: Francesco Vezzoli Watches Rai’

Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy

By Barbara Casavecchia

Opinion - 24 Jul 2017

Quilting Points

The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art inaugurates its biennial artists’ award with a show marked by the idea of transference

By En Liang Khong

Culture Digest - 21 Jul 2017

Weekend Reading List

Playgrounds as radical propositions, the problem with Okja, and debating ‘the dirtbag left’: what to read this weekend

News - 21 Jul 2017

Briefing

More vandalism at Skulptur Projekte Münster; Centre Pompidou to open a satellite space in Shanghai; Off Vendome and Breese Little close

Review - 21 Jul 2017

Louise Lawler

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

By Andrew Durbin
Romare Bearden, Pittsburgh Memory, 1964, mixed media collage and graphite on board, 22 x 30 cm. Courtesy: © Romare Bearden Foundation / DACS, London / VAGA, New York 2017

Opinion - 21 Jul 2017

‘Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power’

Successfully layering a broader socio-historical narrative onto a period of radical non-conformity, this is an important show, now

By Osei Bonsu

Opinion - 20 Jul 2017

The Point is to Change It

Trump’s trashing of the Paris Climate Accord makes it clear: we can't be satisfied with art about the political, art must change it

By Mel Evans

Interview - 20 Jul 2017

Questionnaire: Glenn Ligon

Q: What do you like the look of? A: Someone who knows who they are

By Glenn Ligon

City Report - 20 Jul 2017

Les Rencontres d'Arles 2017

With a strong surrealist strain, and including a welcome number of female artists, highlights from the 48th edition of the photography festival

By Ela Bittencourt

Review - 19 Jul 2017

Manchester International Festival 2017

Various venues, Manchester, UK

By Chris Sharratt

Critic's Guide - 18 Jul 2017

Critic's Guide: London

A guide to the best of the summer shows

By Orit Gat

News - 18 Jul 2017

Briefing

Agnes Gund awards USD$500,000 to New York’s Parrish Art Museum; Istanbul’s Rampa gallery closes; Gwangju Biennale announces new president

Review - 18 Jul 2017

Justin John Greene

Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA

By Bean Gilsdorf

Opinion - 17 Jul 2017

Other Minds

With our increasingly porous objects, ubiquitous networks and ambivalent organisms, why artists are drawing inspiration from extra-human agencies

By Gary Zhexi Zhang

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Louise Lawler
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Romare Bearden, Pittsburgh Memory, 1964, mixed media collage and graphite on board, 22 x 30 cm. Courtesy: © Romare Bearden Foundation / DACS, London / VAGA, New York 2017

Opinion

‘Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power’
Successfully layering a broader socio-historical narrative onto a period of radical non-conformity, this is an...

Opinion

The Point is to Change It
Trump’s trashing of the Paris Climate Accord makes it clear: we can't be satisfied with art about the political, art...

Interview

Questionnaire: Glenn Ligon
Q: What do you like the look of? A: Someone who knows who they are

City Report

Les Rencontres d'Arles 2017
With a strong surrealist strain, and including a welcome number of female artists, highlights from the 48th edition of...

Critic's Guide

Critic's Guide: London
A guide to the best of the summer shows

News

Briefing
Agnes Gund awards USD$500,000 to New York’s Parrish Art Museum; Istanbul’s Rampa gallery closes; Gwangju Biennale...

Review

Justin John Greene
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA

Opinion

Other Minds
With our increasingly porous objects, ubiquitous networks and ambivalent organisms, why artists are drawing inspiration...

Critic's Guide

Critic’s Guide: Taipei
From contemporary ink to counter-cultural histories, what to see across the Taiwanese capital

News

Briefing
Nicholas Serota calls for freedom of movement to be protected after Brexit; Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi resigns from DiEM25;...

Profile

Dancing to the Pulse
On the anniversary of the 2016 Orlando massacre, Brendan Fernandes reclaims the dancefloor as a site of resistance

City Report

Refugee Tales
A walk through London gives presence to those the current government would rather render invisible

Profile

France’s New Culture Minister
Who is Françoise Nyssen?

City Report

Postcard from Barcelona
Protests against housing inequality, tourism and a colonialist past have been roiling across the Catalan capital

City Report

Learning from Beirut
In a city of maddening contradictions, artists have learned to adapt in manifold ways

Interview

In Profile: Daniel Castro Garcia
The winner of the British Journal of Photography International Photography Award 2017 talks about the ethics of...

Opinion

Hi, Robot
Does an automaton-filled future spell the end of work, of life? A report from the future-focused Vienna Biennale 2017

City Report

Dispatches: London
What might the late Mark Fisher have made of the UK’s General Election? Suddenly the end of ‘capitalist realism’ feels...

Critic's Guide

Critic's Guide: Condo New York
Highlights from the first edition of Condo New York, a collaborative exhibition by 36 galleries across 16 city-wide...

Opinion

Can the Subaltern Tweet?
Reconsidering the ethics and efficacy of ‘strategic essentialism’ via Adrian Piper, ‘We Wanted a Revolution’ and...

Opinion

Slapstick Superwestern
In Twin Peaks: The Return, David Lynch’s bone-dry humour rises to the surface, and his lush visuals float free above...

Opinion

Over the Rainbow
What the Pride flag says about the gentrification of queer politics 

City Report

Postcard from Northern Spain
The arrival of the Centro Botín in Santander prompts a reassessment of the ‘Bilbao effect’, and a journey across the...

Critic's Guide

Critic’s Guide: Berlin
A guide to the best current shows across the German capital

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Design Matters - 20 Jul 2017

Function: Barber & Osgerby

In the second of a new six-part film series, Design Matters, Barber & Osgerby talk about how function informs their designs

19 Jul 2017

BMW Open Work

Premiering during Frieze London in October, BMW Open Work is a joint creative endeavour with Frieze. The two brands will be bringing together art and technology in pioneering multi-platform formats 

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