Influences

James Carr, Oskar Kokoschka and a goat: Jimmy Merris shares a series of images that are important to him

As part of a new series, frieze invites performance artist Grace Schwindt to present a series of images that are important to her

As part of a new series, frieze invites artist Lucy Stein to present a series of images that are important to her

The British artist discusses the films that have influenced him

On the occasion of his major retrospective at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, painter Daniel Richter discusses his influences, from painting to Pop music, with Jörg Heiser

The Norwegian filmmaker on childhood heroines, docu-fiction and Swedish love stories

The French artist Nathalie du Pasquier recollects the people, images and places that have shaped her career

Meriç Algün Ringborg discusses the books that have influenced her

An alternative history of graphic design

Conversations, buildings, books and films

19 artists write about a work of art that influenced them

From Samuel Beckett’s plays to Nick Cave’s music, the artists and filmmakers discuss the evolution of their artistic imaginations

The British screenwriter and director discusses the films that have influenced her practice

Trying to make sense of the loss of a friend

From conversations with friends including André Breton, William Burroughs and Caresse Crosby, to studying astronomy, physics and the Greek myths, Liliane Lijn discusses the evolution of her pictorial language

The artist and writer discusses the books that have influenced her

Jordan Wolfson discusses his influences

From her father’s illustrations of Jean Cocteau’s poetry to Lucas Cranach, Giorgio de Chirico and Gerhard Merz, the German artist discusses the evolution of her pictorial language and Jennifer Higgie responds to her ‘heart-breaking hallucinations’

Italian artist Linda Fregni Nagler discusses the books that have influenced her

In the first of a new series, Norwegian artist Ida Ekblad discusses the music that she loves