Contributor
Sean Burns

Sean Burns is an artist, writer and associate editor of frieze based in London, UK. His book Death (2023) is out now from Tate Publishing.

In the first of a series of events partnered with MUBI, the artist discusses love, empathy and sexuality in Glazer’s 2013 masterpiece

BY Sean Burns |

The artist speaks to Sean Burns about her polarising public sculptures and capturing the spirit of her subjects

BY Sean Burns AND Maggi Hambling |

Frieze editors discuss the different trends in digital exhibition-making, from end-of-world scenarios to community-based initiatives

In a culture so fixated on image, Sean Burns explores why what’s beyond ‘the look’ is more important than ever

BY Sean Burns |

From an exhibition of Francis Bacon’s ‘beasts’ to Terrence Malick’s film on the life of Christ, these are the top picks for the year

The gender and sexuality theorist speaks to Sean Burns about his book, ‘Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire’, and why gay men are a fast lane for capitalism

BY Sean Burns |

With the industry having been continuously overlooked by the UK government’s COVID-19 response, frieze charts a disastrous year for nightlife

BY Sean Burns |

In homage to Italo Calvino’s ‘Six Memos for the Next Millennium’, artists from Kara Walker to Collier Schorr, explore his six artistic virtues 

BY Sean Burns |

In the latest episode of frieze’s Autumn Sessions, the two friends play and discuss records that create or bridge distance

BY Sean Burns |

Dawn Mellor’s new mural in the north London suburb of Brent celebrates the star in all of his queer glory  

BY Sean Burns |

Sean Burns profiles the filmmaker and DJ, a friend to generations of artists, designers and club-goers

BY Sean Burns |

The artist’s exhibition at Marian Goodman Gallery, London, seems to mirror the evanescent nature of experience

BY Sean Burns |

A new exhibition at Tramps reveals 40 years of hidden painting

BY Sean Burns |

Sean Burns reviews Birmingham’s live art biennale

BY Sean Burns |

Roxy Lee’s new photobook offers an insight into an irreverent and politically-charged world

BY Sean Burns |

The artist talks about the mystery and politics of making 

BY Sean Burns |

On the 40th anniversary of ‘Unknown Pleasures’, the artist discusses the inspiration behind his iconic designs

BY Sean Burns |

An exhibition at Platform Southwark, London, celebrates the legacy of the radical drag theatre company

BY Sean Burns |

‘Militant Desire’, a new series of screenings at London’s Gasworks, revives consciousness-raising discussions

BY Sean Burns |

London’s biggest free contemporary art festival happens on Saturday in Walthamstow and King’s Cross 

BY Sean Burns |