frieze asked 13 critics and curators from around the world to choose what they’re looking forward to in 2010

frieze asked 13 critics and curators from around the world to choose who they felt to be the most significant emerging artists of the year

frieze asked 13 critics and curators from around the world to choose what they felt to be the most significant solo shows of 2009

frieze asked 13 critics and curators to choose what they felt to be the most significant group shows and biennials of 2009

Two antipodean exhibitions will explore ideas ranging from the role of risk-taking to the complexities of geo-politics in making art

Francesco Bonami speaks to Dan Fox about New York’s famous biennial in its 75th year

Jean-Hubert Martin’s exhibition sought to mix Russian art with work from other cultures and different times

The trials and tribulations of the international lecture circuit

Unemployment, the London Olympics, new galleries in Metz and Rome, the Shanghai World Expo and contrasting spa designs

The best motion pictures and moving images of 2009

Philosophy in 2009: The Invisible Committee; speculative realism; an all-star conference on communism; new books from Alain Badiou and Slavoj Žižek

Re-branding débâcles, online fonts, the closure of Gourmet magazine, the 90th anniversary of the Bauhaus and a new film

Being a foreigner in Germany’s capital

The many uses of the Zeitgeist

Literary highlights of 2009, a poetry scandal, the Man Booker International Prize, artists’ writings and a new study on Robert Ryman

The highs and lows of 2009, including nostalgia, Alarm Will Sound and Terry Riley; Throbbing Gristle, Luke Fowler, and ‘Lust for Life’ 

Curator Hou Hanru turns to everyday spectacle for inspiration

Turning to Vilnius for inspiration, ‘Urban Stories’ built complex narratives from fraught histories

Life as an artist, writer or curator in an occupied city – the administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority 

Explorations in size and scale in recent Japanese sculpture

What is art for? It’s a constant reminder of the elusiveness of beauty

Nottingham Contemporary, UK

Sculpture Center, New York, USA

Fondazione Galleria Civica, Trento, Italy

Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK

Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, USA

Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, Switzerland

Tate St. Ives, UK

New Museum, New York, USA

Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland

Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain

A Foundation, Liverpool, UK

Harris Lieberman, New York, USA

Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, USA

Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria

Studio Voltaire, London, UK

Ludwik Grohman Villa and Book Art Museum, Łódź, Poland

Lisa Cooley Fine Art, New York, USA

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

Taxter & Spengemann, New York, USA

Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin, Germany

Hats Plus, London, UK

Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

Cabinet, New York, USA

Maria Lind and Dieter Roelstraete talk to Anton Vidokle about the informal, ‘free school’ initiatives in Berlin