With the sad news of the passing Gustav Metzger, aged 90, revisit his ‘Influences’ piece for frieze 

What the re-creation of Palmyra's Triumphal Arch in New York and London says about shared cultural identities

Arnolfini, Bristol & Lisson Gallery, London, UK

At what point does a doodled line become a nose? The paintings of Allison Katz

How the anonymous film collective Abounaddara represents daily life in Syria

Q. What should stay the same? A. I don’t understand the question.

Kaelen Wilson-Goldie considers a collaborative intervention by Suhu Traboulsi and Walid Raad

The term ‘outsider artist’ is tired – but it may soon take on new meaning 

Is a new greenhouse in Mexico a blueprint for the museum of the future?

How a photography course in Dhaka is challenging religious and artistic prejudices

Can failure be the best way to understand something?

Ben Wheatley’s new J.G. Ballard adaptation continues his exploration of genre, class, comedy and violence

A new collection of short stories by Maija Timonen asks: are we living in an age of emotional, as well as economic, austerity?

The artist Matthieu Laurette recalls his friendship with the curator, publisher and collector, Seth Siegelaub

Are designers of colour finally getting the recognition they deserve?

Monitor, Rome, Italy

RaebervonStenglin, Zurich, Switzerland

Repetition and visual liquidity in the videos and animations of Diego Marcon

Jacolby Satterwhite talks to Evan Moffitt about animation, sex and choreography

Judith Clark talks to Diane Simpson about the influence of abstraction, architecture and fashion on her sculptures

The attention-grabbing logic of online news coverage

Recent video works by Annika Larsson, Laure Prouvost and Steve Reinke address the visceral power of the digital image

Matt Mullican talks about his 40-year career in relation to his recent project, The Meaning of Things

Proyectos Monclova & Casa Gilardi, Mexico City, Mexico

Various venues, Shanghai, China

Marlborough Contemporary, London

Whitechapel Gallery & Somerset House, London, UK

Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia

Petzel Gallery, New York, USA

Art : Concept, Paris, France

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, USA

Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, USA

Museion Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland

Kate Macgarry & Hales, London, UK

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel

The Photographer's Gallery, Somerset House & Hackelbury Fine Art, London, UK

Pérez Art Museum, Miami, USA

Various venues, London, UK

Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA

Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

Spike Island, Bristol, UK

Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico

Shanghai Center of Photography, China

Vilma Gold, London, UK

Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France

Château Shatto, Los Angeles, USA

Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA

PIMO Contemporary Art Festival, Shanghai, China