Art Writing

A free art-writing course for aspiring critics which takes place in Glasgow in the summer, supported by Frieze membership

Apply by Friday 16 February to attend our free art-writing course, in collaboration with Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art and open to emerging writers from Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Ahead of the publication of his new book, Dancing On My Own, Simon Wu speaks about his influences and allegiances



 

Writers Gregg Bordowitz, Pamela Sneed, Sur Rodney (Sur) and Lynne Tillman discuss how the AIDS crisis changed art writing, and what lessons writers might carry over to the Covid-19 pandemic

The US writer, who died last week, brought a quality of inestimable importance to the modern novel: a mind that was wholly in tune with the times

Three shows in Ireland celebrate the legendary polymath, artist and author of Inside the White Cube

A rare, newly-published interview with the late October editor, reveals an art critic intent on changing the terms of the debate

Ronald Jones pays tribute to a rare critic, art historian, teacher and friend who coined the term Post-Minimalism

The artist discusses wrestling, writing and the many people who have influenced her practice. With a commissioned portrait by David Brandon Geeting

Tom Overton reflects on the life of a great storyteller with contributions on his art criticism, broadcasting and fiction

Zaha Hadid Architects distances itself from principle Patrik Schumacher; Glasgow Sculpture Studios to close its exhibition space

After his 14-year-old blog was deactivated without explanation, Dennis Cooper speaks to Andrew Durbin about Google, GIF fiction and censorship

James Bridle, a judge of this year’s Frieze Writer’s Prize, explains how he became a writer

In our second video supported by Arts Council England, Matthew McLean considers what failed interviews might tell us about art criticism

Can failure be the best way to understand something?

An interview with Kenneth Goldsmith

Dan Fox asks: who are the audiences for artists, writers and curators?

Literature versus art history

Richard Meyer’s new publication: What Was Contemporary Art?

Three new publications about globalization and contemporary curating