City Report

frieze visits Pivô, a new art space housed in Oscar Niemeyer's iconic Copan Building, in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil

The glamour days of the 1970s and ’80s Dusseldorf art scene are long since over. More than a generation on, the city seems ready for a little renaissance

A sprawling city of more than 15 million inhabitants split between two continents, Istanbul is home to a relatively compact constellation of privately funded foundations, artist-run spaces and commercial galleries. H.G. Masters and Nazli Gurlek survey this art scene’s recent past, and consider what the future might hold in the wake of the Gezi Park protests, a contentious edition of the biennial and little state support

From powerhouse institutions to tiny project spaces, LA’s dispersed art scene is flourishing

From a show of 25 young Italian artists for the Sandretto Re Raubedengo Young Curators’ Residency Programme to Carlo Mollino’s highly secretive apartment

Despite the country’s insularity, Switzerland’s art scene is thriving

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

A frieze-commissioned film exploring the art and architecture of the Olympic Park in East London.

Despite the decline of Ireland’s ‘Celtic Tiger’ economy, Dublin’s artist-run and institutional spaces are thriving

Known as ‘the bubble’ for its air of detachment from political turmoil, its hedonism, cosmopolitanism and vibrant art scene

Despite problems, the city offers a thriving contemporary art scene, breathtaking architecture and extraordinary food

Despite the city's troubles and persistent clichés about it's cultural life, a community of independent collectives and spaces is thriving

From frontier town to multicultural metropolis, the second-largest Australian city embraces a grass-roots approach to culture that weaves the experience of contemporary art into everyday life