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On the occasion of a retrospective in Dusseldorf, Stanton Taylor revisits Mucha's remembrance of West Germany

BY Stanton Taylor |

From Atis Rezistans's take over of St. Kunigundis Catholic Church to a mesmerizing installation by Nhà Sàn Collective at the Stadtmuseum

A tribute to the Nigeria-born poet, critic and ‘most important curator of his generation’, who persistently bid us to open our eyes

BY Jörg Heiser |

From an artist collective’s grassroots initiatives in Indonesia to helming the renowned exhibition in Kassel

BY Hili Perlson |

This is the first time that an artist collective, and curators from Asia, have been picked to direct the prestigious exhibition

BY Frieze News Desk |

In further news: badger-hair paintbrushes linked to animal cruelty; Sotheby’s India hit by #MeToo claims

In further news: artists rally behind detained photographer Shahidul Alam; crisis talks at London museums following decline in visitors 

In further news: documenta names new CEO; Tisch Fund pledges USD$10 million to art and mental health initiatives

In further news: art dealer and Warhol friend killed in Trump Tower fire; UK arts organizations’s gender pay gap revealed; Pussy Riot sell activist clothing

In other news: open letter demands reinstatement of documenta’s Annette Kulenkampff; ‘Russian Modernism’ show at Ghent museum questioned

Twenty years after the First Cyberfeminist International at Documenta X, what does Cyberfeminism look like in 2017?

BY Joanna Walsh |

London’s fourth plinth artists announced; a new fund to protect cultural heritage in war-torn areas

Ahead of the inaugural Beijing Gallery Weekend, contributing editor Carol Yinghua Lu selects the best new shows in the city

BY Carol Yinghua Lu |

Curators from influential institutions predict their Frieze London highlights

BY Natasha Ginwala |

In recent years, a number of historical exhibitions have been revisited and restaged. What's behind this impulse?

BY Jo Melvin |

Since the start of the Greek debt crisis in 2010, austerity measures have had a profound impact on life in the country. From biennials to occupations, Ben Davis and Ara H. Merjian reflect on how the art scene in Athens has responded

A new book by Bruce Altshuler explores the history of postwar exhibitions

BY Sam Thorne |

Ahead of dOCUMENTA (13), reflections on the exhibition by its previous curators

BY Jennifer Allen |

Every five years, documenta – nicknamed ‘the 100 day museum’ – takes over the German city of Kassel. This year, under the leadership of Artistic Director Roger M. Buergel and curator Ruth Noack, it promises once again to pose as many questions as it hopes to answer