Humour

The Frieze Projects artist discusses her practice

A new show at Goldsmiths CCA shows us the ways the Scottish humourist made the comical his life’s work

On the eve of his two retrospectives in Paris, the artist discusses the works that have shaped his practice and thinking

On Alan Clarke’s Rita, Sue and Bob Too, the death of Ian Brady, and what laughter might conceal

From Umberto Eco on fascism to Thomas Pynchon’s stand-in: what to read this weekend

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

Dada's centenary and the importance of absurdity

Mortality, madness and misgivings in the work of Bedwyr Williams

New Museum, New York, USA

Illustration and art history collide in Sanya Kantarovsky’s paintings

How Darren Bader has pushed the readymade to its extreme

The consistently inconsistent career of Scottish artist Bruce McLean

In defence of irony

Rashid Johnson talks to Tom Morton about fiction, humour and homage

Dan Fox talks to Michael Smith about minimalism, comedy and failure

Nine theses on slapstick