Influences

The filmmaker and writer on the novelists, musicians and directors – from Egon Schiele to Virginia Woolf – who have shaped his thinking

As Susanne Kennedy's Women in Trouble premieres at Berlin's Volksbühne, the theatre director discusses her life and influences 

Elephants, identity and abstraction: The winner of the 2018 Wolfgang Hahn Prize reveals the objects and ideas that have shaped her thinking

From early Vogue shoots and Hollywood’s golden era to domestic still lifes, the photographer reveals the images that have inspired her

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

The books that have influenced Man Booker International Prize winner Han Kang 

The artist discusses the objects, ideas and artworks that have shaped her thinking. With an introduction by Declan Long 

With her current show at Gasworks, London, the Kuwaiti artist shares some influential images

Coinciding with Refugee Week, and her film Hear Her Singing screening at the Southbank Centre, the artist shares some influential images

A past winner of the Frieze Writer’s Prize, Zoe Pilger on the books and experiences that have influenced her as a writer

On enclosure

With her solo show opening at Emalin, the London-based artist shares her favourite works and artists

The body is a troubled thing ...

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

Artists Henning Fehr & Philipp Rühr discuss their influences

On the occasion of two UK solo exhibitions, the British artist reflects on the art and events that have shaped her career

The US artist reflects on the art and events that have shaped a career spanning almost seven decades

From prop frogs to torture machines, the New York-based artist writes about the images she finds the most arresting

From Samuel Beckett’s plays to Nick Cave’s music, the artists and filmmakers discuss the evolution of their artistic imaginations

From conversations with friends including André Breton, William Burroughs and Caresse Crosby, to studying astronomy, physics and the Greek myths, Liliane Lijn discusses the evolution of her pictorial language