John Akomfrah

From dynamic performance and moving image to several major biennials, four frieze editors discuss the year in art

This month, three exhibitions open in Frieze's Mayfair space, including a solo show by Rameshwar Broota, an artist-led reflection on Edward Burra and Fathi Hassan's response to The Sunderland Collection

The British Pavilion Artist 2024 talks about his work for the 60th Venice Biennale and how support from Frieze enabled it to be realized in its full glory  

We discuss the challenges of representing the UK at the Venice Biennale with the artist in his north London studio

Frieze will support the British Pavilion created by London-based artist John Akomfrah in partnership with the British Council

UK-based Black and POC emerging curators are invited to apply for a paid position as part of the Frieze x Deutsche Bank Emerging Curators Fellowship

UK-based Black and POC emerging curators are invited to apply for a paid 18 month placement at Chisenhale Gallery

Funds for the new initiative, which aims to increase diversity in the arts, were raised from the sale of face masks designed by Idris Khan and an edition by John Akomfrah

At MMK Frankfurt, a retrospective housed in a group exhibition mirrors the artist's rejection of conventional classifications

Hurvin Anderson, Artur Barrio, Renate Bertlmann, Polly Braden, Matt Keegan and Sergio Lombardo discuss the artworks that have stuck with them

 

A new, limited edition made by John Akomfrah for Frieze 

During the turbulent summer of 2020, the filmmakers decided on decentring the human in their practice 

The strongest exhibitions in the 58th Venice Biennale find creative freedom in failure 

100 years on from World War I, the filmmaker’s latest work Mimesis: African Soldier remembers the faces we seldom see in history books

Hall’s understanding of cultural identity allows us to deconstruct and reconstruct who we think we are

 John Akomfrah's epic Purple highlights new ways of visualizing our current state of ecological emergency

Reclaiming leisure, and the enduring influence of Stuart Hall: what to read this weekend

Christo abandons controversial 25-year project in protest against Trump; Roman Polanski forced to drop out of César Awards

The Contemporary Art Society acquired two video works for MIMA

From the poetry of the late Geoffrey Hill to the new literary genre of the 'ultra-unreal': what to read this weekend