Looking Back

Contributing editor Max Andrews looks back on 2017, from turbulence in the Catalan capital to Pierre Huyghe’s masterwork in Münster

Artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan on the pivotal sounds and stories from 2017, from historical fiction to Vince Staples’s representation of race

Where the fight against reactionary conservative activism in Brazil stands ahead of the 2018 presidential elections

From Brisbane to Melbourne, Hobart’s ‘Hobiennale’ and ‘The National’ in Sydney, the year in review down under

From debates around colonial histories to resonant conversations around precariousness, a year of questioning long-held convictions

A year marked by new visualizations, both controversial and celebrated, of the black body

With the recent razing of suburban slums, tightening censorship and the sad passing of Geng Jianyi, a year of reflection in the Chinese capital

At once stagnant and dynamic, politically tense and blissfully buoyant, the French capital was a strange place to be living this year

From the exhibitions attempting to formulate ‘an acerbic language that speaks to our present epoch’, curator Samuel Leuenberger's highlights

Margaret Lee thanks those who have helped her gain a deeper understanding of how to be more empathetic in difficult times

From Hannah Black to Not Surprised, the changes demanded by today’s letter writers are still a long way from being assured

The little things that stood out in 2012

Biennials, new commercial galleries and the reopening of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

frieze invited 15 artists and writers to discuss some of the significant musicians and releases of the last 20 years

What have you been watching? 26 artists and writers respond to the last two decades

We invited frieze contributors to discuss the writers and publications they consider to be the most significant of the last 20 years

We invited 20 artists who have been on the cover of frieze to nominate a contemporary artist whose work inspires them

The Cure, Damien Hirst and beyond: the evolution of the British cultural landscape

The best motion pictures and moving images of 2010

Peter Saville’s England football kit and avant-garde toys; a MacArthur Award for typographer Matthew Carter and a farewell to three design legends