Mike Kelley

As the fair returns to Santa Monica in 2025, take a look back at standout works, performances and initiatives from its first five editions

From Vincent Van Gogh to Francis Bacon to Nairy Baghramian, discover some of the best institutional exhibitions this October

At Aspen Art Museum, the artist-curator arranged private collection works to reflect the layout of an ancient Roman townhouse

From Catalina Schliebener Muñoz’s twisted takes on fairy tales to Will Stovall’s defamiliarized worlds, here’s what to see in North America 

At The Brant Foundation in New York, the artist’s installation is like a fever dream that can’t be switched off

From monumental gallery shows to eerily intimate installations, Los Angeles is packed with brilliant exhibitions during Frieze this year

Clifford Prince King takes the photos as the philanthropist and co-founder of Art + Practice discusses her journey, from buying her first artwork to the publication of a new book on her collection

From the postponed Lagos Biennial to the first career retrospective of architect I.M. Pei at M+ in Hong Kong, these are the top picks for the year ahead

In an exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles that pairs Kelley with contemporary voices, curator Jay Ezra Nayssan explores the late American artist’s shades of loneliness

On the tenth anniversary of Kelley’s death, Dan Fox rereads the artist’s writing and criticism

Brian Butler, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer and Diana Theater discuss why LA has been home to so many experimental venues over the last 40 years 

On what would have been Kelley’s 66th Birthday, Gabriella Pounds explores the impact of the antic French poem ‘Les Chants de Maldoror’ on the artist and his predecessors, from Hans Bellmer to John Balance 

‘Too cool for life too cool for death’

The artist’s retrospective, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston at ICA LA, shows how thin the line is between artist and art worker

From non-art to art and back again: on the eve of a major Jim Shaw and Mike Kelley show, an interview with the director of the MSU Broad

Are the roles of artist and writer compatible?

Lynn Hershman Leeson, Mike Kelley, Laura Owens, and more: the best exhibitions on view during Frieze Week

To celebrate frieze’s quarter century, the editors choose 25 key artworks: one for each year of the magazine’s existence

Manifesta announces its line-up and Bobby Miller brings charges against the Mapplethorpe Foundation: the latest news from the art world

RISD Museum, Providence, USA