Obituary

Profiles - 07 Jan 2020

Why Alasdair Gray’s (1934-2019) Weird Visions Cannot Be Canonized

From his dreams of Glasgow to nocturnal self-portraits, there was an edge to the writer and artist: a deep well of strangeness

By Darran Anderson

News - 14 Oct 2019

John Giorno, Who Pushed The Limits of Multimedia Poetry, Dies At 82

‘I saw how the different pop artists were working, and how they allowed new ideas to arise. So, I said to myself: Why don’t poets do that?’

By Frieze News Desk

Profiles - 11 Oct 2019

How Jessye Norman (1945-2019) Broke Opera’s Rules for Black Women

The singer committed her life to defying a classical music industry that was not only deeply critical of women’s bodies, but also sceptical of black talent

By Kira Thurman

Profiles - 27 Sep 2019

‘Liberated, Rebellious and Historically Consequential’: Remembering Huguette Caland (1931–2019)

Finding solace in the joy and eroticism of the late Lebanese artist’s work

By Kaelen Wilson-Goldie

Profiles - 20 Sep 2019

Remembering Mr. Gridnik: A Tribute to Wim Crouwel (1928–2019)

Designers Experimental Jetset, Kellenberger–White, Fraser Muggeridge and historian Emily King on the enduring influence of the Dutch design legend

Profiles - 17 Sep 2019

The Tragedy – and Deep Humanity – of Robert Frank (1924-2019)

A tribute to the photographer, from the ‘sucker punch’ of ‘The Americans’ (1958), to his later work ‘howling with anguish, frustration and ennui’

By Chris Wiley

Picture Piece - 11 Sep 2019

In Pictures: Photographer Robert Frank’s ‘Sad Poem’ of America

The Swiss photographer, who died this week, is remembered for his candid pictures of ordinary people

Profiles - 16 Aug 2019

The World of Ronald Jones (1952–2019): His Most Original Writing for frieze

For the artist, critic and teacher, who died last week at the age of 67, every ordinary thing held meaning in disguise

By Jörg Heiser

Profiles - 09 Aug 2019

John Keene Remembers Toni Morrison’s ‘Brilliance, Breadth, Acuity, Nuance, Grace and Force’

‘We have lost one of the best and greatest of us,’ Keene writes. ‘She helped us to see and become ourselves, to put pen to paper and language to our lives.’

By John Keene

Profiles - 08 Aug 2019

I Learned Enormous Things: Hans Ulrich Obrist Remembers Marisa Merz (1931-2019)

The only woman affiliated with the Arte Povera movement resisted machines, definitions and permanence

By Hans Ulrich Obrist

Profiles - 30 Jul 2019

‘Learning How to Be Queer Again’: Remembering Douglas Crimp (1944–2019)

The late art historian and activist inspired generations of young artists and writers to better teach themselves

By Thomas J. Lax

Profiles - 09 Jul 2019

The Virtuosity and Generosity of David Koloane (1938-2019)

The artist, curator, educator and writer, who died on 30 June, was committed to supporting South Africa’s younger artists

By Sean O'Toole