Opinion

The second in a series of our editors’ initial impressions from documenta 14 Athens, Harry Thorne on the Athens Conservatoire

For the first in a series of our editors’ initial impressions from documenta 14 Athens, Pablo Larios takes a look at the ASFA

In the first of a two-part series charting the internationalization of the Chinese art world, Colin Siyuan Chinnery considers the commercial sector

The most interesting works in the IFFR’s Short Film section all grappled with questions of truth, honesty and recollection

In the aftermath of the EU referendum, the UK government must work harder than ever to support artists and their institutions

Bjarne Melgaard’s ‘The Casual Pleasure of Disappointment’ and the perils of branding

The relevance today of Arthur Evans’s Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture

From Werner Herzog to Arthur Jafa: contemporary life, or how to make meaning from fragments

Olivia Laing uses dance to prove the existence of tenderness, solidarity and personal freedom

The importance of satire in an era of Trump

Rome has long been a draw for international artists and now, increasingly, galleries. Have Italian artists been left at the gates?

From Donald Trump's post-truth to Andy Warhol's philosophy, and back again

How open are open calls? 

The application of theory to the modern world

Thoughts on the difficulties of introducing art into the public realm, following a recent symposium organized by Oslo Pilot

Analysis and reaction to the surprise closing of Inverleith House after 30 years

Twenty years of sharing

Watching the battle for Mosul live on Facebook

For the fourth instalment of our US election series, tracing Trump’s nativist paranoia back to the founding of the USA

A report from the residency and conference asking how art and artists should engage in places of political or economic instability