State of the Art

Contributing editor Jonathan Griffin on ageing and fallibility

The art world is not the world, but what the world needs, artists need, too

In our first issue of the new decade, we look back on some of the best (and worst) of the last ten years and find a few reasons to be excited for 2020

On the odd fraternity between investor Peter Thiel and literary theorist René Girard

Some thoughts on transience, in art and life

On the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, we should take up the call of the women who fought on the front lines of the LGBTQ rights revolution

To address the ‘interesting times’ alluded to in the title of the 58th Venice Biennale, we must challenge the language we use to describe them

frieze’s Editor-at-Large considers what it means to move on

In an era marked by dishonesty, what of the age-old assumption that the eyes cannot lie?

From Budapest to Liverpool, a resurgent far-right poses a great threat to cultural freedom

Even as right-wing politics increasingly tries to enforce them, remembering that nature and art know no borders

In this era of rapid change, an introduction to some of the artists responding to the here and now

New York in spring: Andrew Durbin turns to film as a way of diary-keeping

A brief look at arts funding, the future of museums, and the dangers of efficiency

Learning to appreciate the laws of perspective

On losing faith in generalism, learning to listen and embracing doubt 

Our complex relationship to the world's oceans 

On the benefits of not knowing 

The importance of visiting galleries in the flesh 

Losing your place in the world