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State of the Art

Open Eyes

Online or in person? The different ways of paying attention today by Kirsty Bell

Satire

Write of SpringRegistered only

Life is a quotation. Sort of. by Jennifer Higgie

In These Intemperate Times

There, Not ThereSubscriber only

How our attitudes betray us by Lynne Tillman

Weekend Special

Made in PyongyangRegistered only

The controversial history of the $28-million African Renaissance Monument in Dakar by Sean O’Toole

Pretty, Pretty Good

Right & Wrong

Have American conservatives taken over transgression? by Jennifer Allen

Music

Do It YourselfSubscriber only

New York’s energetic community of experimental music and film venues by Dan Fox

Icons

Every Day is GoodRegistered only

One hundred years of John Cage by Rob Young

Ideal Syllabus

Ideal SyllabusRegistered only

In an ongoing series, frieze asks an artist, curator or writer to list the books that have influenced them by Brian Kennon

Debate

On Your Marks

The conflicted cultural legacy of the London 2012 Olympics by Tom Morton

Architecture

Towers of Babble

The ArcelorMittal Orbit and the recent history of large-scale folly by Douglas Murphy

Books

BooksRegistered only

Non-linear reading by Jenna Sutela

Music

MusicSubscriber only

A voyage of discovery to Belgium’s Popcorn clubs by Bob Stanley

Monograph

Coming to Life

Spirits, objecthood and the ‘Black Forest voodoo’ of Geoffrey Farmer’s mirages and micro-events by Jan Verwoert

Picture Piece

Picture Piece: Robert Wyatt

Robert Wyatt was my life-model by Lynda Morris

Interview

The Middle of the Day

On the occasion of a year- long exhibition at Tate Britain, Frank Bowling talks about the ‘poured paintings’ he began making in the early 1970s, getting advice from Clement Greenberg and the importance of improvisation by Courtney J. Martin

Influences

Infuences: Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

For the first time in the new series, frieze invites artists Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige to write about the images that have informed their practice by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige

Interview

Social Spaces

On the occasion of his exhibition at Protocinema in Istanbul, Dan Graham discusses sci-fi, dance, model-making and the ‘just-past’ with Turkish artist Can Altay by Dan Graham and Can Altay

Focus

Focus: Alicja KwadeSubscriber only

The language of cinema and the psychology of sculpture by Kito Nedo

Case Study

Case Study: Trisha BagaRegistered only

The New York-based artist’s latest video installation, Plymouth Rock. by Piper Marshall

Art

Body Politics

Comprising installations, actions, performances, conferences and moving-image projections, the work of Fabio Mauri was a life-long enquiry into the relationship between art, ideology and totalitarianism. by Barbara Casavecchia

Monograph

Woman of Letters

Moyra Davey’s films, photographs and writing are a sustained meditation on her family, literary influences, travels and environment by Quinn Latimer

Monograph

Future Memories

Dominik Lang’s work is deeply influenced by both the legacy of Czech conceptual art and his intimate relationship to his family home in Prague by Noemi Smolik

Focus

Studio Visit

Studio Visit: Eddie Peake

The London-based artist’s recent performance work by Eleanor Nairne

Focus

Focus: Pilvi Takala

The Finnish artist’s subtly transgressive video performances by Christy Lange

Survey

Sculptors Discuss Sculpture

Leonor Antunes, Alice Channer, Thea Djordjadze, Liz Glynn, Charles Long, Christina Mackie, Karin Ruggaber, Kilian Rüthemann, Bojan Šarčević and Nicole Wermers are asked about the ways in which they feel meaning is controlled and conveyed in their work

Ming Wong

REDCAT, Los Angeles, USA

By Erik Morse

Claes Oldenburg

MUMOK, Vienna, Austria

By Kirsty Bell

Nina CanellSubscriber only

Cubitt, London, UK

By Martin Herbert

Wallace Berman & Robert HeineckenRegistered only

Armory Center for the Arts , Pasadena, USA

By Ian Chang

The Ungovernables: 2012 New Museum Triennial

New Museum, New York, USA

By katie kitamura

Jordan WofsonRegistered only

Alex Zachary Peter Currie , New York, USA

By Dan Fox

Klara LidénSubscriber only

Reena Spaulings Fine Art , New York, USA

By David Everitt Howe

Breyer P-Orridge

Invisible-Exports , New York, USA

By Joseph Akel

Jesús SotoRegistered only

Grey Art Gallery , New York, USA

By Agnieszka Gratza

Dan FlavinSubscriber only

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA

By Perrin Drumm

Fred Wilson

New York Historical Society, New York, USA

By A.M. Weaver

Sanya KantarovskyRegistered only

Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, USA

By Jonathan Griffin

Chris CurreriSubscriber only

Daniel Faria Gallery,, Toronto, Canada

By Charles Reeve

Robert Morris

Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany

By Mark Prince

Human CapsulesSubscriber only

Lokremise, St Gallen, Switzerland

By Raphael Gygax

Daniel Gustav CramerRegistered only

Kunsthaus , Glarus, Switzerland

By Aoife Rosenmeyer

Runo Lagomarsino

Index, Stockholm, Sweden

By Matthew Rana

Christoph WeberSubscriber only

Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France

By Lara Sarcevic

Into the Woods

La Galerie des Galeries, Paris, France

By Cristina Ricupero

Joachim KoesterRegistered only

Institut d’art contemporain , Villeurbanne, France

By Raphael Brunel

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France

By Emily King

Spirits of InternationalismRegistered only

M HKA & the Van Abbemuseum,

By Sam Thorne

The Grand Domestic Revolution

Various venues, Utrecht, Netherlands

By Nick Aikens

Denisa LehockáRegistered only

Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

By Matthias Dusini

Alicja Bielawska

Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, Poland

By Krzysztof Kosciuczuk

D’après GiorgioSubscriber only

Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome, Italy

By Barbara Casavecchia

Daniela Ortiz

àngels , Barcelona, Spain

By Rebecca Close

Known, Unknown, Anonymous and On Death RowSubscriber only

Qbox Gallery, Athens, Greece

By Cathryn Drake

How Physical

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

By Michael Famighetti

Ding YiRegistered only

Minsheng Art Museum , Shanghai, China

By Carol Yinghua Lu

Spaced:  Art Out of Place

Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, Australia

By Nicola Harvey

Alicia FrankovichSubscriber only

Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand

By Emily Cormack

Jeremy Deller

Hayward Gallery, London, UK

By Brian Dillon

Recto/VersoSubscriber only

The Approach, London, UK

By Sam Thorne

Hanne Darboven and Raphael HeftiRegistered only

Camden Arts Centre, London, UK

By Emma Cocker

Paloma Varga Weisz

Sadie Coles, London, UK

By Amy Sherlock

The Curator’s EggSubscriber only

Anthony Reynolds Gallery , London, UK

By Eleanor Nairne

AV FestivalRegistered only

Various venues, Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, UK

By Sam Thorne

Rashid Rana

New Art Exchange Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

By Omar Kholeif

Alex DordoyRegistered only

The Modern Institute , Glasgow, UK

By Chris Sharratt

Jane and Louise Wilson

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK

By Chris Sharratt

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