Critic's Guides

The most successful off-site Biennale projects this year respond to the spirit and politics of our current moment

Adriano Pedrosa’s biennial raises essential questions about representation in the art world, but unfortunately, it feels disjointed

A textile- and painting-heavy edition of the Venice Biennale follows a tried and tested method of curation

From Julien Creuzet’s multimedia mastery to Kapwani Kiwanga’s beaded presentation, a tapestry of sensory experiences permeates the Venice Biennale 2024

From an especially weak German pavilion to Yuko Mohri’s orchestra of rotting fruit, sensuality – and history – take centre stage at the Venice Biennale 2024

From a spectacular solo show by Nari Ward to a plein air poster exhibition featuring Italian-based artists, here’s what to see during Miart

From Bettina Pousttchi’s fluid documentation of urban space to Zhanna Kadyrova’s installations devised to help the war effort in Ukraine

From Max Guy’s mischievous making at Good Weather LLC to Sif Itona Westerberg’s aerated concrete sculptures at the Driehaus Museum

The frieze team selects the international shows they’re most excited about during this year’s Biennale 

From Giovanna Intra’s subtle and intimate paintings to Nicholas Mangan’s ambitious, materially rich sculptures

From Koo Jeong-A’s scented pavilion to Julien Creuzet’s ‘layers of history’, here's what not to miss during this year’s Biennale 

From Graham Little’s meditations on beauty to Marie Watt’s expansive material exploration in her first travelling retrospective

From Magdalen Wong’s theatre of stoic clowns at Current Plans to Jeff Koons’s early sculptures at Art Intelligence Global, these are the must-see exhibitions during Art Basel Hong Kong

From Zineb Sedira’s anticolonial cinema to Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s immersive archives

From Jim Shaw’s hallucinatory visions to Leonard Rickhard’s modernist depictions of infrastructure and machinery, here’s what not to miss this March

From Cauleen Smith's elegiac songbook to Marcel Dzama's surreal landscapes of Canoe Lake, here's what not to miss this March

From a sprawling exhibition dedicated to the influence of Indigenous art of the Americas to Stephanie Comilang’s first solo show in Spain

From Farah Al Qasimi’s first exhibition of black and white photography to Katya Muromtseva’s watercolours of displaced women

From Trulee Hall's lustful science fiction at François Ghebaly to William Brickel's uncanny domestic figures at Michael Kohn Gallery

From Paul Mpagi Sepuya's self-reflective portraiture to Jan Gatewood's anthropomorphic rabbits