Is contemporary art a reaction to social, political and local specificities or is it active in creating new utopic, progressive impulses? The BAS9 aspires to ask both

Carlos Anguera Jover, Alisa Petrosova and Leyla Yenirce chat with Sean Burns about home studios, slowing down and the end of institutional power

In the first of a series of events partnered with MUBI, the artist discusses love, empathy and sexuality in Glazer’s 2013 masterpiece

The artist speaks to Sean Burns about her polarising public sculptures and capturing the spirit of her subjects

Frieze editors discuss the different trends in digital exhibition-making, from end-of-world scenarios to community-based initiatives

In a culture so fixated on image, Sean Burns explores why what’s beyond ‘the look’ is more important than ever

From an exhibition of Francis Bacon’s ‘beasts’ to Terrence Malick’s film on the life of Christ, these are the top picks for the year

The gender and sexuality theorist speaks to Sean Burns about his book, ‘Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire’, and why gay men are a fast lane for capitalism

With the industry having been continuously overlooked by the UK government’s COVID-19 response, frieze charts a disastrous year for nightlife

In homage to Italo Calvino’s ‘Six Memos for the Next Millennium’, artists from Kara Walker to Collier Schorr, explore his six artistic virtues 

In the latest episode of frieze’s Autumn Sessions, the two friends play and discuss records that create or bridge distance

Dawn Mellor’s new mural in the north London suburb of Brent celebrates the star in all of his queer glory  

Sean Burns profiles the filmmaker and DJ, a friend to generations of artists, designers and club-goers

The artist’s exhibition at Marian Goodman Gallery, London, seems to mirror the evanescent nature of experience

A new exhibition at Tramps reveals 40 years of hidden painting

Sean Burns reviews Birmingham’s live art biennale

Roxy Lee’s new photobook offers an insight into an irreverent and politically-charged world

The artist talks about the mystery and politics of making 

On the 40th anniversary of ‘Unknown Pleasures’, the artist discusses the inspiration behind his iconic designs

An exhibition at Platform Southwark, London, celebrates the legacy of the radical drag theatre company