From the ‘Monuments’ exhibition in Los Angeles to the inaugural Bukhara Biennial in Uzbekistan, our editors discuss what they’re most excited for in the year ahead

Four artists share how their connections to the Vietnamese diaspora – from New Orleans to Ho Chi Minh City – shape their storytelling

Artistic directors Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson share their vision for a community-centred dialogue that transcends borders

An adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s acclaimed novel uses first-person perspective to intimately portray the joys and struggles of Black life

This year’s Busan Biennale, inspired by David Graeber’s notion of ‘pirate enlightenment’, offers a glimpse into a world where progress can only be found outside the West

Other highlights include two reissues from the UK experimental quartet Throbbing Gristle and Bill Gunn’s magnum opus Personal Problems 

The artist’s exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge intervenes in the collection to address issues of wealth extraction and colonial expansion

At the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, the artist creates a constellation of living memory for her first solo institutional show in Brazil

From Jay Owens’s riveting new book on dust to a Martyr Made Podcast series addressing our political collapse into subterfuge and McCarthyism

We spoke with the artists representing Japan and South Korea about their Venice exhibitions and the obsolescence of national divisions

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

The 2024 edition faces the challenges of past iterations while overcoming their many pitfalls with an impressive and beautiful showcase

Dia’s deputy director of program on how his admiration for institutional practice serves as both critique and inspiration

The artist’s retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey, Mexico, celebrates a three-decade career that mines the complexities of Mexican culture

Curators of the biennial, Diana Nawi and Pablo José Ramírez, speak on their collaboration and what it means to share community in an ever-expanding art world

Other highlights include the return of Zamrock band WITCH, Ben Lerner’s divisive book of poetry and a piano interlude with Mahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

At Jack Shainman Gallery’s The School, New York, a pioneer of 1960s avant-garde film is remembered for his more contemporary works

The newly appointed curator of Indigenous Art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art shares her thoughts on what it means to decolonize arts institutions

Other highlights include Martine Syms’s art-school satire and a nostalgic glance back at the indomitable Tina Turner

The executive director of the arts enterprise Alserkal Initiatives, Dubai, discusses the future of the organization and the role of the city as cultural hub