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Interviews / How James Barnor’s Iconic Images Shaped the Imagination of a Generation of Black Britons

As a major retrospective opens at Serpentine Galleries, the photographer speaks to Afua Hirsch about capturing the energy of Ghanaian independence in Accra and the swinging sixties in London

BY Afua Hirsch AND James Barnor | 19 MAY 21

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Frieze New York / Dana Lok: ‘The First Look at a Painting is Precious’

Meet the Brooklyn-based artist who is presenting a solo show with Clima at Frieze New York 2021

16 APR 21

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Frieze New York / Ruby Sky Stiler: ‘A Space Between Painting and Sculpture’

Meet artist Ruby Sky Stiler presenting work with Nicelle Beauchene Gallery at Frieze New York 2021

12 MAY 21

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Frieze New York / Otis Houston Jr.:’Can't Nobody Beat Me Being Me’

Meet multidisciplinary artist Otis Houston Jr., presenting a solo show with Gordon Robichaux for Frame at Frieze New York 2021

11 MAY 21

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Frieze Masters

Frieze Masters / The Humboldt Forum: A Controversial New Museum Project Opens in Berlin

Pablo Larios interviews the director, Hartmut Dorgerloh, about its evolution and intentions

BY Pablo Larios AND Hartmut Dorgerloh | 20 JUL 21

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Interviews / Ebony L. Haynes Discusses Her Plans for David Zwirner

The dealer and founder of Black Art Sessions envisions a ‘low and slow’ programme of exhibitions

BY Ebony L. Haynes AND Evan Moffitt | 09 OCT 20

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Interviews / ‘We’re Constantly Both Dancing and Fighting’: Keyna Eleison on Decolonizing Brazilian Institutions

The new co-artistic director of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro discusses her Afro-centred curatorial practice, the importance of translation, and writing as a form of dance

BY Fernanda Brenner AND Keyna Eleison | 18 SEP 20

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Interviews / Yvette Mutumba on Why Decolonizing Institutions ‘Has to Hurt’

Pablo Larios speaks with the Stedelijk Museum’s newly appointed curator-at-large about institutional accountability

BY Pablo Larios | 06 JUL 20

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Features / Why Are Museums So Plutocratic, and What Can We Do About It?

Michelle Millar Fisher and Andrea Fraser discuss how to radically reshape the power structures of museums today

BY Andrea Fraser AND Michelle Millar Fisher | 26 FEB 20

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Interviews / Can Germany’s Cultural Bailout Set the Groundwork for a 21st Century New Deal?

An interview with Germany’s minister of culture, Monika Grütters

BY Pablo Larios | 21 APR 20

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Profiles / Mary Schmidt Campbell on Educating the Next Generation of Black Artists

The President of Spelman College reflects on the role that historically black colleges and universities in the US have played in supporting the work of emerging artists and scholars

BY Evan Moffitt AND Mary Schmidt Campbell | 30 MAR 21

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Interviews / Barbara Bloom Goes Through the Looking Glass

The artist discusses her use of mirrors and their ‘destabilizing’ effects

BY Barbara Bloom AND Evan Moffitt | 03 DEC 20

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Interviews / What Makes Artist-Run Spaces Flourish

Brian Butler, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer and Diana Theater discuss why LA has been home to so many experimental venues over the last 40 years

BY Brian Butler, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer AND Diana Thater | 22 FEB 21

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Features / Bruce LaBruce on Porn and Revolution

Ahead of his 13th feature film, Saint Narcisse, the cult film director speaks with Michael Bullock about the importance of self-love and self-exposure

BY Michael Bullock AND Bruce LaBruce | 05 MAR 21

From the Archive

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Interviews / Oliver Beer’s Life in Sound

In the lead-up to his solo show at The Met Breuer, Oliver Beer talks to Jennifer Higgie about the artists, writers and composers who have shaped his thinking

BY Jennifer Higgie | 19 FEB 19

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Interviews / How Susana Pilar Channels Death and Diaspora

The artist’s physically gruelling performances reflect on the black body and the possibilities of resurrection

BY Evan Moffitt | 24 SEP 19

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Interviews / Lantian Xie on Fictive Ontologies, Authorless Images, and Duty-Free English

The Dubai-based artist discusses making work that mobilizes peoples, objects and symbols

BY Amy Sherlock | 06 JUN 18

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Interviews / How the Luxury Sector Snagged Contemporary Art

‘The past must be enriched’: An interview with leading French sociologists Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre

BY Pablo Larios, Luc Boltanski AND Arnaud Esquerre | 19 AUG 19

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Interviews / Trying to Survive ‘On Venus’: Patrick Staff at the Serpentine

Mendacious news stories, industrial farming videos and leaking pipes infiltrate London’s Serpentine Sackler Gallery

BY Juliet Jacques | 20 NOV 19

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Interviews / Yvonne Rainer on Reviving an Iconic Work of the 1960s for Performa 19

Speaking to frieze editor Andrew Durbin, Rainer discusses the way she resists the myths of the 1960s

BY Andrew Durbin | 12 NOV 19

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Interviews / 50 Years of Art and Activism: An Interview with Howardena Pindell

Osei Bonsu interviews the artist about the evolution of her thinking

BY Osei Bonsu | 25 SEP 19

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Interviews / ‘History is a Continuous Movement’: An Interview with Simone Fattal

Negar Azimi visits the Damascus-born artist ahead of her retrospective at MoMA PS1

BY Negar Azimi AND Simone Fattal | 15 MAR 19