Interviews

The co-directors of the Dijon institution reveal how their curatorial methods continue to offer emerging and established artists freedom 

The co-founder of the annual extravaganza of art spaces across the capital explains its place in the city’s cultural calendar 

The author speaks about the importance of transgression in art and why her latest book is dedicated to the poet Eileen Myles

The artist explains the genesis and purpose of her unique sonic creation, during rare live performances as part of Frieze Week New York

Artist Rene Matić and the author discuss her latest book, which charts how Black visual culture became a blueprint for the modern viral image

The British Pavilion Artist 2024 talks about his work for the 60th Venice Biennale and how support from Frieze enabled it to be realized in its full glory  

A show at Auto Italia in London contains an archive of Ryszard Kisiel ‘Filo’, one of the first LGBTQ+ magazines in Central and Eastern Europe

The musician and Artistic Director of NYC’s Performance Space highlights works by Chella Man, Ellen Fullman, Beatriz Cortez and Kembra Pfahler

The legendary NYC performance artist—showing at Frieze New York with Emalin—reflects on “anti-naturalism” and “Availablism,” and takes an axe to the wall of her apartment

Performance Space’s director Pati Hertling and artistic director Taja Cheek explain how the venue is getting bigger by getting smaller

Frieze Week New York 2024 offers a rare chance to see Ellen Fullman’s epic room-filling musical installation in action

The founders of The Here and There Collective tell Focus curator Lumi Tan about supporting contemporary Asian diaspora art and their sense of “peership” with artists

Newly joined from the Boston Ballet, CEO Max Hodges shares what’s to come at the institution: from site-specific spectacles to a new staging of King Lear

We go behind the scenes with artists bringing new work to Frieze fairs. Brooklyn-based Trey Abdella talks about blending assemblage, sculpture and painting

Lynne Tillman meets with her long-time friend to discuss fairytales and the artist’s beautifully layered works

An interview with the filmmaker on how to reconfigure our relationship with siren sounds away from catastrophe towards collectivity and care

The co-founder of the Union Square gallery explains the pros of its ninth-floor location and shares favorite cultural spots including the Dream House and murals by Martin Wong at the LGBTQ Center

We go behind the scenes with Gina Fischli and Willa Nasatir as they prepare to show new work at Frieze New York

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

The curator discusses the themes of the Venice exhibition and explains why ‘hardcore African feminism’ is vital for societal progress