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Vanessa Peterson

Vanessa Peterson is associate editor of frieze. She lives in London, UK. 

The Nobel Prize-winning writer and the journalist chronicle their affair through shared photography. We revisit their story ahead of its reissue

Other picks include Dionne Brand’s latest non-fiction exploration of intergenerational memory and the long-running London Review Bookshop podcast

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The late artist surrealistically changed the way we visualize the body in space

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Highlights include a new art book fair at London's Cromwell Place and a collaboration between MACK and film studio A24 

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

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Sinéad Gleeson’s debut is a narrative of the dogged determination it takes to make a life of your own

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

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We discuss the challenges of representing the UK at the Venice Biennale with the artist in his north London studio

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Other highlights include a compilation of short stories inspired by Philip Guston and Parapraxis, a new magazine centered on psychoanalytic thought

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From the postponed Lagos Biennial to the first career retrospective of architect I.M. Pei at M+ in Hong Kong, these are the top picks for the year ahead

From Dorothy Sze’s dystopian romance to M. John Harrison's future classic 'anti-memoir', here are our favourite books of the year

With the opening of Factory International, the city endeavours to place itself firmly at the centre of the UK’s cultural scene

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How the artist's development is shaped by his family and local community

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Other highlights include Lauren Elkin’s provocative book on feminist art and a long-awaited film on the late British photographer Tish Murtha

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By basing themselves outside of Accra, Nuku Studio provides space and time for Ghanaian and international photographers to develop their craft

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Ahead of a survey opening at MUDAM Luxembourg in May, the artist speaks about her pioneering practice bridging photography and experimental book forms

BY Vanessa Peterson AND Dayanita Singh |

At Nubuke Foundation, Accra, the artist’s mysterious paintings are laced with historical references and religious iconography

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Vanessa Peterson speaks to the curator about the institution's history and developing ambitious programming in Brussels

BY Vanessa Peterson AND Zoë Gray |

Other highlights include a Ghanaian internet radio station rapidly taking over international airwaves and the latest novel from Nell Zink

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From the rise of sculpture to the return of landmark art events, three frieze editors discuss the year in art