Marc Camille Chaimowicz' work is intoxicated by longing; yearning for a place never lived in but rather dreamt of or briefly tasted

An interview with Bruce Nauman about his commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, poetry, architecture, sound and language

After the 1979 revolution art in Iran seemed to have no future beyond what was considered compatible with the new Islamic orthodoxy. But today, counter to clichéd expectations that only expatriates could produce interesting contemporary work, a lively contemporary art scene flourishes in Tehran. Three views.

Mainstream films are increasingly employing narrative fragmentation and non-linearity – attributes more commonly associated with experimental cinema

How is geometry susceptible to meaning? Is time travel possible? In which direction does space curve? How do journeys to other dimensions appear to the naked eye?

‘More and more often there is embarrassment all around when the wish to hear a story is expressed. It is as if something that seemed inalienable to us, the securest among our possessions, were taken from us: the ability to exchange experiences.’ Walter Benjamin, ‘The Storyteller’, Illuminations (1923)

These works hover uncertainly in the present

Identity is something you perform – a performance restrained by norms and expectations

In Lisa Yuskavage’s paintings an ever-present edge of uncertainty articulates a near hallucinogenic vision of femininity

Urs Fischer’s work is characterized by happy accidents – slips of the hand and mind that can transform even the ugliest of ducklings into a weirdly beautiful swan

What images keep you company in the space where you work? The outside of the inside.

In June this year a few hundred people gathered in a terraced field in a remote part of Arcadia in Greece to witness the world premiere of the opening cycles of Gregory Markopoulos' 80-hour film Eniaios (1947-91)