Andrew Durbin

Director of the Delfina Foundation, Aaron Cezar, on how to argue for the transformative potential of the arts

At Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, the artist presents the beauty of myth as a way to address sorrow and shame

From novels to art books to poetry, the frieze team shares the new releases they’re most excited to read

The new director talks funding cuts, local artists and how institutions can stay relevant in a changing cultural landscape

As the Labour government pursues growth, filmmaker, campaigner and crossbench peer Beeban Kidron says it risks damaging the rights of artists by handing their work to AI companies

On her centenary, writers and artists consider the painter’s pioneering abstract expressionism and lasting artistic legacy

Other highlights feature a soundtrack to Leonardo da Vinci’s life and a captivating Arthur Russell biography

A new wave of spaces has emerged to embrace the city’s pop sensibility and challenge the status quo

From an especially weak German pavilion to Yuko Mohri’s orchestra of rotting fruit, sensuality – and history – take centre stage at the Venice Biennale 2024

Other highlights include a Polish crime noir and a spirited solo album from Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker

The artist talks creative freedom in the label’s A/W 2024 menswear collection, perfecting the ‘horny-old-man zoom’, and putting Manu Rios in a monkey cage

Ahead of the publication of his new book, Dancing On My Own, Simon Wu speaks about his influences and allegiances



 

An exhibition at Gagosian in London unearths a deathly yet exultant quality in the artist’s early photographic works

Other highlights include Victor Heringer’s final novel and the experimental excitations of a Japanese underground legend

Famous for her screenprints of the 1960s and ’70s, the artist is the subject of a new book that reconsiders a lesser-known aspect of her multifaceted practice

From new fiction by Isabel Allende to the first Bulgarian novel to win the Man Booker International, the frieze team recommend new favourites and future classics

At Between Bridges, Berlin, a retrospective of the late artist's work serves as a memorial to his too-short life

After a seven-year hiatus, the artist returns this summer with a startling new album of ‘true feelings’

A forthcoming release from fantasy video game franchise The Legend of Zelda and a Bettye LaVette throwback remix also make this week's highlights

At Thomas Dane Gallery, Naples, the painter reflects on the time and materials of a medium that continues to surprise her