Issue 254

Five art-world figures – directors, artists, academics and gallerists – on why artist-run spaces, new galleries and collaboration remain vital to emerging talent

The photographer looks back on a close friendship, recalling the intimacy that shaped their shared world

The artist on how he reshapes the familiar – from cookware to classrooms – into wooden sculptures that expose the fault lines of American life

Carson Chan considers the fate and function of public statues at a time when many are being toppled

Ahead of his White Cube London show, the artist contemplates photography’s industrial heritage and his exacting image-making

The pair reflect on social practice, early collaborations, and the importance of mutual recognition in their work

The painter reflects on the support, wisdom and generosity she received from her late friend

The artist celebrates an influential statesman and painter whose work constantly crosses the boundaries of art, politics, writing and architecture

In her new book ‘Perverts’, one of poetry’s great dreamers puts nighttime’s revelations into social relation

He recalls their decades-long friendship and vivid memories of William S. Burroughs, James Grauerholz and Allen Ginsberg in ‘The Bunker’

As the artist takes over the Royal Academy, London, Bryn Evans unpacks the sensual play of intimacy and light in one extraordinary canvas