Lou Selfridge

How the art world’s dismissal of the writer’s popular books reveals its own snobbishness

From a debut novel by Stephanie Wambugu to Maggie Nelson’s analysis of Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath, the frieze team recommend the new books they’re most excited about

As museums embrace performance by queer artists, performers and curators debate the trade-offs of recognition

Its 2025 edition, ‘Shelter’, seeks to disturb our anthropocentric attitudes by swapping spectacle for subtlety

At the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, the artist employs the visual language of BDSM to examine the human exploitation of horses

Other highlights include an intimate photobook by Coca Dai and Abdellah Taïa’s lyrical new novel

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

At Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, the artist’s cryptic compositions challenge our need for meaning in art

Dedicated to 100 years of surreal landscapes, this baggy group show at The Hepworth Wakefield hides its best works

From a characteristically tongue-in-cheek Yoko Ono exhibition to a group show on the ‘Imaginary Institution of India’

From dynamic performance and moving image to several major biennials, four frieze editors discuss the year in art

Highlights also include Nat Raha’s new book and The Harlem Gospel Travelers’ latest album

In his first solo institutional exhibition at Centro Pecci, Prato, the artist’s intimate vignettes honour queer sensuality

An unsettling outdoor performance in Edinburgh combines live and pre-recorded voices to directly confront Conservative MP Suella Braverman’s incendiary rhetoric

We’ve selected our favourite exhibitions and projects, including a presentation by Turner Prize nominee Delaine Le Bas and Susan Philipsz’s collaboration with students

At Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh, the artist draws inspiration from his Orkney heritage to create a unique style of painting with a whimsical touch