State of the Art

Jan Verwoert writes about the 1990s, ‘New Innocence’, popular TV shows and the ethics of profanity

The many uses of the Zeitgeist

The changing role of cultural theory, and its enduring importance for contemporary art

The myriad uses of art and artists

Wall texts in museums and galleries are meant to elucidate and educate, why are most badly written, full of jargon, and painfully reductive?

The world of difference between writing a blog and an article for print publication

How art can weave into life and vice versa

How to stop worrying and love the ‘content crunch’

A celebration of the over-looked, the under-appreciated and the disappeared

Can a piece of writing ever precisely convey what the writer wants it to?

Do we visit museums to be taught, amused, challenged or affirmed? Should curators legislate how they want their exhibitions to be understood?

For the 100th issue of frieze the editors celebrate the pleasure and pain of criticism