The Year in Review

From an epic dialogue between Huma Bhabha and Alberto Giacometti at the Barbican to Kira Freije’s debut institutional show at the Hepworth Wakefield, these are this year’s standout exhibitions

From a major Jack Whitten retrospective at MoMA to a storytelling-focused SITE Santa Fe International, these are this year’s standout exhibitions

From an expansive sixth edition of the Kyiv Biennial to a radical feminist retelling of digital art histories, these are the exhibitions everyone was talking about

From a review of carnal ecstasy in a Tokyo nightclub to a deep critique of the biennial format, these are the ten articles our readers loved the most

In a year of perpetual political and technological chaos, the best art reminded us to learn from history – the worst only recycled it

From a newly reissued Hélène Bessette novel to Liz Johnson Artur’s personal workbooks, our editors share the standout reads that shaped their year

In her latest book, the novelist and essayist considers the use of fiction and literary criticism in times of war and conflict 

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

This year, arts institutions jettisoned dead-end questions about art made with artificial intelligence – and instead asked viewers to learn how it works

From Britney Spears to Adam Farah-Saad, the noughties trend that capitalized on nostalgia has finally run its course, leaving no rhinestone unturned

After a spate of gallery closures in New York, how might contemporary art find a balance in the turbulence of the city?

From Dorothy Sze’s dystopian romance to M. John Harrison's future classic 'anti-memoir', here are our favourite books of the year

Members of the Polish art world on whether change can come quickly to a long-suffering cultural sector

From gallery expansions and closures to social media complicating relational aesthetics, three frieze editors discuss the year in art