The Year in Review 2024

From an unfinished Danish magnum opus to the latest title by Annie Ernaux, frieze editors list the books they loved most this year

From a bold architectural intervention in New York to a group exhibition in Los Angeles on the science of sex

From an exhibition that positions paintings as ‘Popstars’ in Tokyo to the inaugural group show of a new curatorial collective in Dubai

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

From a long overdue retrospective of Chantal Akerman to a group show celebrating the centenary of the Surrealist Manifesto

An unsettling rise in attacks on art in 2024 saw museums tighten policies and authorities adopt harsher, more punitive measures

After attending an exhibition at the Met Museum, Lucy Ives wonders about the allegories and metaphors we choose to imagine our political future

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

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

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