Featuring race, power and performance in the work of Pope.L, the legacy of Nam June Paik, Mark Bradford in Shanghai, plus breakfast with Gabriel Kuri, art in times of Brexit, an art detective story, exhibition and book reviews and more.
Architect Sam Jacob considers obsolete borders while walking Hadrian’s Wall; Patrick Langley asks whether music has to be enjoyable to be good; Ben Street plays detective in the case of Nicolas Poussin’s heavy fingerprints; and, after Britain and Europe’s Brexit-shaped divorce, Louise Darblay considers whether or not Paris will play comforting friend to a downcast art market.
Exhibition reviews from around the world include the Istanbul Biennial, which has French theorist Nicolas Bourriaud at the helm; Lee Krasner at the Barbican Art Gallery, London; Mick Peter at Baltic, Gateshead; Simon Starling at The Modern Institute, Glasgow; Chris Kraus at Index, Stockholm; Garden of Earthly Delights at Gropius Bau, Berlin; Pippa Garner at O-Town House, Los Angeles; Gina Beavers at MoMA PS1, New York; Paul Mpagi Sepuya at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; Aneta Grzeszykowska at Galeria Raster, Warsaw; and many more
Martin Herbert presents his indispensable guide to this month’s must-see exhibitions; ArtReview has breakfast with Gabriel Kuri; and an extended books section features reviews of Don't Look Back in Anger, a look back to culture of 1990s ‘Cool Britannia’ by Daniel Rachel, a roundup of the latest art book releases and the photobook Model City Pyongyang.