State of the Art
The refugee crisis and the pitfalls of artistic responses by Jörg Heiser
In These Intemperate Times
Why theatre remains vital by Lynne Tillman
Weekend Special
Is it time to eschew the word 'criticism'? by Sean O’Toole
Legislation
Germany's dispute over legislating artworks of national significance by Stefan Kobel
Frieze Video: Page & Screen
How London's gentrification impacts on artists by Jonathan P. Watts
Life in Film
The Norwegian filmmaker on childhood heroines, docu-fiction and Swedish love stories by Ane Hjort Guttu
Music
Celebrating 40 years of La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's Dream House by Andy Battaglia
Books
A new collection of Robert Walser's little-known art criticism by Charlie Fox
Ideal Syllabus
Eileen Myles discusses the books that have influenced her by Eileen Myles
Interview
Nicolas Party and Jesse Wine meet to discuss forms, frames and learning from Giorgio Morandi by Jesse Wine and Nicolas Party
Interview
An interview with Claes Oldenburg by Dan Fox
Focus
A utopian world-in-progress by Harry Thorne
Survey
Sam Thorne considers what lies in store for gallery visitors and invites ten art professionals to reveal how they envision the museum 25 years from now by Sam Thorne
Focus
Performance, salesmanship and the powers of persuasion by Eva Díaz
Monograph
From Hans Haacke’s 1993 exhibition ‘Germania’ through the works of the Palestinian writers Mahmoud Darwish and Wael Zuaiter to the films of Francesco Rosi and Jim Jarmusch – the evolution of Emily Jacir’s artistic imagination by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
Monograph
The provocative works of the Japanese collective Chim↑Pom by Ellen Mara De Wachter
Public Art
After more than 50 years of political and economic sanctions, Cuba has this year re-established diplomatic relations with the US. Art historian Andrianna Campbell and photographer Matthew Connors visited the country to explore the shifting meaning of political monuments in this new era of change. by Andrianna Campbell
Picture Piece
Roland Barthes’s only acting performance by Derek Horton
Questionnaire
Q: If you could live with only one piece of art, what would it be? A: A stone that I consider beautiful. by Agnès Varda