Frieze magazine

Shane de Lange’s weekly analysis of media design — both past and present, print and online — from South Africa and around the world.

In the October issue of frieze, Benjamin Weissman presents an homage to, meditation on, conversation with and analysis of the 50-year career of John Baldessari. Also, the artist Barbara Bloom responds to the work of Baldessari – her friend and former teacher. Plus: Jennifer Bornstein, Tacita Dean, Lara Favaretto, Dan Fox on pretentiousness, the Polyphonic Voices of Georgia, Fritz Haeg, Tehching Hsieh, Michelangelo and Paulina Olowska. Also featuring: novelist A.M. Homes‘ short story inspired…

Out Now. Frieze Issue noº 162.

The May issue of frieze features a visual essay by Heji Shin; a series of open letters to Adrian Piper; an interview with Maria Hassabi; David Salle's fan letter in praise of George W.S. Trow’s prescient commentary on American culture; and monographs on Ruth Asawa, Than Hussein Clark and Madeline Gins.

‘I somehow have this sense of history – of the now being history.’ – Wolfgang Tillmans

New launch Epoch is a bold new magazine combining past and present in an attempt to cross-pollinate disciplines and eras. It’s editor-in-chief is Francesca Gavin, an editor, writer and curator whose name has graced multiple magazines across art, creativity and fashion. This is the first magazine she has launched.

‘The idea of the glitch pushes back against the speed at which images of Black bodies and queer bodies are consumed online.’ – Legacy Russell In the September issue of frieze, poet Momtaza Mehri talks to the author of Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto (2020), Legacy Russell; Charles Aubin, Aruna D’Souza, Brendan Fernandes, Ligia Lewis and Paul Maheke consider how artists and institutions can adapt to the post-pandemic world; Beatriz Santiago Muñoz answers our questionnaire; and Shawné Michaelain…

Frieze issue no. 163

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The magazine’s art director David Lane has given it a new print design, which aims to represent how contemporary art is “reactive” and “makes a statement”.