The London Borough Ruled by Feuding CatsArtReviewPartnership with Brent 202017 September 2020David Blandy, for the Brent Biennial, imagines Harlesden 8,000 years in the future
How COVID-19 Created an Existential Dilemma for the Fashion WorldAmber ButchartOpinion24 September 2020$1000 face masks epitomise an industry consumed by systemic inequality, unchecked consumerism and waste
‘We Will Dance Again’: Photographer An-My Lê on Reconnecting with New York in LockdownAn-My LêFeatures23 September 2020‘I realised that the city was speaking to me and I needed to pay attention to what it was trying to tell me’
Art After PandemicArtReviewPartnership with Korea Research Fellow 10x1025 September 2020The international contemporary art symposium, ‘2020 Korea Research Fellow: 10x10’, runs 1–14 October 2020
Ai Weiwei protests outside Julian Assange hearingArtReviewNews29 September 2020The artist made an appearance outside the Old Bailey in support of Julian Assange, whose extradition hearing continues
UK museums warned not to remove statues, or risk funding cutsArtReviewNews29 September 2020‘It is imperative that you continue to act impartially,’ culture minister Oliver Dowden wrote
New David Zwirner space will only have Black members of staffArtReviewNews28 September 2020Curator Ebony L. Haynes will direct new venture
How Kris Martin’s ‘Idiot’ Inspired a Critic to Rewrite His Own StoryMartin HerbertFeatures25 September 2020‘Dostoevsky, I thought, had maybe changed him and, to a person as dissatisfied with their own personality as I am, might rewrite me’
11th Berlin Biennale Review – Exhausting but RewardingMark RappoltReviews18 September 2020Drawing its title from the work of poet Iman Mersal, The Crack Begins Within gathers artists who largely identify with the Global South
Subject, Object, Verb, Episode 3: Maya Angelou’s Rituals; Female Mystic Artists; Candice Lin’s Cat EulogyArtReviewAudio20 August 2020ArtReview’s podcast explores the connections between artists, art and life
‘Learning of My Fragility’: Artist Larry Achiampong’s Letters to His ChildrenLarry AchiampongFeatures11 September 2020‘I aim to treat the present with a consideration and dignity absent in the treatment of my ancestor’s narratives’
The ‘Real’ Cindy ShermanLaura AllsopFrom the archive21 September 2020“I want to be in control of what looks fake and what doesn’t.”
Artist Martha Atienza and the Fight for Environmental Justice in the PhilippinesMarv RecintoFeatures17 September 2020The Dutch-Filipino artist traces evidence of the current global climate crisis through the changing life of islanders in the Visayan Sea
Video: Collecting Photography in Hong KongArtReviewVideo15 September 2020A panel discussion on collecting photography and photography’s presence in the art market
Even Before COVID-19, Artists Were Badly Paid. This Needs to ChangeSusan JonesOpinion24 September 2020Trickle-down arts policy in the UK has been disastrous
McKenzie Wark, ‘Sensoria’ Review: What Is the Point of Scholarship?J.J. CharlesworthBook Review25 September 2020In her latest book, Wark reflects on 19 writers rethinking the effect and evolution of technocapitalism on human consciousness
What ‘Bad Art’ Really MeansMartin HerbertOpinion18 September 2020Many of the shows we see we’ll only see once, much of what was interesting in them we might miss, and what we get back for that is the cheap, cynical thrill of dismissal
The End of Creativity? What the UK’s New Immigration Regime Will Do to the ArtworldChris SharrattOpinionartreview.com17 July 2020‘The rest of the world is seeing the UK as a more isolationist and less open country that is at odds with the general global discourse’
Could Empty Museums Be a Good Thing?Sam JacobOpinionartreview.com15 July 2020The time is right for a ‘post-museum cultural space’, and the British Museum’s Parthenon gallery is the ideal place to start
The Plight and Poetry of Singapore’s Migrant WorkersZakir Hossain KhokanFeaturesArtReview Asia10 July 2020‘First Draft’, by Zakir Hossain Khokan
‘A Radical Slowing Down’: How Museums Are Responding to Our Troubling TimesArtReviewFeaturesartreview.com16 June 2020Fewer blockbusters? More care? In an ongoing series, directors and curators discuss the future of the artworld in the face of COVID-19
Courage and the ArtworldMartin HerbertOpinionartreview.com05 June 2020We might fondly cling to the notion of artists as risk-takers; the reality, for observers, is that artists are held back or holding back
What It’s Like to Visit a Museum in the Age of Social DistancingKimberly BradleyOpinionartreview.com22 May 2020The Berlin artworld is tentatively reopening. But what happens to exhibitions that are premised on intimate interaction?
Don’t Do It! Why VR Art Under Lockdown Is So DepressingJ.J. CharlesworthOpinionartreview.com20 May 2020From Hans Ulrich Obrist’s online edition of ‘Do It’ to Olafur Eliasson’s AR ‘Wunderkammer’, the stay-at-home artworld looks surprisingly conformist
Gone FishingMartin HerbertOpinionartreview.com06 May 2020Why taking a break is a good thing for people who care about art
The Interview: Josh SmithRoss SimoniniFeaturesartreview.com30 April 2020The artist cites a life of inspired solitude long before COVID-19
