In the introduction to a selection of his plays published in 1991, the English writer Michael Frayn tried to diagnose what went wrong with Balmoral, his 1987 farce in which the British monarch’s ...

At Kunstverein Kevin, Vienna, ‘Thoughts in No Particular Order, Given the Circumstances’ turns a simple logistical prompt ...

It is tempting to think of a mirror as something that reflects the world back to us exactly as it is. But in Isaac Julien’s new exhibition at Victoria Miro, the artist distorts this image through a ...

Sin Wai Kin’s Dreaming the End (2023) is a contemplative exploration of fluid narratives and the evolution of human experiences. With a discerning eye, Sin situates viewers in a liminal space where ...

In 1962, a new Jamaican consciousness and sense of self was reborn in fire through ceremonial state independence from Britain, its former enslaver and colonist. Not since the initiation of the ...

‘What’s that?’ proclaims a small boy clutching an ice cream, pointing with his free hand towards the sea. His mother doesn’t know how to answer. ‘It’s a bird,’ she says cautiously. They’re standing on ...

The earliest example of what could be deemed a smiley was discovered by archaeologists working in southern Turkey who found a 1,700 BCE ceramic jug with faint markings that followed the pattern of a ...

With ‘RAIN / RUIN’, a large exhibition of predominantly new work, Phillip Lai makes clear that his interest in the singularity of objects does not preclude a study of enmeshment. Spike Island’s ...

From Asad Raza’s public tennis court staged in a former Belgian church to a subtly subversive edition of Manifesta set across ...

Spanning four floors of London’s largest gallery dedicated to the medium, ‘Japanese Women Photographers: From the 1950s to Now’ seeks to redress a gender imbalance in the international perception of ...

Frieze New York has announced the 2026 programme of performances and exhibitions to coincide with this year’s fair, taking place 13 – 17 May. The curated projects bring together durational performance ...

Brian O’Doherty had the pleasure of dying and being reborn many times, and I’d be remiss in treating him as someone with a single life (or afterlife). An obituary – an imposition of coherence – seems ...