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Out Now. Frieze Issue noº 162.

#MediaDesign 31 August 2018 — thoughtfulness in design — <3 frieze (UK), issue 197, September 2018.

‘The more the activist agitates within [familiar cultural defaults], the more the noose tightens.’ – Keller Easterling

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

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…

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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.

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.

Simone Fattal talks to Negar Azimi about her archaeological and formal explorations in collage, paint and sculpture; Pablo Larios investigates how the Bauhaus is being decentred from the Western canon; Cal Revely-Calder pens a picture piece on Samuel Beckett’s Gucci bag; and Hannah Black, Howie Chen, Jamillah James, Ajay Kurian and Suhail Malik share their sobering glimpses into how the project of artistic freedom has been co-opted by the far right.