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…