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1 month ago | frieze.com | Nadine Khalil

Jeddah was my entry point to the Saudi art scene. I began travelling there from Dubai in 2017 for 21’39 Jeddah Arts, an annual non-profit exhibition driven by private patronage and the curiosity of international guest curators, such as Venetia Porter and Vassilis Oikonomopoulos. Then, there was a palpable sense of discovery and a raw, experimental tone that thrived on the edges of a still-forming scene.

1 month ago | frieze.com | Sean Burns

A sign about two-thirds of the way around the Arsenale reads: ‘We are fucked! You can change it!’ The statement by HouseEurope! responds to curator Carlo Ratti’s emphatic call to engage with urgent environmental issues in his exhibition for the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, ‘Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.’ His show features more than 750 participants, from farmers to fashion designers, and over 280 projects spread throughout the Arsenale and across the city.

1 month ago | frieze.com | Ian Bourland

Frieze PublishingYes, email me reviews, offers, and opinions by artists, writers, and editors from Frieze Frieze EventsYes, email me Frieze Events Inc and Frieze Events Ltd’s global programme information including special offers and benefits Essex Hemphill visited London for the first time in 1986. At that time, the poet was already a fixture in the Washington, DC gay community.

1 month ago | frieze.com | Christopher Alessandrini

Frieze PublishingYes, email me reviews, offers, and opinions by artists, writers, and editors from Frieze Frieze EventsYes, email me Frieze Events Inc and Frieze Events Ltd’s global programme information including special offers and benefits Noah Davis had a mind for pastiche, pulling from sources as heterogeneous as ancient Egyptian mythology and the paintings of Édouard Manet, to the modernist architecture of Paul R. Williams, family albums and The Jerry Springer Show (1991–2018).

1 month ago | frieze.com | Ivana Cholakova |Anne Kremers

On 15 May, Fenix, a new museum dedicated to the ever-shifting terrain of migration, will open its doors in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Here, director Anne Kremers talks about the institution’s commitment to community participation, presenting migration as a multifaceted narrative, shaped by trauma, hope and resilience. Ivana Cholakova Can you speak to the origins of Fenix – what conversations or urgencies gave it form? Anne Kremers I think the site itself marked the start of the project.