A rush of politics kicked off Frieze Week this year, with a talk between Chelsea Manning and James Bridle organised by the Institute of Contemporary Arts at the Royal Institution, three days ahead of the opening of Frieze London, Frieze Masters and 1-54 (4–7 October 2018). The event felt more like a press conference, with attendees seemingly...

Divided We Stand, the tongue-in-cheek title of the 9th Busan Biennale (8 September–1 November 2018), speaks to the psychological effects of borders on individual and collective social consciousness. Co-curated by artistic directors Cristina Ricupero and Jörg Heiser, with guest curator Gahee Park, the exhibition explores the divisions haunting...

Walking through the Anni Albers exhibition at the K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, in Düsseldorf this summer (9 June–9 September 2018), I couldn't help thinking about the 1944 poem by American dancer and artist Raymond Duncan, 'I Sing the Weaver'. The poem talks about weaving as a practice linking a weaver's body to the world; a view that...

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Latest Ocula Report Frieze Week 2018: London, Masters and 1-54 By AMAH-ROSE MCKNIGHT-ABRAMS | October 2018 Across the three main fairs of Frieze week, there was a sense of the outside world and its politics seeping in, with increased engagement with the issues of the day, most notably the MeToo movement. Read More

Ibrahim El-Salahi, Meditation Tree (2018). Exhibition view: 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Somerset House, London (4–7 October 2018). Courtesy the artist and Vigo Gallery. Photo: © Katrina Sorrentino.

Latest Ocula Conversation Dr Apinan Poshyananda ‘To stage a biennale of any kind, you need peace. If you're going to have a coup every two years, you cannot have a biennale.’ Read More By SAMANTHA KUOK LEESE

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Ocula Report Anni Albers: In Focus By INGA LACE | October 2018 Albers's engagement with architectural forms was another way to dismantle the existing borders between craft, fine art, and architecture. In her 1957 essay, The Pliable Plane, Albers argued that all primitive forms of architecture, such as tents and yurts, were based on textiles... Read More

Anni Albers winding a bobbin at Black Mountain College (1941). Courtesy The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. Photo: Claude Stoller.

Ocula Report A Journey That Wasn’t at The Broad, Los Angeles By JAREH DAS | September 2018 Curated by Ed Schad and Sarah Loyer, the show explores how artists have dealt with representing time across film, painting, sculpture, installation and photography, while considering how it affects memory and perception. Read More

Elliott Hundley, the high house low! (2011). Exhibition view: A Journey That Wasn't, The Broad, Los Angeles (30 June 2018–February 2019). © Elliott Hundley. Courtesy The Broad Art Foundation. Photo: Coley Brown.

Ocula Report Contemporary Istanbul: Open for business By STEPHANIE BAILEY | September 2018 Nevertheless, if beauty—or art—is in the eye of the beholder, there is something to be said for an art fair that makes room for multiple registers... Read More

Volkan Aslan, Dear Ugly Future (2018). Exhibition view: Pi Artworks, Contemporary Istanbul 2018 (20–23 September 2018). Courtesy Contemporary Istanbul. Photo: Tolga Adanali.

Ocula Report Imagined Borders at the 12th Gwangju Biennale By TESSA MOLDAN | September 2018 ...while the thematic chaos of the multi-curator approach adopted by this biennial invites easy criticism, the production of an exhibition where vastly different and far-ranging ideas are able to fluidly interact is also what makes this a model platform. Read More

Yeongyun Kang, Between sky and land 4 (1995). Manjang, bier, mixed media installation. Exhibition view: 12th Gwangju Biennale: I_magined Borders_, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju (7 September–11 November 2018). Courtesy Gwangju Biennale Foundation.

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Latest Ocula Photolog Frieze London 2018 8 October 2018 Frieze London returns to Regent's Park this October to present the best of international contemporary art by emerging and established artists, featuring more than 160 of the world’s leading galleries. View Photolog

Frieze London (4–7 October 2018). Courtesy Ocula. Photo: Charles Roussel.

Ocula Photolog Frieze Masters 2018 8 October 2018 The seventh edition of Frieze Masters features six millennia of art history from across the world; enhanced by curated sections showcasing extraordinary objects and pioneers of the avant-garde. View Photolog

Frieze Masters (4–7 October 2018). Courtesy Ocula. Photo: Charles Roussel.

Ocula Photolog Asia Contemporary Art Week 2018 18 September 2018 Directed by Curator Leeza Ahmady, Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW) is a dynamic platform that brings together leading New York and Asia-based art institutions, museums and galleries to present the largest showcase of cutting-edge exhibitions, innovative projects, provocative dialogues on current topics, and networking opportunities. View Photolog

Ocula Photolog Sydney Contemporary 2018 14 September 2018 Staged at Carriageworks, Sydney's striking multi-disciplinary arts precinct, the Fair welcomes over 80 galleries from around the Pacific Rim with strong representation from Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. View Photolog

Ocula Photolog Speech Acts: Reflection-Imagination-Repetition 27 June 2018 Through the work of more than 40 artists' work curated by Hammad Nasar with Kate Jesson, 'Speech Acts: Reflection-Imagination- Repetition' at Manchester Art Gallery, considers how public museums reflect and shape the collective imagination, and examines how exhibitions can affect these shared narratives. View Photolog

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