Frieze - March 2022

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In the March issue of frieze, Carina Bukuts chairs a roundtable conversation on the future of Berlin’s institutions, with contributions from curator and writer Anselm Franke; the co-founder and editor of Arts of the Working Class, María Inés Plaza Lazo; the director and founder of CCA Berlin – Center for Contemporary Arts, Fabian Schöneich and artist Sung Tieu. And Edna Bonhomme speaks to Carolyn Lazard ahead of the artist’s exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Plus, Adam Mazur tracks the rise of right-wing art in Poland as the Law and Justice Party systematically eliminates opposition within the country’s institutions. In ‘1,500 words’, Alexander Kluge reflects on Walter Benjamin's favourite film and the pleasure machines of Coney Island. Carina Bukuts profiles Rabih Mroué, whose solo show at KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, opens soon. Gazelle Mba responds to a single work by Rachel Jones. We re-instate a popular frieze format Going Up, Going Down, charting what’s hot and what’s not in the global art world, and the latest iteration of our Lonely Arts column. 

The issue opens with a series of columns on the front lines shaping and dividing the international art world. Fernanda Brenner discusses Brazil’s overlapping art and activism initiatives with the co-founder of À Reviravolta de Gaia, Mariana Lacerda, and artists Camila Motta and Cafira Zoé. Ian Bourland speaks to Kellen Johnson – a member of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s security team – about a new exhibition he is curating at the Maryland institution, and Caitlin Chaisson profiles The Forge Project, the Indigenous-led organisation supporting innovators in culture, education and land justice. Plus, Mariam Ghani interviews Rahraw Omarzad about Afghanistan’s current situation and future art scene. SAKA (Artist Alliance for Genuine Agrarian Reform and Rural Development) contribute a diagram situating their creative practice within the broader realm of political expression for land rights and justice.