On the occasion of a travelling retrospective, Sassen looked into her archives and rediscovered a body of work she made while studying in an MFA program. Folio interrogates the preoccupations of her youth

For Cocteau, it was all poetry: a drawing blended with words, Jean Marais the lover and actor in Orpheus, his friendship with Peggy Guggenheim, a relationship with Natalie Paley, the Cartier sword – and opium

Overcoming the banal beauty of the postcard landscape: stains are everyday realities, landscapes, scraps of life defined by chromatic contrasts

Bronze sculptures and small-scale paintings are set up inside the Galleria Lorcan O’Neill as within a temple or a church

The art fair opens up to the global scene while at the same time furthering Barcelona’s own art tradition. This year’s edition focuses on East Asia, the cities of Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei

“We explore whether a cake can become more than just a treat: can it be a bold, chaotic, and revolutionary landscape?” interview with Barbara Boninsegna, artistic director and founder of Centrale Fies

Working with dreams, oral narratives, silk, and glass, filmmaker and artist Saodat Ismailova’s work at Pirelli Hangar Bicocca explores the entangled histories of Central Asia

Spell and reality by Cinzia Ruggeri. In conversation with Luca Lo Pinto, creative director of Cinzia says…, the ended exhibition at MACRO in Rome that is moving to London

«Galleries should have no expectations. Every artist has overworked or underworked something. I will be the only one to know if it’s finished». Cassi Namoda on her approach to work and art

Neo Nordic Architecture challenged the white cube gallery format with a flexible wall system which lets the daylight through to illuminate the artworks – while at night it can be lighten up with an adjustable lighting system