Opinion

Charlotte Jansen advises on a uniquely intense friendship formed in the early stages of a creative career

Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen advises an independent gallerist defending a controversial artist in public while harbouring private doubts

Qatar’s presence in the Giardini reveals how national pavilions increasingly function as tools of global cultural branding – even as the artists they platform position themselves against state power

Burnt out gallerists, branding exercises and whispered Venice scandals ended with foraged soup and guided meditation at Storm King Art Center 

In her second Agony Aunt column, Charlotte Jansen soothes a Venice Biennale curator with an emotional hangover

The 61st edition of the biennale reflects the terminal insularity of the contemporary art world

The 2026 shortlist is notably light on market power, signalling an art prize that no longer converts reputation into instant value. Is this welcome? 

In her third column, Gabriella Angeleti reports from the desert – where she visits the Nevada Museum of Art’s triennial Art + Environment Summit

A century after the 1926 United Kingdom general strike, threats by artists to withdraw their labour have produced mixed results

In her second dispatch, Gabriella Angeleti asks whether curatorial spectacle has been replaced by hollow, grandiose language