Issue 167 of frieze out now The November/December issue of frieze is out now and includes features on painting and humour, a radical Japanese art movement and emerging artists,alongside our regular columns and reviews from around the world. Marlene Dumas: A Wall To Object To On the occasion of a major touring retrospective—at the Stedelijk Museum, Tate Modern and Fondation Beyeler—critic Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith mines the gap between image and painting in the practice of Marlene Dumas. “No amount of detective work can account for the confounding visceral impact of these consummate paintings when encountered in person.” What’s So Funny? How Humour Feeds Painting frieze Assistant Editor Paul Teasdale challenges the idea that comics and paintings don’t mix: “Gone are the nervous self-irony and apologetic jokes. In their place is a figuration that is confident and playful, self-aware, expressive—and funny.” e-flux/announcements/issue-167-out-now/
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