Andrew Durbin
@andrew-durbin.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief, frieze. Book about Peter Hujar and Paul Thek forthcoming from FSG and Granta in 2026. More writing here: andrew-durbin.com. London/New York.
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Including some solid advice from Allen Ginsberg
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Including some solid advice from Allen Ginsberg
Petition for a collection of all of 26-year-old WK’s marginalia.
January 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Petition for a collection of all of 26-year-old WK’s marginalia.
In an era of resurgent nationalism, representing a country is a difficult task for many artists. Yet, the challenge itself might yield innovative and necessary results. So long as we are saddled with these ageing buildings in the Giardini, why not ask a new generation to spruce up the place?
January 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In an era of resurgent nationalism, representing a country is a difficult task for many artists. Yet, the challenge itself might yield innovative and necessary results. So long as we are saddled with these ageing buildings in the Giardini, why not ask a new generation to spruce up the place?
The British Pavilion desperately needs a refresh; it has lost the element of surprise, once a guiding principle of contemporary art, leaving the impression that UK has run out of young talent.
January 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The British Pavilion desperately needs a refresh; it has lost the element of surprise, once a guiding principle of contemporary art, leaving the impression that UK has run out of young talent.
Historically, national pavilions have proven more useful in debuting talent on a global stage than cementing reputations ... Before 2000, the average age of an artist presenting at the British Pavilion was 40. Since then, it has crept up to 52.
January 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Historically, national pavilions have proven more useful in debuting talent on a global stage than cementing reputations ... Before 2000, the average age of an artist presenting at the British Pavilion was 40. Since then, it has crept up to 52.
Out of the 14 artists exhibited in the British Pavilion since 1997, ten were born in the 1960s. Of the remaining four, Phyllida Barlow was born in 1944; Gilbert and George in 1943 and 1942, respectively; and Mark Wallinger in 1959. What an astonishing run for artists born before the lunar landing.
January 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Out of the 14 artists exhibited in the British Pavilion since 1997, ten were born in the 1960s. Of the remaining four, Phyllida Barlow was born in 1944; Gilbert and George in 1943 and 1942, respectively; and Mark Wallinger in 1959. What an astonishing run for artists born before the lunar landing.