FT SeriesFrieze Week 2018The highlights, themes and trends — plus sales reports from the fairsNews from Frieze Masters and Frieze London 2018Plus: Hong Kong-born artist Wong Ping wins the Camden Arts Centre Emerging Arts PrizeHeidi Bucher at Parasol Unit — mesmerising chronicles of anonymous livesThe Swiss artist weaves together the concerns of Francesca Woodman and Rachel Whiteread: spaces, skins and the psycheFrieze satellite fairs reviewed — Sunday and MonikerPolitical work and street art is on offer at a more affordable levelArtist Enrico David on why we should ‘befriend the darkness that lies beneath’Across different media and imagery, the figure has remained a constant theme in his workPierre Huyghe at the Serpentine — digital canvases and mind-reading machinesThe French conceptualist’s exhibition is as dramatic as anything he has madeCAS Collections Fund buys Kehinde Wiley work for The Box, Plymouth, at FriezeIt also purchased two works by multimedia artist Zadie XaMore from this SeriesAlexandra Jefford at Roche Court — minimalism and flamboyanceThe jewellery designer’s new pieces are arresting hybrids of ornament and object, industrial manufacturing and handmade artisanshipVideo: Jeremy Deller on the politics of acid houseThe artist talks to sixth-form students about the rise of house musicPAD 2018 reviewed — our highlights from the fairAmong the razzle-dazzle, it is the quieter works that stand outKerry James Marshall: ‘You don’t see black people in trauma in my work’The African-American painter on stereotypes, the western canon and who decides market valueA ‘supremely enjoyable’ show of new work by Kerry James MarshallThe African-American artist comments on museum culture, on value in art, and the marketPodcast: Sally Rooney, David Shrigley and comedy in contemporary artFrieze London: women at workFemale artists are to the fore, including in a new section focused on activism and the 1980sRachel Maclean: satire for the age of SnapchatThe artist has made her name examining weighty current issues through a dark yet comic lensFrieze Art and Architecture Conference 2018 — asking the big questionsSpeakers included Richard Rogers, Shigeru Ban, Jamie Fobert and Ellen van LoonShowcase for the seasonGalleries show off new charges; ceramics all the rage; the ‘death’ of street art; brave faces at Istanbul fairWhat art dealers did next: curate their intellectual environmentSophisticated programming puts cultural offerings from commercial galleries on a par with institutionsNot 30%: London’s all-female art fairIts aim is to address the market’s gender imbalanceFrieze London: Jeremy Deller on rave cultureThe artist’s new documentary looks at politics and music in 1988, the ‘second summer of love’Nature by design at PAD London 2018Many pieces at this year’s fair are inspired by natural formsA brief history of Chinese art at Frieze MastersSpecialist dealer Gisèle Croës is bringing objects that range from c1500BC to the 18th century to the fair for the first timePerformance art: expression set in motionIt’s everywhere today — and the roots of the genre may well go back to pre-historic timesCan you buy performance art?A look into the financing of works that literally don’t stand stillKamel Lazaar Foundation: seeds of changeAhead of the 1-54 fair, we meet the father-daughter team promoting African and Middle Eastern artQuick silver: the art of Hiroshi SuzukiHis wafer-thin vessels are created using only a hammerPAD London 2018 preview: cabinets and curiositiesThis year’s exhibits range from 20th-century design and fine art to tribal objects, antiquities and jewelleryInternet art: Evan Roth’s ‘Red Lines’The artist is creatively applying his ‘hacker philosophy’ to his work, which can be viewed via peer-to-peer sharing
