Metis takes a look at five artists from the Persian Gulf whose works navigate contemporary issues within the region.

Instructor of Reading the Malay Archipelago, Syed Muhammad Hafiz, speaks to Metis about his favourite art figure in the region, archipelagic thinking, and art collecting.

Metis takes a closer look at five Latin American artists on our radar, whose works intimately excavate the contexts, landscapes and politics of their region.

Metis takes a look at five contemporary artists from Southeast Asia whose works speak to the diversities, politics and environments of this enigmatic region.

Metis picks our favourite artworks from the highly-anticipated KIAF 2021, which returned this year to Gwangju, South Korea.

OVR: Basel took place last weekend, running concurrently to Art Basel’s physical fair in Switzerland. Here, Metis takes a look at our favourite works from young artists displayed at the OVR. Born between the late 80s to late 90s, the works from these artists are bold, thoughtful and illuminating — we’ll surely be keeping a close eye on them in the years to come.

TEFAF’s 2021 online fair ran from 9-13 September and featured 250 exhibitors. Metis takes a look at abstraction in the works of female artists exhibited in the fair.

Curators Bala Starr and Melanie Pocock will be leading our upcoming Chapters course, The Language of Contemporary Art, on 25 September. Bala is currently the director of La Trobe Art Institute in Victoria, Australia, while Melanie is a curator at Ikon in Birmingham, UK. We speak to Melanie about her practice, how she sees public engagement in terms of contemporary art, and what we can expect from the upcoming course.