Environmentalism

Fashion photographer-turned-mountaineer Michel Comte makes spectacular photographs of remote landscapes with a concerned eye to fast-vanishing glaciers.

"To be alive is a gift." Thomas Struth, showing new work at Marian Goodman Gallery, talks about his (terror-struck) experience of New York in the '70s, and reveals his concerns about the future of the planet.

This year's edition of juggernaut art fair Frieze London finds space to tackle sexual politics, institutional racism, and environmental angst but—customary brain Frieze aside—still manages to leave us feeling upbeat.