ArtReview - October 2016

The ranked list of this year's most influential people in the contemporary artworld, with profiles of each entry, including an extended profile for this year’s no.1: Hans Ulrich Obrist, plus accompanying features including:

Trevor Paglen: the American artist discusses exposing the invisible structures that governments use in order to control the public. Interview by Oliver Basciano. With a special project by the artist throughout the magazine and online.

A History of Power: in the art game there are five kinds of players. Here player number five – the writer – places himself alongside the artist, collector, dealer and curator. By Martin Gayford.

(Inter)national collections: With public funding in retreat, national museums are tapping private donors abroad. Thomas Forwood asks, how great an idea is that?

Biennial Burnout: While the number of international biennials continues to grow, the world lurches from one desperate crisis to the next. Joshua Decter thinks it’s time to consider the real values of art.

On the Couch: ArtReview hops onto its own couch for the first time to do some serious self-reflection on the whole Power 100 business in a session with an angry therapist.