ArtReview March 2024 explores gaming's influence on contemporary art and features global artists

The March 2024 issue of ArtReview examines the growing intersection between video games and fine art. Tiffany Funk analyzes this crossover, noting works like Cory Arcangel's 2002 'Super Mario Clouds' and Gabriel Massan's 2023 'Third World: The Bottom Dimension', which premiered at London's Serpentine Gallery. Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley's project 'The Rebirthing Room' (2024) archives Black trans experience through game mechanics where players confront personal demons. Naama Tsabar presents deviant musical instruments in a Berlin exhibition, subverting rockstar machismo through fragmented guitars. N. Dash's 'and Water' exhibition at Site Santa Fe shows paintings influenced by New Mexico's landscape, blending natural materials with human artifacts. Yto Barrada discusses her Tangier spaces Cinémathèque de Tanger (founded 2006) and The Mothership (founded 2015), emphasizing community building and land-based practices. The issue includes David Blandy and Jamie Sutcliffe's journaling game 'Weird Hope Engines', set in a collapsed 22nd century. Additional content covers Adam Thirlwell on portraiture, Dawn Chan on 'The Witness' (2016), Martin Herbert on artworld enjoyment, and reviews from Shanghai, London, Paris, San Francisco, and Tunis. Book reviews feature Emanuele Coccia's 'Philosophy of the Home', Leleh Khalili's 'The Corporeal Life of Seafaring', and Julian Spalding's 'Art Exposed'.