Funny Weather is a collection of essays taken from the eponymous column Olivia Laing wrote for Frieze Magazine. They engage with artists, paintings, theater, poetry, and politics, celebrating the ability of art to resist and repair even in the darkest times.
Published in 2020 when life already felt catastrophic (“spin cycle of terrified paranoia”) this is a document of hope - Laing’s as well as the artists’ who inspire her. Their art, music, books, and activism. David Bowie, Maggie Nelson, Arthur Russell, Sally Rooney. Dream on, fight on.
Funny Weather is a collection of essays taken from the eponymous column Olivia Laing wrote for Frieze Magazine. They engage with artists, paintings, theater, poetry, and politics, celebrating the ability of art to resist and repair even in the darkest times.
Published in 2020 when life already felt catastrophic (“spin cycle of terrified paranoia”) this is a document of hope - Laing’s as well as the artists’ who inspire her. Their art, music, books, and activism. David Bowie, Maggie Nelson, Arthur Russell, Sally Rooney. Dream on, fight on.
