Opinion

In a culture so fixated on image, Sean Burns explores why what’s beyond ‘the look’ is more important than ever

The artist’s first feature film depicts a mother-daughter pair of grifters trying to stay afloat through financial recession 

Jamila Prowse talks to three spaces - HOME, la Sala and Quench - about resisting cultural hegemony and the need for foundational support, access and equity in the arts

Shon Faye pays tribute to the pioneering musician and producer whose generation-defining music will live on in the exultations of the dance floor 

Tributes to the late director of Wysing Art Centre, who supported a generation of artists in the UK

The subject of retrospective at the London Short Film Festival, Videofreex’s Guerrilla TV tactics preceded the use of citizen-shot footage in contemporary media

Despite a brilliant performance by Carey Mulligan, the post-#MeToo thriller is an anti-climax 

With the US spy agency’s web redesign, Ian Bourland looks at the revolving door between the arts, entertainment and US policy

As the iconic reality series airs its 20th and final season, and amongst rumours of ‘Kimye’s’ divorce, Alissa Bennett explores how the Kardashians changed American culture – and themselves

On the eve of his 50th birthday, Harmony Holiday pens an elegy to the late rapper, whose death was announced last week

From an exhibition of Francis Bacon’s ‘beasts’ to Terrence Malick’s film on the life of Christ, these are the top picks for the year

This year has shown many of us the importance of community-building, but for queer artists it isn’t just about mirroring an existing public sphere

The films and books that kept us afloat in a calamitous year

The need for a digitally touched-up ‘public face’ has become constant and commonplace

At the Clark Institute, the artist's first museum solo show, which explored human-animal relations, almost never happened 

Mining executives knew the spiritual value of the ancient Indigenous site – and they blew it up anyway

In the latest episode of frieze’s Autumn Sessions, the two play and discuss records that embody their friendship 

COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter were two of the major events that signalled the changes that may – and in many cases must – come next year

The much-hyped festive blockbuster staring Kristen Stewart may be sold as heart-warming seasonal tale, but it presents as a painful watch, wrapped-up in outdated clichés of the queer experience

What key artworks can tell us about the museum’s historical biases and what’s next for the New York institution