Opinion

From an MRSA Quilt to a Plague Dress, how artists are transforming the intersection of medicine and textiles

A remarkable new collection of writings by Madeline Gins makes a strong case for her work as an uncategorizable poet

We should use this moment to propose new ways of making and showing

The Comedy Central series injects a dose of mania and sloth into the ‘multicultural sitcom’

The controversial star of Netflix’s latest documentary is hard to watch – but harder to stop watching

With physical spaces on lockdown, exhibitions and sales rooms are migrating online. Will they ever come back?

Regional institutions suffer major losses to their endowments, as artists look to emergency grant programmes and New York State considers a rent suspension

Neutrality is a veil for wielding power: this is the status quo that requires resistance

It’s the most vulnerable that are set to suffer the most and, in the topsy-turvy value system of contemporary art, that means artists and other freelancers

The psychoanalyst Karen Horney argued that neurosis killed productive artistic practice

Former British Museum trustee Ahdaf Soueif asks: who our museums for?

For many, talk of wage thresholds and points scored for speaking English will be anathema to a cultural scene defined by its internationalism

Hardline, right-wing policies restrict entry to the country to ‘the great minds’

From ‘Spaceballs’ to ‘The Orville’, the reason why so many interstellar sitcoms fail to raise a smile

Five months after its abrupt closure, the LA museum shows no sign of reopening. Where does that leave the growing movement of art worker unionization?

The first entirely state-funded art museum on the continent is also a relic of a turbulent political and economic history

Addressing inclusivity isn’t just about the workplace – it’s about a richer arts scene that is properly reflective of society

Shuttered in the city’s crackdown on independent initiatives, the artist-run space provided a model for low-budget, experimental art making

The 14-day action is a response to the widespread casualization of labour, overwork and pay decreases

The movement never quite took hold in the UK but, as a new exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery shows, British culture was – and remains – deeply surreal