Opinion

Natasha Degen on luxury fashion’s shallow ascendency into the art world and its transformation into a ‘cultural brand’ 

To celebrate the recent release of her memoir, The Lives of Artists, the author shares a list of literary works that have inspired her

From Andy Warhol to Derek Zoolander, how the catwalk became a space for self-branding

In the German capital, recent shake-ups in the museum sector offer reason for excitement and concern

Looking back at recent collaborations, Janelle Zara assesses the fashions we loved, hated and wouldn’t be caught dead in 

KK Obi and Jebi Labembika craft a fashion editorial exploring how second-hand clothes have influenced local style

For Phoebe Philo, the legendary artist is a benchmark of style

The AIDS Plays Project re-stages theatrical works by playwrights such as Charles Ludlam and Robert Chesley

Other highlights include boygenius’s European and North American tour and Phoebe Walker’s debut novel, Temper

How the city’s skateboarders are radically reshaping its fashion landscape

'Love Songs' at International Center of Photography, New York, suggests that queer art is inherently allergic to telling a representational story of intimacy

Sinéad O’Dwyer, Adeju Thompson and Paul Kindersley discuss how their respective practices defy the mainstream

The earliest known sounds from one of disco’s most extraordinary talents served as a template for his later triumphs

Founded by Ibrahim Mahama, Red Clay, Savannah Centre For Contemporary Art and Nkrumah Volini offer space for interrogation and artistic change by repurposing Ghana’s history

Other highlights include Noname’s latest ‘bedroom rap’ album and the second season of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation

In the shadow of unprecedented political unrest, the capital continues to galvanize artists around La Nuit des Galeries and introduce audiences to new talent

The curator of the late artist’s first exhibition in Greece remembers their friendship

One of the longest running art institutions in Ghana, founded in 2006, thrives by building networks between artists and the local community

From Greer Lankton to Cindy Sherman, Sam Moore looks at works that have subverted the doll’s sexless femininity

The work of Christopher Kulendran Thomas asks how the role of the artist might change if individuality and authenticity are understood to be faked