Ben Eastham

In an age that prizes ‘engagement’, is there usefulness in choosing not to?

A series of ‘magical transformations’: Tacita Dean’s new work launches across three institutions in London

Virginie Despentes's trilogy, 'Vernon Subutex', and the revival of state-of-the-nation novels 

A digital portrait of the landscape that transformed our planet

How should the artistic community respond when an art space, explicitly or implicitly, associates itself with right-wing sentiment?

A look back at the year that gave us Mark Greif’s Against Everything and David Bowie's final act

the Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK

Marguerite Humeau's exhibition 'FOXP2', now open at Nottingham Contemporary, proposes imaginative responses to unanswerable questions

Ben Eastham delves into Goshka Macuga's exploration of art, power and history

Eimear McBride’s celebrated debut novel is taken to the stage

Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria