Beyonce

The artist’s ballroom and dance music-inspired new album is a rebirth necessitated by ruin

The album is a timely affirmation for the global African diaspora, but it can’t be accepted as a universal representation of global Blackness

For a new series of columns on armchair travelling, editor at large Jennifer Higgie travels the myriad digital alleys of the French capital

The historic image was taken by Tyler Mitchell — the first African-American to shoot the cover of Vogue  

In further news: Creative Scotland chief executive quits; Pussy Riot jailed for World Cup protest; Colosseum rejects Beyoncé 

The Paris museum now offers a dedicated visitor trail in response to the Carters’s viral ‘Apeshit’ music video

An art historian explains what the Carters’s takeover of the Paris museum says about art, race and power

The Carters’s museum takeover powers through art history’s greatest hits – with a serious message about how the canon treats black bodies

Arthur Jafa’s intertwining of video collage and music has the power to open up minds and bodies

Negar Azimi on Jane Bowles and bell hooks on Beyoncé: what to read this weekend

From retro to repro, and beyond