Kara Walker

From the ‘Monuments’ exhibition in Los Angeles to the inaugural Bukhara Biennial in Uzbekistan, our editors discuss what they’re most excited for in the year ahead

Spanning historical and 20th-century works, the collection of Aspen ArtCrush co-chairs Jen Rubio and Stewart Butterfield is rich in striking artistic dialogues

An analysis of the production, interpretation and critique of Black figuration

Clifford Prince King takes the photos as the philanthropist and co-founder of Art + Practice discusses her journey, from buying her first artwork to the publication of a new book on her collection

Ahead of Art Basel and Zurich Art Weekend, Kito Nedo offers his selection of what to see in the neighbouring Swiss cities

In homage to Italo Calvino’s ‘Six Memos for the Next Millennium’, artists from Kara Walker to Collier Schorr, explore his six artistic virtues 

A new exhibition at Turner Contemporary, Margate, proposes a backyard narrative of the US civil rights movement

Every day in ‘lockdown’, we are asked to consider the effects of social distancing – as if segregation weren’t already a reality  

In an exclusive video interview, the author of Bad Feminist talks about black bodies, freedom and the gaze in Kara Walker’s ‘Christ’s Entry into Journalism’

At the Turbine Hall, the artist turns the Victoria Memorial inside out, populating her counter-monument with memories of colonial violence

‘Kara Walker reinvents painting and drawing’s conventions, while talking about ideas that are epic in scale and deep in blood,’ Als writes

In further news: Hermitage to curate Venice Biennale pavilion; Remai Modern CEO hit by harassment allegations

A surprising show of silhouettes at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. sheds light on obscure chapters of US history 

Yayoi Kusama to open her own museum; Confederate monuments removed in Baltimore; David Roberts Art Foundation to leave London

From Egyptian surrealism to Parisian pissoirs: what to read this weekend

A history of underground Black publishing, from W.E.B. Du Bois to #BlackLivesMatter

To celebrate frieze’s quarter century, the editors choose 25 key artworks: one for each year of the magazine’s existence

Victoria Miro, London, UK

Thoughts on race and art in the 21st century

Tate Liverpool, UK