Opinion

Twenty years since the original series, there is still much to be done in confronting regressive prejudices against the LGBTQ+ community

From Matmos to Grimes, a new wave of music is critically engaging with environmental politics – but what does it sound like?

Twenty years on from the devastating shooting, can its cultural legacy in film and television reframe our present moment?

On the emergence of transgender literature

How a petition to remove the artwork has raised questions of censorship and identity politics

An exhibition at Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, Berlin, sheds new light on the artist’s fascination with ancient Egypt

In their latest production at Munich’s Kammerspiele, the Berlin-based experimental trio give an ‘actroid’ a starring role

Witnessing the catastrophic fire of Notre-Dame

The genre’s relationship with the church is as complex as it is inevitable

How does an image captured 55 million light-years from Earth reflect on humanity?

Super Mario Bros. and Metroid had a profound influence on game soundtracks

The television show – the director’s first – is a sequel to his 1997 film of California queer disillusion, Nowhere

‘In Place of the Real’ focussed on histories of LGBTQI+ people

Though technically innovative, the design of Manhattan’s newest art space is a far cry from its historical precedents

With a number of museums recently rejecting donations from the Sacklers, how far should ethical funding go?

How progressive pedagogy was eventually co-opted by the war machine in 1930s and ’40s Japan

‘This is a story about intellectual openings, the wiring of politics into culture and a cohort of writers gloriously convinced of the world-historical importance of music’

As the BBC comedy ends its second series, its wide acclaim and supposedly universal appeal begs questioning

From whiteness to the male gaze, photographers Hanna Moon and Joyce Ng reflect on the conventions that underpin the fashion industry

As leading arts institutions decline donations over opioid links, the artist and activist on why the age of using culture for ‘reputation laundering’ is over