Opinion

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

Artists Ane Graff, Ingela Ihrman and nabbteeri will test the fraught relationship between human and non-human species

The controversial addition to Manhattan’s west side is emblematic of the triumph of digital spectacle over real experience

Once labelled a ‘TV terrorist’, the video artist returns with her first posthumous retrospective at Red Bull Arts New York

A new anthology of 16 films made between 1982 and 2014, highlights the director’s innovative, international approach to her art

‘The Asset Strippers’, at Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries, turns the museum’s elegant sculpture court into a salvage yard

Ahead of the presidential elections on 31 March, the far-right has begun to target cultural institutions

A new show at the Athens Conservatoire gives a rare, discerning take on the causes of our political disillusionment

‘Black people don’t fear the dead, it’s the living we worry about’

Lynne Tillman on the clash between real life and expectation

Recent R&B albums by Kelela, Lafawndah, serpentwithfeet and Solange tune to newly radiant blues

A recent celebration of the American filmmaker provided a rare opportunity to come face-to-face with a major figure of underground cinema

Is censoring art the solution to divisive politics? Art historian Susanne von Falkenhausen doesn’t think so

Somewhere between prose poem and novel, the author’s second book channels the polluted landscapes and xenophobic discourse of contemporary Britain

A new show at London’s Royal Academy examines the pleasure and pain of the human form 

‘Genetic Automata’ at London’s Arts Catalyst uses video games, emoji and Darwin to reveal falsehoods around race and intellect

From a travelogue drenched in the memory of colonialism to a bleak charting of European history in black and white, the festival presents urgent works for uncertain times

The landmark ‘Axis of Solidarity’ conference held at London’s Tate Modern saw artists and scholars present new research on solidarity movements since the mid-1900s