Opinion

The highest-grossing film of 2019 pits a Chinese-led international coalition against the forces of cosmic destruction

In the age of Brexit, we need Cultural Studies more than ever, not least in its call to examine the complex, contradictory relationship between capitalism and democracy

At Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum, Rizzo’s performance ‘Higher.xtn’ unpicks the communal politics of the dance floor

Newly published in the US, ‘Birthday’ sees the Argentinian writer at his most personal – and vulnerable

The film adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel imbricates joyful moments within a fraught political and racialized landscape

From an artist collective’s grassroots initiatives in Indonesia to helming the renowned exhibition in Kassel

For Benjamin Britten, Wolfgang Tillmans and Virginia Woolf, something grows when civilization fails

‘History is full of people who just didn’t,’ reads the first line of her riveting opening essay, which also serves as a sort of statement of intent

The poet’s new collection chronicles a father’s succumbing to dementia and a daughter’s attempt to endure

A new collection of works by the late US novelist and filmmaker shows an artist seeking to become free in ways that most women never achieve

Fashion designer Molly Goddard and photographer Sarah Edwards turn garments into abstractions at London’s Chelsea Space

Restitution is critical but we can’t let the process be co-opted by those who seek to evade responsibility for Europe’s pillaging past

A riff on the gallery’s landmark 1956 show, Whitechapel Gallery’s latest exhibition boasts some compelling pairings but has an unconfident, sheepish quality

Often unrecognized, Roma artists and intellectuals have been co-opted and colonized for centuries – a newly launched archive seeks to reconsider their contribution

With art lessons and trips to museums on prescription, the links between culture and health are being reconsidered

A rare screening of ‘The Dilapidated Dwelling’ (2000) at the Barbican shows why Keiller’s films should be compulsory viewing

‘Keep It Complex’, a group of artists and designers, have launched a campaign to encourage voting, and hold the art world accountable

The retrospective at Tate Britain of the veteran photographer is filled with masterpieces that are also crime scenes

Narrative is often the conduit for racist ideology, particularly in a Hollywood that favours ‘feel good’ narratives of black life; avoiding it altogether reads, then, like a protest

In the age of #MeToo, does the recent proliferation of films and TV shows about serial murderers hint at a troubling resurgence of sociopathic masculinity?