Opinion

From Boudicca to the French revolution’s cockades, brooches have always been used to convey politically-charged messages

Should we be enjoying ourselves as the world goes to hell in a handcart?

In a new collection, the author of ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ updates her approach to feminism and psychoanalysis 

The results, which veer from the weird to the outright racist, draw attention to the bias of machine learning

Cash-strapped schools in deprived areas across the UK have been particularly hard hit by the shift away from the arts

Part carbon-neutral generator, part contemporary art centre, E-Werk Luckenwalde provides clean energy and affordable studio space

Although a country-rap track was crowned 2019’s ‘song of the summer’, music released during this season usually consists of recycled pop sounds

As the playwright’s ‘Slave Play’ reaches a wider audience, Jameson Fitzpatrick looks at his work so far

Activists aim to whip up protest as weapons buyers flock to the Defence and Security Equipment International trade show

A new book wants to understand the individuals – and identities – beneath the ‘somewhat derogatory label’

After the announced withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill, artists and cultural workers are amongst those keeping the protest movement alive

As the full communications blackout enters one month, we must take action – not only to declare solidarity but to profoundly critique the times we live in

How conservation efforts can end up fictionalizing history

Ahead of eastern Germany’s elections, Philipp Oswalt, the former director of the Bauhaus Foundation, on today’s right-wing intervention into historical architecture

There is a serious gap in curatorial knowledge when it comes to both showing the work of disabled artists and ensuring accessibility in galleries

From Louis XIV to #foodporn, feasting has always been for the eyes

How dystopian literature influenced the meal replacement industry

From The Wicker Man to Ari Aster’s latest film, joyful sounds can reveal the darkest worlds

Reckoning with the legacy of Jim Harrison, whose writing portrayed women like meals – meant to give pleasure and comfort, without having any hunger themselves

A visa application system which is often opaque, bureaucratic and racist – exacerbated by the prospect of a no-deal Brexit – is becoming a headache for art workers