Politics

From being citizens to lovers, the most important things in life can’t be professionalized. Is it time for some politically-directed amateurism?

From a wild child to a talking mongoose: what to read this weekend

Playgrounds as radical propositions, the problem with Okja, and debating ‘the dirtbag left’: what to read this weekend

From unmasking an author to literary dress sense: what to read this weekend

This year’s Sundance Film Festival featured more movies directed by women than ever before, but gender discrimination in the industry is still endemic

From a biography of the Daily Mail to monuments to Karl Marx: what to read this weekend

From why its good to repeat jokes to how to keep it impersonal: what to read about this weekend

From situationists to shame: what to read this weekend

From the virtues of cannibalism to how to photograph yourself naked: what to read this weekend

A new film by Maeve Brennan reflects on lives caught up in the conflict in Lebanon

From a short history of plagiarism to Trisha Brown's walk: what to read this weekend

How should the artistic community respond when an art space, explicitly or implicitly, associates itself with right-wing sentiment?

From the Women's Strike to a march that cancels itself out: what to read this weekend

With the sad news of the passing Gustav Metzger, aged 90, revisit his ‘Influences’ piece for frieze 

South Korea’s Culture Minister resigns over alleged cultural blacklist; Museum of Islamic Art Cairo reopens after three years

From Donald Trump's post-truth to Andy Warhol's philosophy, and back again

Satirical TV and the importance of being offended

As tension mounts in the run-up to Trump's inauguration, Jörg Heiser considers how artists can galvanize political protest

From the many unpublished obituaries of Fidel Castro to the architecture of Dubai: what to read about this weekend

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