Politics

Leonard Cohen passes away; Cairo's Townhouse Gallery reopens; accusations of censorship hit the Shanghai Biennial

Marina Abramović finds herself embroiled in the Clinton email saga; chief curator of Seoul's Ilmin Museum accused of sexual harassment

Ahead of tomorrow's vote, writer and academic Stephanie DeGooyer argues why this is an election about gender

George Pendle looks at the artist's ambitious new body of work tackling the Vietnam War

With the death of Gawker and the rise of Trump, free speech is under threat

Part six of our US election series: Kameelah Janan Rasheed argues why there has never been a more opportune time to confront racial oppression

Donna Haraway takes on the Anthropocene

In part three of our special series, Fritz Haeg looks at environmental issues and the US presidency

In praise of oral history

In part two of our special series, Sam Korman argues why the educational responsibility of museums resonates with election issues around race

From Elena Ferrante to global citizenship: what to read this weekend

The Çanakkale Biennial in Turkey is cancelled; the director of London's V&A steps down following Brexit

Boris Groys on 25 years of contemporary art in Eastern Europe

The Mayor of London launches a new arts initiative, while the Getty Foundation pledges to preserve Eileen Gray's iconic Villa E.1027

Part one of this week's Culture Digest focuses on a newly translated book tracing Turkey’s hazardous history

The cultural landscape in Tallinn is shaking off its Soviet past in favour of an optimistic internationalism

A weekend reading list on the UK vote to leave the European Union

The architecture of the new International Criminal Court in The Hague

A range of artists, writers, directors and curators present their opinions on the impending EU referendum

Remembering Jo Cox (1974 – 2016)