Culture Digest

Nina Leger, Jenny Hval, Elvia Wilk and Sophie Mackintosh offer an eerie counterpoint to the traditionally male-dominated genre of weird literature

From rituals and identities to fun and humour, a show at The Photographers’ Gallery, London, traces the history and impact of food in photography

Roxy Lee’s new photobook offers an insight into an irreverent and politically-charged world

A new book and exhibition celebrates contemporary Black photographers working across art and fashion

A pink octopus, guerrilla projections, a bloody ‘die-in’ – what the environmental pressure group gets right about visual communication

A new book by Amnesty International documents how protest posters have changed throughout history

From dub nightclubs to police brutality, the artist’s new commission at Brixton Station captures the African-Caribbean experience in London

At Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York, an exhibition of art by queer sex workers takes a stand against violence and criminalization

An exhibition at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt displays 25 of the Scandinavian artist’s monumental woven artworks

From day-long raves to queer events, how photographers such as Wolfgang Tillmans captured the city’s nightlife

An exhibition at Vitra Design Museum documents the movement’s influence on commercial products

The Kenyan-American artist’s bronze caryatids occupy the museum’s empty niches which have lain bare for 117 years

A new book charts Theosophy’s influence on Western modernism

The creator of otherworldly cover art has died aged 69

Marwan Bassiouni’s photographs feature Dutch landscapes framed by Islamic motifs, patterned walls and prayer rugs

In 2018, just one third of global exhibitions were by women artists. These galleries defy the trend

A show at ICA, Boston, celebrates clashing patterns and exuberant design

Extinction Rebellion are calling for the event to be replaced with a ‘people’s assembly’ to declare a climate emergency

The historic image was taken by Tyler Mitchell — the first African-American to shoot the cover of Vogue  

An exhibition at the Met, New York, displays the renowned architect’s designs for interiors