Author George Pendle on his biography of Jack Parsons, the scientist, mysticist and follower of Aleister Crowley, now dramatized on CBS

To experience the music of the composer, who passed away last week at the age of 69, was to hear something tense, physical, almost pugilistic

A juror for the award last year, Dan Fox on why the Turner Prize is and always will be political (whatever that means)

Ignoring its faux-dissident title, this year's edition at the New Museum displays a repertoire that is folky, angry, funny, urgent and poignant

What makes a commercial exhibition 'museum quality' 

Learning to appreciate the laws of perspective

Why can’t New York get over its ‘bad old days’?

Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, USA

Anicka Yi's work fuses biology with technology, finding new ways to talk about gender, race and economics. With an introduction to the work by Dan Fox and a short story by Joanna Ruocco

A first look at ‘Viva Arte Viva’ at the Arsenale

Dan Fox looks at the work of Mark Bradford, who represents the US at this year’s Venice Biennale

Writer Hari Kunzru speaks about his new novel, White Tears, a timely reflection on race, class and cultural appropriation in the US

A posthumous publication of essays by artist and film theorist Ian White argues that the collective experience of cinema is more relevant than ever

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

Following Trump’s election, we must all prepare for a different world – one that needs art more than ever

Dan Fox pays tribute to the life and work of a writer, theorist, cultural commentator, and friend, who passed away last week

Museum of Modern Art, New York and Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA

Dan Fox explores the complication of class in the art world

For part five of our special series, some thoughts on the special relationship between the UK and US

Ibirapuera Park, Brazil