At Michael Werner Gallery, London, a new exhibition explores the author’s world. Its curator – a long-time admirer – discusses her character and the show’s conception

Hilton Als, Sadie Coles, Pauline Daly, Emin, Lucas, Gregor Muir and Cerith Wyn Evans on the artists’ short-lived project space in Bethnal Green, London

‘Kara Walker reinvents painting and drawing’s conventions, while talking about ideas that are epic in scale and deep in blood,’ Als writes

Thoughts on the 1993 Whitney Biennial