Opinion

How plants can help teach us to live ethically

What does ‘Chinese’ mean as an artistic category in Britain today?

Connecting the dots between modern art and a collection of anatomical wax models in Florence

The latest projects from the long-duration edition, including Lynda Benglis and Marvin Gaye Chetwynd

What the proposed closure of Museum Morsbroich tells us about cultural debate in Germany

The importance of an artist's biography

Man Booker Prize winner László Krasznahorkai goes to China in search of sorrow and destruction in his latest book

Will brutalism’s greatest legacy be its influence on artists?

The psycho-geography of Aleppo as seen in Avo Kaprealian's film, Houses Without Doors

Why are psychologists watching disturbing video art?

A new illustration by Monika Aichele

What the re-creation of Palmyra's Triumphal Arch in New York and London says about shared cultural identities

Political rhetoric in art schools, the refugee crisis and Germany's new far right

The term ‘outsider artist’ is tired – but it may soon take on new meaning 

How a photography course in Dhaka is challenging religious and artistic prejudices

Is a new greenhouse in Mexico a blueprint for the museum of the future?

Can failure be the best way to understand something?

A new collection of short stories by Maija Timonen asks: are we living in an age of emotional, as well as economic, austerity?

Are designers of colour finally getting the recognition they deserve?

The attention-grabbing logic of online news coverage