The artist’s ballroom and dance music-inspired new album is a rebirth necessitated by ruin
The album is a timely affirmation for the global African diaspora, but it can’t be accepted as a universal representation of global Blackness
For a new series of columns on armchair travelling, editor at large Jennifer Higgie travels the myriad digital alleys of the French capital
The historic image was taken by Tyler Mitchell — the first African-American to shoot the cover of Vogue
In further news: Creative Scotland chief executive quits; Pussy Riot jailed for World Cup protest; Colosseum rejects Beyoncé
The Paris museum now offers a dedicated visitor trail in response to the Carters’s viral ‘Apeshit’ music video
An art historian explains what the Carters’s takeover of the Paris museum says about art, race and power
The Carters’s museum takeover powers through art history’s greatest hits – with a serious message about how the canon treats black bodies
Arthur Jafa’s intertwining of video collage and music has the power to open up minds and bodies
Negar Azimi on Jane Bowles and bell hooks on Beyoncé: what to read this weekend
From retro to repro, and beyond
