Covid-19

A collaborative effort between authors, musicians and visual artists, this year’s edition presents site-specific works that focus on quotidian experiences and hidden histories 

Cultural workers in Germany bristle at new lockdown measures; plus, Poland’s response to a new abortion law

From the reconstructed City Palace to the Reichsflagge, the symbols and ideologies of colonialism are as alive as ever

A series of audio works, commissioned by The Common Guild, explores the social impact of COVID-19, with contributions from Sulaïman Majali and Ashanti Harris among others

Charles Aubin, Aruna D’Souza, Brendan Fernandes, Ligia Lewis and Paul Maheke take stock of the performance world in the wake of COVID-19 

‘FIVE’, an online exhibition curated by artist Nina Chanel Abney, assembles moving-image works around ‘anxiety, stillness, isolation, escapism and fear’ 

A pop-up DIY exhibition across 400 homes became an unexpectedly timely evocation of resilience and loss

An online presentation organized by Julie Ault and Martin Beck documents the artists’ friendship and creative exchanges 

For David Grubbs, an onrush of music has led to a rethinking of musical ‘speed’ itself

On the visibility of desire during lockdown

The weightlessness of the iconic film helps alleviate the oppressive pull of reality

Describe a global crisis in 600 words? Too hard. But isn’t everything else irrelevant right now?

Curator Brook Andrew’s proposal that creativity is an important means of truth-telling is a bolt of much-needed optimism

Every day in ‘lockdown’, we are asked to consider the effects of social distancing – as if segregation weren’t already a reality  

As COVID-19 intensified, video games about disease spread

From the sweet solitude of early sunrise to the existential dread of late-night listening, these works will tide you over 

When we feel caged at home, online animal videos offer a way to connect

Six minutes of the glossy new streaming app’s TV-for-smartphone ‘quick bites’ can feel like an eternity

Reflecting on the late curator, critic, art historian and impresario with artists Laurie Anderson, Thomas Demand and Paolo Icaro

Has Covid-19 made the internet good? It’s important to maintain our scepticism in this moment of unicorn-wifi-in-the-sky ‘niceness’