From rituals and identities to fun and humour, a show at The Photographers’ Gallery, London, traces the history and impact of food in photography
A new book and exhibition celebrates contemporary Black photographers working across art and fashion
A pink octopus, guerrilla projections, a bloody ‘die-in’ – what the environmental pressure group gets right about visual communication
From dub nightclubs to police brutality, the artist’s new commission at Brixton Station captures the African-Caribbean experience in London
From day-long raves to queer events, how photographers such as Wolfgang Tillmans captured the city’s nightlife
An exhibition at Vitra Design Museum documents the movement’s influence on commercial products
The Kenyan-American artist’s bronze caryatids occupy the museum’s empty niches which have lain bare for 117 years
A new book charts Theosophy’s influence on Western modernism
Marwan Bassiouni’s photographs feature Dutch landscapes framed by Islamic motifs, patterned walls and prayer rugs
In 2018, just one third of global exhibitions were by women artists. These galleries defy the trend
A show at ICA, Boston, celebrates clashing patterns and exuberant design
Extinction Rebellion are calling for the event to be replaced with a ‘people’s assembly’ to declare a climate emergency
An exhibition at the Met, New York, displays the renowned architect’s designs for interiors
The special-edition Fourth of July shoe has been criticized for using an icon of slave-era America
The artist behind London’s current fourth plinth sculpture has published a cookbook for date syrup
‘You are deeper than what you think’ is the French artist’s first UK public art commission
The Morgan Library presents 150 designs for ballet and opera by the author of Where the Wild Things Are
Stan Lee’s comic book universe; Cerith Wyn Evans on complexity; and is the art world really just about the money?
The importance of art classes; Egon Schiele’s legacy and Hito Steyerl’s favourite films: what to read this weekend
The Saudi soft power push, German pavilion at Venice and Halloween costumes: what to read this weekend