Some thoughts on transience, in art and life
‘Kara Walker reinvents painting and drawing’s conventions, while talking about ideas that are epic in scale and deep in blood,’ Als writes
As the artist’s largest survey to date opens at Zeitz MoCAA and Norval Foundation, Cape Town, Sean O’Toole examines his dadaist lexicon
In a special photo essay, the artist places her body ‘in the line of danger, admiration, rejection, description’
The artist’s physically gruelling performances reflect on the black body and the possibilities of resurrection
The restless, rageful ‘No Home Record’ lures as much as it discomfits
Q. What could you imagine doing if you didn’t do what you do? A. Reading all day
‘Surge’ finds uneasy resonances between the 1981 New Cross fire and more recent tragedies
Motion and migration in the paintings of Frank Bowling
Mimi Chu on Robertas Narkus, Nástio Mosquito, Nora Turato and more
From blues to jazz to the baroque – new fiction from Claire-Louise Bennett
Johnston showed how writing was performance and politics at once
In Harding’s paintings and sculpture, the past and the present merge in a potent reflection on contemporary Australia
Drawing on his dancer’s training, Laris Cohen radically presents his body simply ‘as is’ in his performances
Barbara Casavecchia on the 2019 Golden Lion-winning artist
As the playwright’s ‘Slave Play’ reaches a wider audience, Jameson Fitzpatrick looks at his work so far
