Issue 244

Ahead of Smith’s show in London, the two artists discuss their histories and the fear and excitement of creating new works

How architects in post-independence Ghana and India wrested building from their western forbears

The celebrated artist is interested in the role of modernism in statecraft and conflict

Minoru Nomata’s paintings of fictional structures lament the buildings that embodied political movements striving for greater equality

A new wave of spaces has emerged to embrace the city’s pop sensibility and challenge the status quo

We revisit the artist’s ‘Great White Fear’ series, featuring phallic shark paintings, to evaluate its enduring message

The computer program created by the artist in 1988 functioned as a chatbot long before the development of ChatGPT

How a storied artists’ book publisher placed 1970s conceptual art into the hands of a new generation

How a group of self-taught practitioners pioneered a national art form by mythologizing African traditions through religious divination

Koffi & Diabaté Architectes have developed a new project as an alternative to unchecked and market-oriented urbanization

The renowned composer created a rousing piece of music with changing dynamics by manipulating the speed of sound

The artist and photographer shares a selection of her favourite tracks

Her first solo exhibition in Europe since 1975 at Xavier Hufkens demonstrates that her paintings continue to challenge contemporary perceptions of sexuality and agency 

A series of monochrome photos at Soft Opening, London, allows viewers to peek into Berlin porn cinemas, offering only slight hints of the people inside

‘In Real Time’ at NYUAD Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, presents art works that evolve over the course of the exhibition

At Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia, the artist’s sumptuous portraits of Afro-Italian life probe questions of personal history, identity and nationality

At ICA Los Angeles, a group exhibition centres relationships and community as cornerstones of what it might mean to be Asian American

At CAC Passerelle, Brest, the artist showcases an archive that maps Arab and South Asian migration to Latin America and the Caribbean

Despite its range and sincerity, a group exhibition focusing on First Nations artists relies on outdated curatorial methodologies

At Company Gallery, New York, the artist uses subversion and humour to upend the ideological landscape of contemporary sex/work and our moral attitudes towards it