In a world without God, what does suicide mean?
When society no longer sees the taking of one’s own life as a sin, it is unclear who should be responsible for attempting to prevent such deaths
The museum tells it how it was
On the creation of national identity
A movement to where?
What, if anything, is “right-wing” art?
The Sagan standard
Liverpool’s Biennial rhetoric forgets about art
Hive collapse
The new elites have ruined everything. Now they’re destroying themselves
The arts must secede
Against the cultural-industrial complex
Unflinching attention
On art, Grenfell and catharsis
So close, so far
Pilvi Takala’s breaching experiments
How to lose a culture war
Or a fast march through the institutions
Crowning glory?
The coronation came and went far too quickly
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
Full steam ahead!
How British canal boats steamed towards the future
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
The secrets of familial suffering
Recovering from the burden of generational pain can be a private act
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
