A woman faces away from us, straps crisscrossing her back, in this photograph by Catherine Opie.
Read moreGreece
Jagged sculptures, matchmaking, and weight loss regimes feature in this selection of four Greek artworks.
Read moreBacks
We encounter fourteen slouched figures in this series of sculptures by Magdalena Abakanowicz.
Read moreSplitting
A whole house is cleaved cleanly in two in this site-specific artwork by Gordon Matta-Clark.
Read moreInterview: Downtown Boys
‘Once an artwork is made it becomes the property of its audience.’ We talk to the band Downtown Boys.
Read moreFireflies on the Water
Coloured lights are reflected into infinity in this mesmerising mirror installation by Yayoi Kusama.
Read moreSpace is the Place
Sun Ra composed this futuristic jazz album to accompany the blaxploitation film of the same name.
Read moreFloating
Handcrafted vessels and a seaborne cinema feature in this trio of artworks related to the word 'Floating'.
Read moreIf on a winter's night
Stories are cut short and readers are dragged into the action in this beguiling novel by Italo Calvino.
Read moreTilted Arc
Richard Serra's curved steel sculpture towered over New York commuters in the eighties, provoking awe and ire.
Read moreInterview: Lusine
'Critics should like or dislike an artwork on its own terms.' We talk to electronic musician Lusine.
Read moreAlias Grace
A Victorian media sensation convicted of murder tells her story in this historical novel by Margaret Atwood.
Read moreVietnam
Floating utopias and livestock-led livelihoods feature in this selection of four Vietnamese artworks.
Read moreThe Red Balloon
A boy and a balloon navigate the streets of Paris in this charming short film by Albert Lamorisse.
Read moreThe Shipping News
A dysfunctional family relocates to the craggy expanse of a Canadian island in this novel by Annie Proulx.
Read moreRomania
Cataracts, black market goods, and jazz grooves feature in this selection of four Romanian artworks.
Read moreInterview: Salvatore Scibona
'The goal of art was never to understand.' We talk to Salvatore Scibona, author of The End.
Read moreUntitled #97
Cindy Sherman sits, slumped against hand, clutching a bathrobe to her body in this frank photograph.
Read moreWoodlands
Secluded boarding schools and sound stories feature in this trio of artworks related to the word 'Woodlands'.
Read moreWhite Teeth
Contemporary London is depicted in all of its cultural complexities in this sprawling novel by Zadie Smith.
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