A young girl daydreams against a backdrop of the Spanish Civil War in this film, directed by Victor Erice.
Read moreGabby (Back)
A woman faces away from us, straps crisscrossing her back, in this photograph by Catherine Opie.
Read moreThe Second Mother
A wealthy family’s swimming pool is the centre of a tale about class in this thoughtful film by Anna Muylaert.
Read moreIceland
Galloping horses, snowy farms, and womb songs feature in this selection of four Icelandic artworks.
Read moreSelma
Activists march in demand of equal voting rights for racial minorities in this powerful film by Ava DuVernay.
Read moreThe Golden Gate
A group of Californian yuppies walk the treadmill of life in this virtuosic novel in verse by Vikram Seth.
Read moreThe Ascent
Two Soviet partisans battle ethical dilemmas and bleak landscapes in this film directed by Larisa Shepitko.
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Orlando travels through time and changes gender in Sally Potter's film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel.
Read moreAlias Grace
A Victorian media sensation convicted of murder tells her story in this historical novel by Margaret Atwood.
Read moreClueless
A wide-eyed student matchmakes her way through school in this Austen-inspired film by Amy Heckerling.
Read moreWonderland
A narcissistic doctor understands brain surgery but not people in this visceral novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
Read moreDivorce Iranian Style
Women face Iran's court system in this documentary by Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini.
Read morePlay It as It Lays
A woman attempts to escape from ennui by taking to the freeway in this blistering novel by Joan Didion.
Read moreMarianne and Juliane
Two sisters rebel against the same politics via very different means in this film by Margarethe von Trotta.
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Cindy Sherman sits, slumped against hand, clutching a bathrobe to her body in this frank photograph.
Read moreWhite Teeth
Contemporary London is depicted in all of its cultural complexities in this sprawling novel by Zadie Smith.
Read moreAngel of the North
Antony Gormley's arresting, celestial sculpture towers over the A1, carrying the mythology of its homeland.
Read moreJe Tu Il Elle
A woman turns her attention from viewer to lorry driver to lover in this film by Chantal Akerman.
Read moreHeartburn
Pot roasts, potatoes, and humble pie are stuffed into the pages of this side-splitting novel by Nora Ephron.
Read moreThe Dinner Party
A grand, triangular table is set with 39 handcrafted place settings in this intricate installation by Judy Chicago.
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