Culture

What has LA’s best-known under-the-radar artist been up to since helping Kanye design merch for his Life of Pablo tour? A new exhibition, it turns out.

This year, nine out of 10 Italians have decided to stay in Italy for their summer vacation. Southern Italy’s Forest of Mercadante is just one of the hotspots families are flocking to – and it‘s pure magic, as captured here by photographers Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni.

Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited blockbuster is finally in cinemas. We speak to his leading man about preventing a future apocalypse now, the importance of a Travis Scott soundtrack and why co-star R-Patz will make a great Batman (it’s all in the chin, apparently).

Politics, surrealism, psychotherapy and laughs delivered by a man with a plastic bag on his head – welcome to 2020.

The 28-year-old artist has just released a fitting visual tribute to Notting Hill Carnival with diversity campaigners, The Black Curriculum.

As countries open their borders for quarantine-free travel, including Portugal, we asked Portuguese DJ and naive record label owner Violet to curate a coronavirus-friendly itinerary for your next trip.

Gen-Z’s biggest names flock to the restaurant for comped, overcooked steak so they can get paparazzi’d outside.

The two breakout stars, Maddie Phillips and Anjelica Bette Fellin, tell us how they reinvented the female action hero.

Everything you need to know from Mexico’s hottest designer.

These independent bookmakers are willing to take a risk on ambitious and innovative writing, in a bid to create future classics.

Frost and his pals Jaden Smith, Lil Nas X, and A$AP Ferg (among others) are hosting a telethon to raise money for Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp.

Tyler Williams: With influences spanning manga and the groundbreaking work of artist Janiva Ellis, the New Jersey-born artist’s work is every bit spooky, as it is emotionally thought-provoking.

Guts Gallery’s founder, Ellie Pennick, is back with another exhibition following the success of When Shit Hits the Fan. Now, she’s rounded up the troops for an online art sale benefitting The Free Black University.

Introducing the Yorkshire-born painter referencing The Beautiful Game in his hyper-abstract paintings.

Hazel Gaskin’s new photography book has been created in collaboration with Feed The Hill, a food bank that has proved indispensable to south London during the lockdown.

Founder Bolanle Tajudeen – who also coined the #ualsowhite social hashtag – is on a mission to share the rich history of Black and POC culture with the masses via a series of affordable, short online courses.

The actress discusses ​“perfect preparation” and landing the titular role in Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris’ stripper movie, Zola.

David Kushner is the Rolling Stone journalist who dug for the truth at the heart of the epic 148-tweet saga. The result: an even more compelling story – and now, a film.

Eight years into his career as a furniture designer, James Shaw is finding his feet firmly planted somewhere in between architecture and fine art. His fixation? Normalising the weird and wonderful in ordinary environments, one plasticine toilet roll holder at a time.

100 Gecs fans have been visiting the tree immortalised on the band’s album cover, 1000 Gecs. Security isn’t happy.

Photographer Benjamin Hampson and stylist PC Williams team up to create Heroes, a series that shines a light on the ways in which communities can uplift one another. They’re all about beauty, individuality and the power that unity brings.

This year’s art school students have produced some pretty Fine Art, overcoming the Covid Iron Curtain that stood between them a proper send off – a grad show. But now they face their harshest critic: the boss’s daughter, Paloma Gonsalves.

Shuggie Bain is a Glasgow-set tale of crumbling families, ruinous addiction and blossoming sexuality. It’s also the Booker-longlisted best book of the summer. Its author, New York-based Scotsman Douglas Stuart, explains his hard road to publication, both on and off-the-page.