Culture

Love, Ren Hang: a retrospective

A new exhibition at C/O Berlin celebrates the late Chinese imagemaker’s output, and its poetic and provocative overtones.

How Sophia Takal became the first woman to direct a Blumhouse horror

Takal reenvisioned classic slasher Black Christmas, bringing a fresh directing perspective to the revered fright flick distributor.

Ben Pundole’s Miami survival guide

Before the madness of Basel takes over Miami, the entrepreneur and travel connoisseur gives us the low-down on the city’s late-night establishments and early morning juice spots.

The Movement Factory and Shy One want you on your feet

In partnership with Women By Nike

Global culture calendar: December

A month packed full of stuff worth getting out of bed for.

How Nashville became a Mecca for gaming music

Since joining gaming giant EA in 2001 Steve Schnur has been at the epicentre of music and gaming. Here’s why he’s made it his mission to tell the world why Tennessee has won his heart.

Visions of intimacy

Three rising black American artists – Jarvis Boyland, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, and Clotilde Jiménez – who feature in new LA exhibition, Disembodiment, discuss growing up in the ’90s and intimacy in a digital age.

Art and HIV: it’s time to open up the conversation

Número de Serie uses art and design to spark the ever-crucial conversations surrounding HIV and sexual health. Now they’ve released a non-profit T-shirt – and it’s gorgeous.

10 years of Tokyo life shot entirely on disposable cameras

Yorkshire-born photographer Dan Bailey captures the weird, the wonderful and the beautiful of Japan in his book, Disposables.

The unexpected standout moments of films in 2019

When Gary can’t reach the lock in Arthur Fleck’s apartment, the Joker just… lets him out?

‘Honey Boy’ is an emotional retelling of Shia LaBeouf’s younger years

Review: The actor is back to his best as he plays his own abusive father in his self-autobiographical screenplay.

Kadeem Ramsay is on the rise

Having racked up roles in Sex Education and Top Boy the Brit actor is in demand. In his first solo interview Ramsay discusses his latest role as a cheeky teen in Rapman drama Blue Story .

Who’s better: Harry Styles or Richard Brautigan?

One’s an eccentric genius, whose poetic twists and turns of phrase have masterfully improved our intelligence quotient and expanded our definitions of sex. The other is Richard Brautigan.

Josh O’Connor on his role as a young Prince Charles

After a devastating performance in God’s Own Country, the actor swaps the Yorkshire Dales for Buckingham Palace in the new series of The Crown. Here’s why even punks, anarchists and republicans should tune in.

Princess Nokia on her acting debut

The East Harlem rapper – aka Destiny Nicole Frasqueri – stars in Angelfish, a coming-of-age love story set in the Bronx in 1993.

Inside the mystery of Kowloon’s Walled City

Amongst the day-to-day prostitution, gambling and smells of rotting carcasses, Greg Girard set about capturing the final decade of the vice-ridden city in the heart of Hong Kong.

Luka Sabbat “does a lot of things”

The model-turned-actor, recently appeared in Jim Jarmusch’s zom-com, has walked for Yeezy and has “a really sick idea for a cutlery set”.

Metamorphosis in Cuba

Joshua Gordon and Aries’ Butterfly project explores the depths and richness of Cuba’s underground trans community.

So macho

Joe Sweeney’s latest exhibition tackles the weird, wide world of modern masculinity. With knobs on/in.

Stripping off with Harpies

Get up close and personal with the sexiest LGBTIQ+ performers in London.

“It’s so sad what happens when we find Alyssa and James now”

Alex Lawther on his surprise return to The End of the F***ing World.

Talking tech addiction with the man who got us addicted

Nir Eyal ran a course at Stanford University teaching would-be tech-heads the dark arts of behavioural engineering. His first book, Hooked, became a bible for tech execs who wanted to create products that would keep us swiping and scrolling. Now he’s back with an antidote to tech addiction (but not an apology).

Hideo Kojima on the mysteries of ‘Death Stranding’

The Metal Gear Solid designer discusses his powerful new post-human fantasy.

GUT is back and feeling horny!

The cult art magazine returns for its fifth year, just in time for the witching season. Spooky!