Sheila Canby obituary
American art historian and museum curator with a special focus on Iran and the Islamic world
‘A palette unlike anything in the west’: Ben Okri, Yinka Shonibare and more on how Nigerian art revived Britain’s cultural landscape
To mark a new exhibition at Tate Modern, author Ben Okri and other leading British-Nigerian cultural figures trace the impact of their heritage on their work, and consider its growing influence on the world stage
Bath mats, candles and underpants: would Basquiat have loved or hated all the merch?
New book The Making of an Icon examines artist whose works have become almost ubiquitous
From a Utah church to a Denver museum: the man who found 75 pyramids in the US
Over a decade, Ian James captured an array of pyramid structures across 20 US states, now documented in a new book
Drusilla Modjeska: ‘How easy it is that we can live in the sunshine and not see the shadow’
In her new book, the Australian author of Exiles at Home and Stravinsky’s Lunch returns to examine how female artists have fought for creative freedom
New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic
Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish
Postures: Jean Rhys in the Modern World review – sex, squalor and jungle sweat for an eternal outsider
Artists as varied as Sarah Lucas, Gwen John and Georg Baselitz are called upon by critic-curator Hilton Als to chime with the writer of Wide Sargasso Sea
‘A sense of self and self-worth’: Deborah Willis on the importance of Black photography
The artist and curator of photography talks about her relationship to the work of Black pioneers of photography and the influence of her 2000 book
‘I’m from where you learn to run before you can walk’: the comic strip artist telling the story of DRC’s conflict
Edizon Musavuli uses his art to depict the daily struggles and constant insecurity of living in the rebel-occupied city of Goma
Rosalyn Drexler obituary
Artist, novelist, playwright and wrestler whose pop art collages dealt with gender violence and racism
‘I never hold back’: Sally Mann on her controversial family photos and becoming a writer
The celebrated US photographer was catapulted into America’s culture wars with her photobook Immediate Family. Now she’s written a book of ‘how not-to’ advice for artists
‘They had everything, then nothing’: the prodigies the art world forgot
Robert Colquhoun and Bobby MacBryde were once the golden boys of London’s art scene – photographed in Vogue, filmed by Ken Russell and lauded by Francis Bacon. So why did they vanish into obscurity?
Paula Heister obituary
Other lives: Doctor and teacher of medicine who also worked as a children’s author and illustrator
Lessons for Young Artists by David Gentleman review – secrets from the studio
The much-loved painter, designer of stamps and creator of anti-war posters shares tips from a 90-year career
‘Youths everywhere were spitting over tinny beats playing off a Nokia’: great grime photographer Simon Wheatley
He was young and broke when he became grime’s first documentarian. Then his book Don’t Call Me Urban captured the energy of the grittier first wave – and an expanded edition is finally here