Hockney book paints portrait of the artist through brother’s eyes
The Hockneys: Never Worry What the Neighbours Think offers an intimate look at the painter David by his brother John
On my radar: Anand Giridharadas’s cultural highlights
The author on Taylor Mac’s discombobulations, Hilma af Klint’s artistic timing and piña coladas at an all-in resort in Mexico
Dangerous appetites: the weird, wild world of Dorothea Tanning
Endless doors, glittering eyeballs, ripping walls ... a major Tate retrospective of Tanning’s art reveals her striking surrealist vision
We gotta get out of this place! The artists snared by the lure of the labyrinth
From Daedalus’s prison to Mark Wallinger’s plaques, labyrinths have always intrigued artists. Our writer makes a beeline to a new show inspired by their confounding paths
On my radar: Rachel Unthank’s cultural highlights
The folk singer on Laura Veirs’s podcast about music and motherhood, Willy Vlautin’s band the Delines and the unexpected joy of book clubs
Delays singer Greg Gilbert: ‘I was taking peppermint pills but I had bowel cancer’
When the psych-poppers’ frontman was told he was dying, it sparked an explosion of poetry and painting. As his work goes on show beside Leonardo da Vinci’s, he relives an artistic salvation
Bruce Gilden: ‘In these women’s faces, I find my mother’s story’
When Bruce Gilden started to photograph the drug-addicted sex workers in Miami, he was confronted with the memory of his mother, who killed herself when he was a young man
Wish you were here? Postcards from the art world
Former auctioneer Jeremy Cooper, annoyed by high prices, turned to a smaller-scale field. Now his collection – from Yoko Ono to Gilbert & George – is a book and exhibition
John Ruskin: The Power of Seeing review – oddball or visionary?
The influential critic, social reformer and troubled genius profoundly changed British culture. In his 200th anniversary year, can this exhibition help us see him clearly?
Jane Austen? Family say note establishes disputed portrait’s identity
Personal ‘history’ believed to have been written by the novelist’s grand-niece is ‘absolutely emphatic about the fact it’s a portrait’ of the novelist
‘An extraordinary American story’ – behind an eye-opening James Baldwin exhibition
The life of the famed author is celebrated in a new exhibition curated by writer and theatre critic Hilton Als, who speaks about Baldwin’s significance today
Carla Kogelman’s best photograph: children playing on a swing
‘They’re in their own world and don’t see me. It’s a nostalgic image, with a touch of magic from those disembodied feet and hands’
Peter Greenaway plans racetrack in tribute to Jack Kerouac book
Film director working on vast art installation inspired by cult classic On the Road
Omar Musa: ‘Australia could be so much better – but instead we indulge our worst instincts’
Musa’s one-man show, Since Ali Died, is a densely packed hour of theatre, hip-hop and spoken word
New talent: the rising stars of culture, science and food 2019
A film director bringing women’s stories to the fore; a chef serving up vegan Afro-Caribbean classics… plus activism, art and jazz – we profile the hottest new talent for 2019