Jonathan P Watts discusses art and the commodification of happiness, Lauren Velvick introduces the work of Jennet Thomas, and Jamie Sutcliffe examines Marcus Werner Hed and Nathaniel Mellors’s film The R&B Feeling about the life of Bob Parks.

Jamie Sutcliffe, Lauren Velvick & Jonathan P Watts

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Tom Hastings, Sam Keogh and Luisa Lorenzo Corna discuss the attempts to suppress political protest and artists’ voices in the light of the current war in Gaza.

Tom Hastings, Sam Keogh & Luisa Lorenzo Corna

Bob Dickinson surveys the rise of authoritarian rule and charts feminist art practices that resist such forces.

Bob Dickinson

Laura Harris claims that the Levelling Up programme is a sham and Morgan Quaintance argues that Chris Ofili’s ‘Requiem’ for the victims of Grenfell Tower was compromised from the start.

Laura Harris & Morgan Quaintance

Sarah E James discusses her article on cultural censorship and exclusion of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian voices in the arts and beyond, with the artists Jumana Manna and Larissa Sansour.

Sarah E James, Jumana Manna & Larissa Sansour

Michael Hampton argues that auto-destruction is the default condition of all visual art.

Jamie Sutcliffe, Lauren Velvick & Jonathan P Watts

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