Virginia Whiles, Sarah Jury and Jack Smurthwaite discuss the work of Pakistani-born video artist Bani Abidi, the need for safety protocols to protect participants in live art works known as larps (Live Action Role Plays), and Dave Beech’s book ‘Art and Postcapitalism – Aesthetic Labour, Automation and Value Production’.

Virginia Whiles, Sarah Jury & Jack Smurthwaite

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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.

Michael Hampton

Anna Dezeuze discusses whether it is possible for art to turn the tide on ‘alt-right’ conspiracy theories, and Maria Walsh explores the work of Lebanese artist filmmaker Ali Cherri.

Virginia Whiles, Sarah Jury & Jack Smurthwaite

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