Jillian Caddell is lecturer in American literature and culture at the University of Kent.
Emily Mortimer’s TV adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel is a wonderfully glamorous affair – and its anachronisms are whip-smart
The Zimbabwe-born, UK-based artist discusses the influences and ideas behind her vivid, densely layered paintings
The hit novel-turned-TV show is a love story, but it’s also a portrait of a young man becoming an artist
A survey of black artists from the American South reveals how oppression and inequality couldn’t crush their creativity
A public high school is the perfect place to consider the flaws of America’s founding fathers
The artist’s depictions of black women and their experience are on show at Modern Art Oxford
A series of pared-back monotypes and drawings signals a new phase in the artist’s work
The sculptor has made quietly effective political work in the past. Will he do so again next year?
The artist’s subjects include drones, undersea cables and a sculptural satellite in space
Form an orderly queue to see Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits
The artist draws on 19th-century battle scenes to create a very different historical narrative at the Hirshhorn
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald have won the commissions to paint the former U.S. president and first lady
The discovery of a noose at the National Museum of African American History and Culture is a grim justification of its existence
The Battle of Atlanta belongs to an extinct genre, but the historical questions it raises are still relevant today
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture offers a history lesson for all
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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Vermeer, Duchamp and Sally Rooney
The hit novel-turned-TV show is a love story, but it’s also a portrait of a young man becoming an artist