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54 days ago

Experimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music

The late singer may have suffered from setbacks and only released three studio albums, but the range he displayed in this perfect catalogue was astonishing

  • D’Angelo, Grammy-winning neo-soul pioneer, d…

5 months ago

I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes?

A biopic of Frantz Fanon and other remarkable new movies are finding success via social media, yet remain invisible at the big film festivals

France’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade was …

6 months ago

Ginseng Roots by Craig Thompson review – a genre-defying graphic novel about class, religion and globalisation

Can you tell the American story via ginseng? Thompson’s funny, moving and exquisitely drawn work has a go

Genre is a slippery beast at the best of times, but Craig Thompson’s new book is particularly…

7 months ago

Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots; José María Velasco: A View of Mexico – review

Serpentine South Gallery; National Gallery, London
The arte povera veteran’s passionate celebration of trees risks being eclipsed by the real ones that surround it. And a 19th-century Mexican polymat…

10 months ago

Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar also puts artistic freedom on trial

Drake is understandably vexed about lyrics framing him as a ‘certified paedophile’ – but diss tracks are a deliberately lurid part of rap

There were people who thought Drake v Kendrick was the greates…

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