Glam-rock Nancy Mitford – The Pursuit of Love, reviewed
Emily Mortimer’s TV adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel is a wonderfully glamorous affair – and its anachronisms are whip-smart
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Africa in focus: Kudzanai-Violet Hwami
The Zimbabwe-born, UK-based artist discusses the influences and ideas behind her vivid, densely layered paintings
African-American artists from the South put on a show of defiance
A survey of black artists from the American South reveals how oppression and inequality couldn’t crush their creativity
The George Washington murals are meant to make viewers uncomfortable
A public high school is the perfect place to consider the flaws of America’s founding fathers
Claudette Johnson’s body of work feels as necessary as ever
The artist’s depictions of black women and their experience are on show at Modern Art Oxford
Julie Mehretu makes her mark at Kettle’s Yard
A series of pared-back monotypes and drawings signals a new phase in the artist’s work
Martin Puryear may prove the ideal choice to represent the US at Venice
The sculptor has made quietly effective political work in the past. Will he do so again next year?
Trevor Paglen reveals the hidden networks that rule our lives
The artist’s subjects include drones, undersea cables and a sculptural satellite in space
The crowd-pulling power of the Obama portraits
Form an orderly queue to see Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits
Mark Bradford confronts the myths of America’s past
The artist draws on 19th-century battle scenes to create a very different historical narrative at the Hirshhorn
How paintings of the Obamas will shake up American portraiture
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald have won the commissions to paint the former U.S. president and first lady
America needs its history museums more than ever
The discovery of a noose at the National Museum of African American History and Culture is a grim justification of its existence
The battle to save ‘The Battle of Atlanta’
The Battle of Atlanta belongs to an extinct genre, but the historical questions it raises are still relevant today
Telling the story of the African American experience in Washington
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture offers a history lesson for all
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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