Culture

Mithu Sen, one of India’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, brings the linguistic mischief of a poet to her visual work.

Four nights a week he sits in the dismal concierge cage and fills postcards to Sydney; a junk store haul of faded linen scenes showing The Palisades, The Chrysler, Cleo’s Needle, and woodsy upstate hamlets he’ll never visit, won’t get north of the city save for the once, taking the Amtrak to Niagara in the new year: winter woods flanking the rail lines all a naked, brittle magenta, the Hudson frozen solid at its banks with great shards of ice heaped up in violent confection, while he swallows bad coffee and nurses his heart like a busted fist.

Listening to Wendy Carlos’s revolutionary Moog versions of J. S. Bach as a child sparked Will Gregory’s enduring love for the synthesiser.

The podcast 28ish Days Later busts many myths about women’s bodies, to reveal far more fascinating realities.

From maps of Country to ancient gods, Marrugeku’s showcase of new dance works, Burrbgaja Yalirra 2, allows its artists to explore the connections between ancestors and the present day.

Jessie Ware’s new album, That! Feels Good!, is her guide to sexual and spiritual liberation.

After 50 years at the forefront of feminist filmmaking, director Margarethe von Trotta is back with a cinematic work about the brilliant Austrian poet Ingeborg Bachmann.