Literature
Smithsonian under fire for abrupt cancellation of Asian American literary festival
The institution cited “unforeseen circumstances”, leaving angry participants with debt and many unanswered questions
Octavia Butler’s classic science-fiction novel Parable of the Sower sprouts artistic seedlings
The book, which was published 30 years ago, is inspiring performances and installations across the US
Etel Adnan's poetry and Hilma af Klint's hidden worlds: curator Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel on her greatest influences
Director of Lafayette Anticipations tells us about her favourite writers, what music and podcasts she's been listening to, and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world
Old Master meets YBAs: James Cahill tells us all about his debut novel
The author explains why his new coming-of-age novel is set against the backdrop of the 1990s art world and what drew him to the paintings of the titular Tiepolo
British Journal of Photography magazine saved from brink of collapse
An investor has bought the 168-year-old publication for a fraction of its claimed value
'If you are of the camp that wants to keep the art world an exclusive club, then look away now'
Silos are tight in the arts, but here's how musicians, artists and writers and can work together to bring in new audiences
Ancient ABCs: The alphabet’s ‘missing link’ discovered in Israel
Ink writing found on pottery sherds suggests the system spread into the Levant earlier than originally thought
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, and founder of San Francisco’s City Lights bookstore, has died, aged 101
Throughout his life, he continued to paint and write books, showing his literature-infused art in New York just last year
With powerful poem, Amanda Gorman sets the tone for Biden’s presidency
The 22-year-old Los Angeles poet was the youngest ever to deliver a recitation on Inauguration Day. Listen to and read her words here
Quest begins to buy £4m house where Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Campaign, which hopes to turn the Oxford home into a literary centre, has been backed by actors from the film adaptation Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman
'I learned a lot from Goya': an interview with the poet and artist Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The influential 101-year-old founder of San Francisco’s City Lights Bookstore discusses his paintings and drawings, now on view in New York
Portrait commissioned by Charles Dickens, unseen for a century, goes on sale at Sotheby's London
The artist William Powell Frith 'almost collapsed' at the honour of being commissioned by the famous writer to paint his heroine Kate Nickleby
From blasphemer to bookworm: Paris show reframes Francis Bacon's later works
Exhibition at the Centre Pompidou focuses on the artist’s post-pope period, which has received less critical examination
The scientific brotherhood: Pre-Raphaelite art put under the microscope
The Victorian artist group explored the connections between art and scientific observation to enhance art’s moral purpose
Close study of fashions in medieval manuscripts is key to understanding interactions of literature and dress
Book of illuminations show various fashions that shed light on literary styles
Thomas Kabdebo's "Tracking Giorgione" reviewed
The author is hindered by his own technique
Gao Xingjian won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2000 but he has also revived abstract painting though his Eastern sensibility and technique
“We exist in a state of barbarity, where art is on the point of not loving art”