From the grotesque to the sublime, what to see at Art Basel Miami Beach

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The American iteration of Art Basel feels like commercial art world excess turned up to 11. Held in the Miami Beach Conference Center in South Beach, it’s maybe the world’s biggest, balmiest and most palm tree-festooned…

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From the grotesque to the sublime, here’s what to see at Art Basel Miami

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The American iteration of Art Basel feels like commercial art world excess turned up to 11. Held in the Miami Beach Conference Center in South Beach, it’s maybe the world’s biggest, balmiest and most palm tree-festooned…

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Charli xcx is now a Saint Laurent muse

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Charli xcx might be the busiest woman in show business. Recently, the British pop star dropped the trailer for her upcoming mockumentary The Moment, released two singles for the new Wuthering Heights film (of which she’s…

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Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker’s film about a struggling family in Taiwan

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In 2001, Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker were scouting Taiwan to brainstorm ideas for a film they could direct together. Daunted by the possibilities, the pair instead co-wrote and co-directed Take Out, a 2004 indie set…

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These photos show a ‘profoundly hopeful’ side to rainforest life

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “We must ask ourselves if we can truly fathom the disappearance of something we have never seen,” writes Elaine ML Tam in the introduction to Record, a new monograph by the Tokyo-based photographer Stefan Dotter designed…

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