From Wayne Thiebaud’s whipped confections to a post-apocalyptic video game, these are the season’s essential exhibitions
The artist fled Iran for Berlin to find freedom. She explains why her work is the celebration of ‘a life unbound’
Gallery with branches in Mayfair and Somerset blames decline on ‘lower secondary-market sales’
Surrealism is all over furniture and homeware, this time with a 21st-century twist
Opening production from new Theater an der Wien director Stefan Herheim is oversexed and overstuffed
From human bones to baroque picture frames, studio ephemera at Frieze Masters bring the past into the present
Take in the highlights of a rich cultural scene — and run the world’s only intercontinental marathon — in the Turkish megalopolis this season
Toni Collette is fantastically sinister in Netflix’s ‘Wayward’; Alan Partridge turns documentarian in moronically hilarious ‘How Are You?’; Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas shine in season 5 of ‘Slow Horses’ (★★★★★); Netflix’s ‘House of Guinness’ is a combustible drama about the wealthy Irish dynasty; ‘Chad Powers’ is an American football series on Disney+; New York noir ‘Black Rabbit’ stars Jude Law and Jason Bateman — reviews by Rebecca Nicholson
Series presented by Lewis Goodall tells the story of a Blackpool man living in poverty who became a millionaire through bitcoin fraud
The Golden Lion-winning artist on growing up in segregated America, his fear of failure — and why he identifies with Miles Davis
Written to honour the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, the track was covered memorably by reggae singers Bob & Marcia
The singer is just one of the innovative tastemakers featured in this issue
The FT’s critics recommend the most compelling 2025 shows, including Kerry James Marshall’s The Histories and Lee Miller
The publicity circus around new film and TV releases leaves me hungry for old-fashioned opacity
News of the British Museum’s fundraising gala smacks of the sort of imitation and assimilation we’re good at
How a 15th-century altarpiece by the early Renaissance friar was painstakingly restored for a major exhibition this year
The multidisciplinary artist’s new work ‘Black Atlas’ draws on 5,000 years of western art history to throw new light on how race works
The Russian is flexible and poetic on this two-disc compendium that includes four substantial works
The musician’s first record in a decade does not disappoint with its mix of praise songs and political tracks
As London’s autumn season begins, we delve into the worlds of fabricators, ceramicists and auctioneers — and hunt for the perfect chair
Amsterdam’s gathering of the portraits of Arles mailman Joseph Roulin and family offer a warm and surprising counterpoint to the image of a solitary Van Gogh
From papyrus to date palms, the materials of the region are being used to create extraordinary furniture
The writer and actor, who returns to the London stage with ‘Mary Page Marlowe’, believes ‘plays are better than movies and movies are better than TV’
Hiran Abeysekera’s wired, sardonic prince lacks emotional depth — but Francesca Mills’ Ophelia is a standout
After revolutionising the music industry, the streaming mogul is stepping back but not giving up
