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Why Marx got Venice Biennale invite

Charlotte Higgins talks to Venice Biennale director Okwui Enwezor about Marxism, bigotry and how Rolls-Royce sponsorship squeezes into the mix.

From Sudan to London: Post Reborn Sounds of Childhood Dreams by Ibrahim El-Salahi.

It’s Africa’s turn at the Tate

Tate will reflect its new international focus through a two-year programme of activities focused on Africa, beginning on November 24.

Arthur Miller — a restoration in progress

Arthur Miller — a restoration in progress

When dramatist Arthur Miller died, his obituary was headlined "The Great Pretender: Arthur Miller wasn’t well liked — and with good reason".

Master of artless art

Master of artless art

Despite his many successes, Woody Allen still defers to those who inspired him

No Cannes do as Mel looks to revive reputation with The Beaver

Rarely has the Cannes Film Festival been the scene of so daring a plan — the attempted resuscitation of Mel Gibson’s shattered career.

China ‘like the middle ages’, says arrested artist

Two days before Ai Weiwei’s disappearance, the artist spoke out at his Beijing studio about police surveillance and harassment.

Pullman versus the Gospels

Pullman versus the Gospels

Mary gave birth to twins, in author Philip Pullman’s new book; Jesus was good but his brother, Christ, was a rogue. <em>Charlotte Higgins</em> reports

Transient beauty, not controversy, turns judges’ heads

The creator of a subtle and unashamedly beautiful fresco in gold leaf has been named this year’s winner of Britain’s most prestigious art prize.

Best of the Booker

Salman Rushdie’s epoch-making novel <i>Midnight’s Children</i> is the best-ever winner of the Man Booker (literary) prize, according to a public vote.

Booker’s best six

Postcolonial novels dominate the judges’ selection of some of the most revered novels of the past 40 years, writes Charlotte Higgins.

Indy goes old-school

Back after 19 years, the new Indiana Jones film premiered at Cannes. Charlotte Higgins reports from the festival.

Booked by an outsider

Irish author Anne Enright beats competition from McEwan to win the Man Booker prize, writes Charlotte Higgins.

A tasteless line in battledress

War. It’s so glamorous and sexy, isn’t it, asks Emine Saner in London.

Michael Moore on the wrong side of the law

The US treasury is investigating filmmaker Michael Moore for taking sick 9/11 rescuers to Cuba for part of his documentary, <i>Sicko</i>, reports Charlotte Higgins in Cannes.