Category: 5. Entertainment

In Mona Fastvold’s newest film, The Testament of Ann Lee, the story of the Shaker movement’s origins in the 18th century is told through the unique lens of a mystical, at times even absurd,

At least until the invasion of Iraq – and to an extent, even afterwards – New Labour could count on the support of the British culture industry. Of course there were exceptions: the odd band, like Primal Scream or Asian Dub Foundation; the…

Doni Nahmias is on a roll. Fresh off partnering with Timothée Chalamet and his stylist Taylor McNeill on the sold-out Marty Supreme clothing line, the founder of the Californian menswear label is returning to the Paris runway after a three-year…

Amy Ching-Yan Lam’s recent projects are incisive examples of how artists’ books can be actively encountered by viewers rather than sealed inside vitrines. For a full…

Early on in her latest collection, the Canadian poet Karen Solie apologises: “I’m sorry, I can’t make this beautiful.” The line appears in a poem, Red Spring, about agribusiness and its sinister human impact: the world’s most widely…

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You sit in a circle at the Shed, the cultural center in Manhattan’s futuristic Hudson Yards, waiting for the show to begin. Through your enhanced glasses, you see four empty chairs facing you, just out of reach. You watch strangers look out for…

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This is an excerpt from The Strad January 2026 feature, ’Paganini Quartet: When the stars aligned’. Read the full article here

It was always known that Nicolò Paganini had owned a quartet of…