Julian Assange is facing 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse.

BisharaSeptember 28, 2020

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei (Alfred Weidinger/Flickr)

The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei staged a silent protest in front of a London court[…]

By The Paris Review September 28, 2020 THE ART OF DISTANCE

In March, The Paris Review launched The Art of Distance, a newsletter highlighting unlocked archive pieces that resonate with the staff of the magazine, quarantine-appropriate writing[…]

written by Flossie SkeltonPublished on 28 September 2020

©Ngadi Smart

“As African creatives, we now have the tools to tell our own story, and do it in our own way.” After making the Portrait of Humanity 2020 shortlist, the[…]

written by Flossie SkeltonPublished on 29 September 2020

©Snezhana von Buedingen

Shot over several years, Snezhana von Buedingen’s winning Portrait of Humanity 2020 series weaves a delicate tale of the transition from adolescence to adulthood

Sofie’s universe is one imbued[…]

written by Marigold WarnerPublished on 28 September 2020

©︎ Omar Victor Diop.

The Kyoto-based photo festival celebrates its eighth edition with the opening of a new permanent space, renewing its aim of strengthening connections throughout the local community

Shōtengai is[…]

Madeleine ThienOCTOBER 8, 2020 ISSUE

The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai (Li Po)

by Ha JinPantheon, 301 pp., $28.00; $17.00 (paper)

The Selected Poems of Tu Fu: Expanded and Newly Translated

by David HintonNew Directions, 267 pp.,[…]

Accra Shepp

Accra SheppSaxophonist Archie Shepp performing with the pianist Jason Moran at the Whitney Museum, New York City, September 27, 2019

My father, the saxophonist Archie Shepp, has recorded more than 110 albums since 1962, performed[…]