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With his new album, ‘Damn’, Kendrick Lamar cements his status as the world’s reigning hip-hop artist
By Anwen Crawford
The documentary is a powerful examination of the OJ Simpson trial within the context of race relations in the US
By Anwen Crawford
Cover of Fever Dream
Trans. Megan McDowell; Oneworld; $19.99
By Helen Elliott
Image of George Michael
On George Michael, race and pop
By Anwen Crawford
Still from Atlanta
There’s some bite to Donald Glover’s languid, lyrical comedy series ‘Atlanta’
By Luke Davies
Image of Jessa Crispin
Jessa Crispin’s ‘Why I Am Not a Feminist’ demands a dismantling of mainstream feminism … and the system itself
By Stephanie Bishop
Image by Bill Henson
Bill Henson exhibits recent photographic work at the National Gallery of Victoria
By Sebastian Smee
Image of Pichet Klunchun’s Dancing with Death
The Asia TOPA festival is unique for its focus on contemporary Asian culture
By Alison Croggon
Illustration
Russian piano superstar Daniil Trifonov teaches a masterclass in Melbourne
By Chloe Hooper
FX’s new Marvel superhero show is refreshingly cerebral
By Harry Windsor
Cover of Moonglow
Fourth Estate; $39.99
By Helen Elliott
Cover of Lincoln in the Bardo
Bloomsbury; $29.99
By Kevin Rabalais
Still from The Salesman
The domestic disquiet of Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’ gives way to suspense
By Luke Davies
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Cat Marnell’s ‘How To Murder Your Life’ is an addiction memoir with a difference
By Jenny Valentish
Image of Wrest Point casino, Sandy Bay, Tasmania
James Boyce’s ‘Losing Streak’ investigates how one family came to rule the state’s poker-machine industry
By Amanda Lohrey
Image of PixCell-Double Deer#4 (2010), by Kohei Nawa
‘Sugar Spin’ at GOMA aims to please and to challenge
By Sebastian Smee
Illustration
The State Library of Victoria has acquired one of Australia’s finest collections of literary papers
By Thornton McCamish
Cover of The Undoing Project
Allen Lane; $45
By Michael Lucy

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