School of Beauty, School of Culture is among the exhibits in a major new London retrospective of the US artist Kerry James Marshall. But there is more to it than first meets the eye.
From returning pop superstars to Oscar-ready films and big-time celebrity memoirs, here are BBC Culture's recommendations for what to watch, listen to and read for the rest of 2025.
Once the most despised woman in Europe, Marie Antoinette was vilified as a libertine, a conspirator and a spendthrift - then publicly executed. Now an exhibition explores her story.
The newsroom-set Apple TV+ series, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, is back for a fourth run. Since its 2019 premiere, it's become known for its outlandish plot lines.
Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera star in the true story of a heroic rescue which took place in California in 2018. The film is even more "visceral" than genuine news footage.
In 1955, the British Empire planted the Union flag in its last piece of territory - a bleak, uninhabited rock. A Royal Navy commander told the BBC about securing Rockall.
Prefiguring Banky's latest Royal Courts of Justice mural depicting a judge attacking a protestor, are centuries of art history where works have been censored or edited.
The Long Walk imagines young men competing in a deadly marathon for entertainment. A new film version is a reminder of how it anticipated our reality TV age.
Why do men's clothes have so many pockets, and women's so few? For centuries, the humble pocket has been a flashpoint in the gender divide of fashion. Is that finally set to change?
