Fernando Augusto Pacheco
Hot picks
Fill those endless days with the best in sight and sound, thanks to our sunny selection.
French touch
From poodles on album covers to Hermès neckerchiefs, Corine embodies a new wave of French electro-pop artists reclaiming the '70s with organic live sound, personal lyrics and unapologetic glamour.
The Ten
Hot Chip embraces euphoria, a Dutch munitions factory reinvents itself as a cultural hub, and a 94-year-old Lebanese poet finally gets her moment. Ten reasons to pay attention this week.
Politics
A cabinet reshuffle in Peru and how environmentalism could shake up the EU elections.
The Ten
From Japanese City Pop vinyl to Chernobyl's nuclear horror and a one-man indie triumph, ten carefully chosen cultural picks to guide your week with discernment.
The Ten
New York's shapeshifting Shed opens with Steve McQueen, Björk and Gerhard Richter; São Paulo's SP-Arte draws global collectors to Latin America's most dynamic art market. Culture's spring calendar is unmissable.
After the prize
What happens to writers, artists and film-makers who receive their craft’s most coveted gongs? We discover how plaudits can bring both success and challenges.
Culture
Socially engaged art in Chicago, a televised Polish parallel universe and perusing the shelves of London’s poetry bookshop.
Class of their own
Top-flight trainers and upbeat tunes to get you up and out, and tasteful homeware, thrilling reads and film tips if you want to cosy up at home as the evenings draw in.
The opener
From Texan gunslingers washing up with Aesop soap to Brazilian congressional superheroes, this issue's opener surveys a gloriously odd world in its usual sharp, unhurried style.
