Sketching a pictureThe many faces of Rembrandt van RijnA number of exhibitions held to mark the anniversary of the artist’s death underscore how he has been remade in the image of each ageOct 26
Hello daddyRevisiting Tom of Finland’s sexually explicit oeuvreThe renewed critical interest in his work illustrates how representations of gay desire have become less shockingOct 24
The wheel of fortuneThe iPod at 18: the gadget that changed music and tech for everApple’s comeback product made digital media usable and portable devices beautifulOct 23
Barbed wire, landmines and new hopes of peaceSouth Korean artists explore the DMZIn a new exhibition in London, they contemplate the no-go zone that separates them from their neighbours to the northOct 22
Imaginary friends and foes“Jojo Rabbit” is not really an “anti-hate satire”Taika Waititi’s new film lampoons Nazi bigotry without ever properly engaging with itOct 21
Only the sound of the sea“The Lighthouse”: an engulfing dive into madnessIn Robert Eggers’s new period horror film, two men are marooned on a rocky outcrop in Nova ScotiaOct 18
Information overloadThe meaninglessness of music chartsWith each streaming platform crowning a different champion each week, it has become impossible to tell which artists are truly popularOct 17
Delft handiworkIn a new exhibition, Pieter de Hooch steps out of Vermeer’s shadowA pioneering painter of the Dutch Golden Age finally gets his dueOct 16
Joint honoursMargaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo both win the Booker prizeBy choosing both “The Testaments” and “Girl, Woman, Other”, the judges flouted the rules of the prestigious literary awardOct 15
Off track“El Camino” is a passable but pointless postscript to “Breaking Bad”Fans of the series will lap up two more hours of action, but this follow-up film lacks much of what made the series greatOct 14
Mixed receptionNobel prizes in literature: Olga Tokarczuk and Peter HandkeThe Swedish Academy’s decision to crown two European authors will delight and enrage readers around the worldOct 10
Play onThe record album continues to thrive in the streaming ageIts many obituaries have been prematureOct 11
The art of darknessHow nightclubs and cabarets incubated radical artFrom the 1880s to the 1960s, cosmopolitan hangouts helped foster the avant-gardeOct 8
Portrait of the artist?“Pain and Glory” and the question of autobiographical artIn his new film, Pedro Almodóvar ruminates on memory, love, regret and cinemaOct 7