Sean O'Hagan

The impressionistic images that the Polish photographer made of her daughter growing up are intimate and bleakly beautiful

From Greenham to City slickers, visceral images from a turbulent decade jostle for attention in a show that feels overwhelming in its scale and confusing narrative

In this fascinating book, the neuroscientist makes a strong case for the therapeutic force of music, describing ways in which it can be a beneficial part of recovery for patients

The performance artist shocked 1980s London with his surreal outfits, outlandish lifestyle and collaborations with Lucian Freud, dancer Michael Clark and others. As a major exhibition opens at Tate Modern, family and friends talk about Bowery’s larger-than-life legacy

The American photographer Peter Hujar, who died of Aids complications in 1987, chronicles New York’s 70s and 80s gay scene – and much else besides – in this haunting retrospective

This powerful new book examines the moral contradictions of the west and asks what liberal values mean in the face of such brutal and sustained obliteration of human life

A series of major exhibitions focusing on the era has unleashed a wave of nostalgia for those who were there and curiosity from the young who envy its freedom

From loneliness in Norfolk to vibrant Indian culture in Leicester, a touring show captures a riot of contradictions. Elsewhere, Leeds is lent an otherworldly air by a colour photography pioneer

This richly detailed and exhaustive biography of the maverick 60s British music producer reveals a sonic visionary whose brilliance concealed a tragically violent temper

The internationally renowned South Korean’s diaphanous houses, coming to Tate Modern, embody the emotional imprint of where he has lived