As a young man, William Kentridge had wanted to be a conductor. His art-loving parents were both anti-partite lawyers and civil rights activists. He's never been a political artist in the sense of being an activist. The artist should look after the art and the politics will look after itself.
In the next instalment of our midterms series, we head to the suburbs of Atlanta in search of that rarest of political creatures: the swing voter. There aren’t many of them, but they may well determine which party controls the Senate. Luxury brands are changing their outlooks and offerings as they seek new markets and younger consumers. And our culture correspondent visits a retrospective of William Kentridge’s works.
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