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“One of the finest writers of the new non-fiction” (Harpers Bazaar) explores the role of art in the tumultuous twenty-first century.In the age of Trump and Brexit every crisis is instantly overridden by the next. The turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century generates anxiety and makes it difficult to know how to react. Olivia Laing makes a brilliant inspi“One of the finest writers of the new non-fiction” (Harpers Bazaar) explores the role of art in the tumultuous twenty-first century.In the age of Trump and Brexit every crisis is instantly overridden by the next. The turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century generates anxiety and makes it difficult to know how to react. Olivia Laing makes a brilliant inspiring case for why art matters more than ever as a force of both resistance and repair. Art she argues changes how we see the world. It gives us X-ray vision. It reveals inequalities and offers fertile new ways of living.Funny Weather brings together a careers worth of Laings writing about art and culture and their role in our political and emotional lives. She profiles Jean-Michel Basquiat and Georgia OKeeffe interviews Hilary Mantel and Ali Smith writes love letters to David Bowie and Wolfgang Tillmans and explores loneliness and technology women and alcohol sex and the body. With characteristic originality and compassion Funny Weather celebrates art as an antidote to a terrifying political moment.(less)