AiNA THE END

This year, we’ve listened to plenty of music, but what have been the most remarkable albums? Here’s a shortlist of our favourites, from Geese to Rosalía, to Blood Orange, James K and PinkPantheress.

The party starter for wild spirits, Batu tells us, dance is a ritual for elastic perception, and imagination is needed for progress. With a warning: dance floors are sacred, but can be destructive.

Beyond aesthetics, hair is lineage. M7 in Doha presents a powerful showcase on how Amazigh hairstyles act as archives of memory, identity, and cultural resistance.

It’s easy to get lost in Perez’s abstract brushstrokes. As trees turn into waves, and waves turn into mountains, you don’t want to leave the canvas behind and find your way back to reality.

Anxiety, fatherhood, Blackness, and soul-searching come together at the Guggenheim Museum in New York for this artist’s largest solo exhibition, on view through January 19th, 2026.

El artista presenta en la Fundació Pilar y Joan Miró de Mallorca una instalación conmovedora que denuncia la inacción de Europa frente a las víctimas de los conflictos, las guerras y los genocidios.