Culture

From the still controversial and disturbing Story of O to contemporary bestsellers S.E.C.R.E.T. and 50 Shades of Grey—the author considers how erotica bridges the social worlds we inhabit everyday and the confused, often shame-inducing netherworld of our inner lives.

The curator Hans Ulrich Obrist is famous for his interviews, which unlock “forces effective in visual arts,” even for those not versed in its rarefied vocabulary. And this has made him as well-known as his subjects.