_Antichrist_'s harrowing scenes of genital mutilation have the power to shock even today's desensitised viewers. Jeremy Allen wonders if the controversy is overshadowing this sophisticated drama. Plus The Quietus collect 10 similarly shocking scenes of body horror.
From the latest Tate Modern Turbine Hall commission to a small West London gallery, an experimental release on an independent label to Gwyneth Paltrow’s celebrity lifestyle brand, the aesthetics of our time are becoming increasingly olfactory. But, in an age of masks, who is really picking up the scent?