Featuring: Wayétu Moore responds to the extraordinary life of Charles White in the form of a specially-commissioned short story; Media Farzin delves into the historical investigations of Jumana Manna; an artist project by Polish photographer Joanna Piotrowska; plus, Susanne von Falkenhausen on how international art festivals are engaging in contemporary politics, Hettie Judah on three artists whose work straddles the gap between the figurative and the abstract, Mika Rottenberg answers our questionnaire, and much more