Musical, talismanic and foraged elements are taking these ‘visual lullabies for grown-ups’ into delightfully distracting new dimensions
At Luma Arles and Edinburgh’s Talbot Rice Gallery, the Egyptian artist’s operatic films weave together myth, Arabic texts and puppetry
The best works in this career-spanning show are proof of an artist with prodigious and audacious talents
Collectors are buying colourful lives as much as paintings — and sleuthing gallerists know how to feed those appetites
As public institutions struggle for money, the support of dealers has become more important than ever
The founder of Switzerland’s Fondation Opale on promoting Indigenous art in Europe — and the show that changed her life
Jackie Wullschläger and Edwin Heathcote select their best mid-year reads
There seems little to connect the artists, but they benefit from being linked in these two shows
For today’s top buyers, passion rather than profit appears to be the primary motive
The art-world entrepreneur is building an arts hub in a sleepy corner of Italy. He explains why the gamble will pay off
The painter on her ‘dialogue’ with ancient Greek art in Athens and becoming the most expensive female living artist at auction
The French ceramics workshop co-founder loves Cameron Diaz, cardigans and ‘stupid cats’
The artist has coated museums, a bathhouse, and even her own bedroom in swaths of colour — next stop: Art Basel
She started off creating office schemes in Silicon Valley but her elegant, offbeat and painterly aesthetic saw her move into private homes. Her style — centred around art — is now attracting the culture crowd
The museum’s director chooses a personal selection of highlights from the world’s oldest public art collection
If you are fortunate enough to have been invited to one of these lavish rituals, remember there’s no such thing as a free meal
Ernst Gombrich’s book was an unlikely bestseller — 75 years on it speaks powerfully about the dangerous politicisation of culture
Works from previously overlooked communities are gaining in prominence, raising questions of cultural respect and financial fair share
As troops descend on the city, Nadya Tolokonnikova’s ‘Police State’ aims to shed light on the dangers of authoritarianism
The Norwegian artist’s enigmatic, unsettling collages — often drawing on historical images — reconsider stereotypes
The founder of Muzeum Susch on how running a car dealership turned her into an art collector — and the painting that makes her smile every day
Inspired by her friend John Cage, the 87-year-old has spent four decades perfecting her ‘waterfall’ paintings
The fair’s latest showing for fresh art is propelled by socially engaged work, from Lonnie Holley’s retelling of civil rights history to Lin May Saeed’s vision of animal liberation
These textiles serve as a poignant reminder of the horrors of the 1980s crisis
Photographer Mandy Barker aims to raise awareness of the impact of fast fashion with her algae-like images
