‘I am the Last Woman Object’ declared Nicola L. in 1969. But 55 years later, stereotypes remain and women continue to create body furniture to challenge uncomfortable truths
Technique or temperament? The alchemy of great art is elusive — but this peek inside painters’ studios offers tantalising insights
The theatre designer and the film director have become two of the most established voices in the worlds of stage and screen. What’s the secret to their creative DNA?
Over 50 years, the Japanese illustrator has accumulated a world-class archive. Now he has to decide what to do with it
Kyoto’s temple to Mario and Co is stingy where it matters
The artist has done his bit to advance the cultural kudos of the houseplant — and vice versa
The Australian has a fascination for pilot watches and what they signify as pieces of history
The Dubai Watch Week Horology Forum’s focus on the art of watchmaking, rather than sales, attracts a wide range of enthusiasts
Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams are following Phillips into swisher sites, with architect-designed buildings that allow for different sales formats
Exhibitions, commissioning local artists and educational ventures are gaining currency with consumers
Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga star in ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’; ‘A Different Man’ tells a story of facial disfigurement; ‘My Old Ass’ stars Aubrey Plaza as a woman meeting her younger self; Kenyan herders and white landowners clash in ‘The Battle for Laikipia’; Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ is a bloated sci-fi tinted melodrama; ‘The Outrun’ stars Saoirse Ronan in a story of addiction and recovery — reviews by Danny Leigh and Jonathan Romney
This jagged, grimly funny psychodrama examines questions of identity
Maisy Stella stars as a teenager spending her last summer at home
Sober documentary chronicles the blocking of age-old migration routes of semi-nomadic tribes
Lady Gaga lends her star power to this curious musical follow-up to ‘Joker’
A spirit of Nineties nihilism pervades this exhaustive retrospective
Sotheby’s debt in the limelight; Christie’s dresses up for Hong Kong; advisory firm opens in Paris; Guyana artist gets his due at Frieze Masters
Mafalda Muñoz and Gonzalo Machado are redefining contemporary cool in the Spanish capital
Powerful stagings of ‘Roots’ and ‘Look Back in Anger’ remain disturbingly resonant
Works on show at the London Film Festival shed light on conditions such as ADHD, aphasia and breast cancer
Tiny sculptures, envelope-sized artworks and a six-course lunch club
Former politicians and military veterans on how the US would deal with a replay of 2021’s Capitol attack
‘Black Mirror’ creator Charlie Brooker suspects so — and now it’s coming for your phone
Our autumn arts special features Rebecca Hall, Andrew O’Hagan, the Rohrwacher sisters and many more
Christian Thielemann conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in this triple album that also includes a set of solo piano pieces
