Visual Arts
Designers become social activists
The increasingly recognised practice of critical design takes design out of the commercial sphere and makes it a political act.
Register now: visual arts conferences in 2014
Get ahead of the game in 2014, and join the world's leading cultural thinkers at a conference this year. Here…
Art and advertising: beyond sibling rivalry
If it's good enough for Manet and Dali, maybe artists who look down their noses at advertising designers should think…
Films to watch for in 2014
A Paul Thomas Anderson auteur work, a Leonardo DiCaprio vehicle and a Godzilla remake our film critics picks the must-sees.
Great arts destination to push your boundaries in 2014
Considering a cultural vacation? Here are some destinations you may not have thought of.
Sneak preview: Five new museums worth visiting in 2014
New museums in 2014 will house collections by great philanthropists in imaginative buildings sure to draw tourism.
Visual arts: the big guns of 2014
Japanese art, fashion and design, Afghani and Italian masters – it's a cornucopia of art events that brace the 2014…
The most talked about artworks of 2013
Whether good or bad, art has an amazing ability to get people talking.
Damien Hirst builds his own town
The world’s wealthiest living artist is developing his own town in regional Ilfracombe, England.
The Gilded Cage
A clash of cultures and classes sits at the centre of The Gilded Cage (La cage dorée), a comedy easily…