He is famed for creating a golden loo that was stolen and a $6m banana that was eaten. But, says the sculptor ahead of a major new show in Germany, there’s more to his work than pranks and provocationMaurizio Cattelan, the art...
Read MoreThe artist’s latest swerve sees her creating an alien inflatable landscape for New York’s Balloon MuseumOversized inflatable blades of grass graze my face as I wind a path through the glowing white gallery space. Little papery...
Read MoreWith most monuments in London made by men, Claire Mander envisaged the Artist’s Garden as a way to redress the balance. Now, she says, it could be turned into a generic space for VIP events and cocktailsTen years ago, when...
Read MoreTate Modern, LondonThis exhibition makes nothing of the Cuban-American artist’s controversial death – instead it focuses on the astounding way she left an imprint of herself on the earth using blood, feathers and gunpowderA huge...
Read MoreAviva Studios, ManchesterThe artist’s latest show is a staggering takedown of colonial history, warfare and the migrant crisis, featuring buttons by the tonne and richly perfumed tea History has repeated itself all over Ai...
Read MoreThe great potter explains why he turned his decades-long fixation with Axel Salto – maker of unsettling stoneware full of tentacle sproutings and knotty growths – into a new showPotter and writer Edmund de Waal, a dark...
Read MoreAt 54, the comic has found a new lease of life by embracing his first love – pottery. He talks about agoraphobia, ADHD and creating ceramic cuddlesIn a cavernous room in an old pottery factory, Johnny Vegas is approaching his...
Read MoreEnclosure older than Salisbury monument found under late novelist’s garden is given heritage protectionWhen the author Thomas Hardy was writing Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 1891, he chose to set the novel’s dramatic conclusion...
Read MoreCulture minister Lina Mendoni pledges to ‘fill the void’ at the British Museum should the ancient sculptures be returnedGreece is prepared to part with some of its greatest treasures to “fill the void” at the British Museum if...
Read MoreThe master craftsman was once lauded in Ditchling, Sussex. Now, as the grotesque truth of his life is acknowledged, all that has changedEric Gill was one the most celebrated British artists of the 20th century – and for...
Read MoreBronze artwork depicts princess flanked by children to represent ‘generational impact of her work’The sons of Diana, Princess of Wales have unveiled a long-awaited statue of her in Kensington Palace.In the shadow of...
Read MoreThe artist hopes the work, called Act, will challenge visitors to reappraise the famous site and its monumentsThis summer visitors to Highgate Cemetery in north London will be greeted by something that will stand out –...
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