The singer and curator launched this year’s edition at Southbank Centre with a show that lacked momentum
Jackie Wullschläger selects her best mid-year reads
Here are the pieces you loved last week
The artist, who has been little shown outside the US, often used a broom for his sweeping canvases
‘The Daily Show’ host puts the gags on hold as he examines what ails democracy
A new BBC documentary about an auction of dubious digital artworks reveals the flimsiness of the crypto fad
What can be learnt from the pioneers who turned abandoned lofts into the creative heart of the city?
A forward-thiking agreement between the Cycladic museum and the Met suggests a way forward in repatriation debates
As the prequel returns for a second series, showrunner Ryan Condal talks about ‘making it feel different in a good way’
The campaign against the asset manager has left festivals struggling to adapt to a new age of protest
How movies and books are flipping the script on the older woman/younger man relationship
As her work goes on show at MoMA in New York, she writes about the hidden narrative in her photographs of the Flint water crisis
The ‘ye-ye’ scene star came to symbolise the aesthetic of existentialist Left Bank Paris
Writer Steven Moffat and stars Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan on making a comedy-drama about the rush to judge celebrities
Free film screenings in some of the city’s most beautiful historic locations are one of the true highlights of summer
Decision will spark further debate over political activism and funding for the arts
The rejection of a film studio scheme near Marlow bodes ill for the future of creative industries
Baccara’s 1977 track was covered by dance-pop acts such as Goldfrapp — and will be belted out during this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament
The London-born darling of New York’s elite interiors world specialises in fluid pieces that are ‘both soft and strong’
The painter’s contemporary take on the late Baroque hangs alongside masterpieces by François Boucher
A weird and raucous novel about living and dying
The baritone brings out the darker side of the composer’s vocal writing in a recording for his centenary
The long-awaited release of a 1965 live recording of the Georgia Sea Island Singers is musicologically fascinating
How to look good on island time
The Danish design festival’s best in show
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