For Mika Rottenberg, silliness is a deeply serious business
The Argentine-Israeli film-maker takes a typically absurdist tilt at technocapitalism and the climate crisis
‘Not to be rebellious would be really boring’ – an interview with Peter Saul
The 87-year-old American painter has never much cared what the critics think – which means that no subject is off limits to him
Power play — ‘“Daddy”: A Melodrama’ at the Almeida, reviewed
Jeremy O. Harris’ latest play unravels the twisted power dynamics between a wealthy white art collector and an emerging Black artist on a Hockney-inspired stage
Only the art world could have been fooled by Anna Sorokin for so long
The story of the scammer who passed herself off as an heiress should make for must-see television, but reality far outstrips Shonda Rhimes’s overly safe retelling
Performance anxiety – Paul McCarthy makes his audience incredibly uneasy
The artist’s first performance in a decade was a lot, even for the most ‘open-minded’ onlookers
Frieze week highlights: poetry on demand and Duchamp’s readymades
John Giorno’s Dial-A-Poem hotline is now available in the UK – plus more projects and shows not to miss this year
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Art & Tech in focus: Salome Asega
The recently appointed director of New Inc discusses her plans for the cultural incubator and outlines why we need to think more about the ethics of tech
The path to self-improvement, according to Marina Abramovic
The artist has partnered up with WeTransfer to create a digital version of the Abramovic Method, a series of exercises that will test your patience to its limit
After playing Turner and Lowry, now Timothy Spall has taken up painting for real
Having picked up the paintbrush for film roles, the actor found that he couldn’t stop painting – and he now has a solo show of his own
The disappearance of Joseph Beuys
The German artist’s greatest work was himself – so marking his centenary makes for a curatorial conundrum
Antony Gormley has always believed that sculpture can change the world – and that faith is firmer than ever
An interview with Antony Gormley – public servant, Romantic artist and utopian thinker
Raiders of the lost art – the Gardner heist gets the Netflix treatment
The Gardner Museum heist hasn’t been solved in 30 years – and it’s perfect fodder for a true crime documentary
Sitting witty: Katherine Parkinson reimagines portrait painting for the small screen
For Katherine Parkinson’s TV play about portrait sitters, Roxana Halls ‘ghost-painted’ a series of portraits – a demanding role, as they tell Apollo
Spanish pointers – Rosalind Nashashibi at the National Gallery
During a residency at the gallery, the artist has made works inspired by the drama of Spanish Golden Age painting
‘My painting explores what it means to inhabit your own body’ – an interview with Christina Quarles
In her enigmatic paintings, the California-based artist explores the gap between our bodies and how they’re perceived
‘We are enacting a planetary crisis with electronics’ – an interview with Julia Christensen
The Ohio-based artist discusses her long-term research into our throwaway culture – and how a LACMA fellowship led to her working with NASA
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Africa in focus: Marie-Cécile Zinsou
The founding director of the Republic of Benin’s leading art centre discusses the importance of philanthropy for the arts in West Africa
‘We were documenting for history’ – an interview with Civil Rights photographer Doris Derby
The activist, educator and artist discusses a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice – and the role that images can play in this struggle
A socially distanced stroll around the galleries
Photographs by Gordon Parks and a panoramic painting by Dale Lewis feature amid an unusually plentiful offering in London this summer
The joyful art of Julio Le Parc
The Argentinian-born artist, now in his tenth decade, reflects on a life devoted to trying new things
Spiders and soaring sculptures – Tomás Saraceno in Florence
An exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi positions the wildly ambitious artist as a Renaissance man for our times
Force of nature – the weathered canvases of Vivian Suter
Vivian Suter’s paintings, on show at Camden Arts Centre, are marked by the elements of the rainforest where she works – as well as by her dogs’ paws
Viennese whirlwind – the feminist artist who outraged Austrian society
With a London gallery restaging Valie Export’s exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 1980, the artist looks back at her controversial body of work
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