Getting back to basics with Enzo Mari
The Italian designer’s pared-back approach to craftsmanship always prized the practical over the pretty
Tourist for a day – who’s watching who at London Zoo?
The Regent’s Park attraction offers plenty of opportunities for people-watching when the animals decide to make themselves scarce
The seaside gallery that aims to be more than a tourist destination
East Quay is an arts centre breathing new life into the Somerset town of Watchet and it has a real sense of social purpose
Will this year’s Serpentine Pavilion really get people talking?
Lina Ghotmeh’s structure presents Londoners with the terrifying prospect of interacting with strangers
Could Gilbert & George keep going forever?
The self-styled ‘living sculptures’ have long been an east London fixture – and they’ve just opened a new centre in a bid to stick around even after they’re gone
What should a well-dressed Morris dancer wear?
British folk rituals have often required the wearing of outlandish outfits, some of which have remained unchanged for centuries
Harmless fun – the crafty cartoons of Heath Robinson
More than a century later, the English cartoonist’s ingenious drawings can still tickle the imaginations of modern audiences
Take a trip to the new new Jerusalem
Stephen Ellcock and Mat Osman try to bring visions of Albion up to date in their book ‘England on Fire’
All dressed up and nowhere to go – the art of sprucing up public statues
There’s more than one way to knock a figure off its pedestal, as a documentary about dressing up public monuments in Liverpool shows
The man who designed modern Britain
Tom Eckersley’s posters are rightfully regarded as masterpieces – partly because he worked with clients who were also first-rate
Rankin’s Great British Photography Challenge is too polite for its own good
The TV competition series is billed as a ‘masterclass’ – and none of the contestants will be booted off until the finale. Where’s the fun in that?
How to turn your home into a DIY art gallery
Will Martin steps away from his screen and takes his cues from some of the world’s leading contemporary artists
Ralph Steadman fully deserves his place in the history of art
In his skewering of authority figures, Ralph Steadman bears comparison with some of the great artists of modern times
How to own a Rembrandt
An engaging documentary profiles the collectors who possess – or would like to possess – paintings by the Dutch master
Grayson Perry becomes the nation’s art teacher
The artist’s encouraging approach shows a nation in lockdown that technique isn’t everything
Feat of Klee – how the Swiss-born artist saw comic potential in dark times
The final years of Paul Klee’s life coincided with the rise of Nazism – but the painter deployed his taste for humour and satire to the last
George Herriman’s Krazy Kat – revisiting an abstruse but charming comic strip
The story of a simple-minded cat and his animal neighbours was never widely popular – but it counted E.E. Cummings and De Kooning among its fans
Public relations – solidarity posters from Castro’s Cuba
The 1960s and ’70s were a golden age for Cuban artists who designed striking graphics for liberation movements across the world
Street-smart – how Keith Haring took art out of the gallery
From subway drawings to T-shirt designs, the artist was determined to make his work accessible to all
Lost without words – Manga at the British Museum, reviewed
Despite its international popularity, the Japanese art form cannot be understood through images alone
Cartoons and camaraderie – the Chicago Imagists, reviewed
In the 1960s and ’70s Chicago was the home of a movement that gleefully broke all the rules of good taste
How Campari built its brand
An exhibition tracing the advertising history of the Italian liqueur reflects the changing tastes of the 20th century
This year’s Serpentine Pavilion is a more serious affair than usual
Frida Escobedo has created a surprisingly sombre structure for this year’s temporary pavilion
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