For a major new London exhibition, the Polish painter Wilhelm Sasnal draws on everything from the Holocaust to family life. Anything can serve as inspiration, he says... more
Ten years ago, Sarah Sands was in New York when the terrorists struck. On her latest return, she shows her daughter a city still oozing culture and glamour, not to mention spirit... more
For the septuagenarian American legend, Lee Friedlander, the thrill of travelling in cars, photographing them and scenes through their windows, contributed to a rich archive... more
With a stunning location on the remote slopes of the eastern Pyrenees, with views of the iconic Canigou mountain, the medieval eco- lodge Can Rigall has just opened its doors following a five-year refurbishment... more
Sotheby's set a £24.68 million record for artist Egon Schiele to close a 10-year scandal over a painting stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War
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Forbes magazine has him in its people You Need to Know list. So who is polymath John Maeda and why is he dispensing knowledge sitting in a sandbox in a Soho gallery? Nick Curtis finds out... more
Marina Abramovic inspired David Blaine and Riccardo Tisci with her masochistic performance art. And now she's crossing the Pond. Watch out for knives, ice blocks, wounds and tears, says Hermione Eyre... more
An extraordinary series of blunders allowed a lone burglar to escape with masterpieces worth hundreds of millions of pounds from a Paris art gallery... more
Masterpieces worth up to £430 million, including works by Picasso and Matisse, have been stolen during an audacious dawn raid on a Paris museum... more
Welcome aboard the Octopus, Microsoft founder Paul Allen’s superyacht and location of the most star-studded gathering at the Cannes Film Festival.... more
Van Gogh's letters, Grayson Perry's pots, a scholarly study of Caravaggio and a glimpse into the world of the insane Henry Darger - just a few of the treats guaranteed to give pleasure this Christmas... more
Louise Bourgeois calls her giant arachnid 'Maman'. But her real obsession, revealed at Tate Modern, is Papa, which has given rise to some disturbingly crude, man-hating imagery.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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