Mencap's April Fools benefit was a night of quickfire laughs starring the likes of Jo Brand, Miranda Hart, Harry Hill, Al Murray and Catherine Tate... more
Dali and de Meuron in Madrid, Hollywood glitz and
pre-Columbian sculptures in LA and Norman Foster and truffle fries in the Bowery. Embark on a 21st-century grand tour, say Hannah Nathanson and Pandora Sykes... more
For her Whitechapel Gallery show, Rachel Harrison pulls together a junkyard of elements to create one of her exotic installations — but there’s more to it than rubbish, says Ben Luke.... more
It was a book, then a controversial movie, and now Crash, a major new exhibition of art inspired by the dark dystopian writings of JG Ballard, will open at a London gallery ... more
There are plenty of wild ideas in Terry Gilliam's latest epic — The Imagination of Doctor Parnassus - but his flights of fancy don't really lead anywhere.... more
The rugged coastline of north-east Spain was a favourite haunt of Dalí and Picasso. It's still largely unspoilt and a cut above the fish'n’chips culture of resorts further south... more
As a society photographer faces trial for allegedly swindling France’s richest woman out of a fortune, Kim Willsher reports on a very French feud... more
He was terrified of the female body and made love to his wife only once. Yet last week, a woman claimed to be the love child of modern art's weirdest genius.... more
Tate Modern's exhibition of Salvador Dalí's flirtation with film is full of insights into the master of Surrealism and brings back a flood of memories for Brian Sewell.... more
Antony Gormley's fog in a box, a collaboration between Dali and Disney plus the last chance to see Monet's pastels are some of London's top exhibition draws.... more
A short film collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali will be shown for the first time at the artist's Tate Modern show, which opens on Friday.... more
Surrealism at the V&A, digital projections from innovative American artist Paul Chan and exotic sculptures at the Camden Arts Centre are among Hephzibah Anderson's top five exhibitions.... more
A fresh generation of fashion designers steps into the limelight in New York Fashion Now and it's your last chance to catch the Hogarth exhibition.... more
The Royal Academy's latest exhibition reveals that Monet was a thoughtful draughtsman, East meets West in A Slap in the Face! and it's your last chance to see Tate Modern's Sliding Doors.... more
East meets West in the A Slap in the Face! exhibition, the V&A traces the influence of surrealism on design and Camouflage takes us from the battlefield to the catwalk.... more
Belle de Jour was described as pornography when it was first released in 1967 and the film from great Spanish director Luis Buñuel has lost none of its provocative power.... more
Britain's first museum of moving art has opened in the East End. Kinetica, at Old Spitalfields Market, showcases technological and electronic art.... more