Guardian art and design

Ellen Gallagher: wigs, waterworlds and Wile E Coyote

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:31:04 +0100

Ellen Gallagher: wigs, waterworlds and Wile E Coyote

Rachel Whiteread: Shed heaven With her new London exhibition...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:43:15 +0100

With her new London exhibition featuring casts of the common garden shed, the artworld veteran makes us slow down our thoughts and attend to the world’s smallest details

Marcel Dzama’s Puppets, Pawns, and Prophets – in...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:54:21 +0100

Marcel Dzama’s Puppets, Pawns, and Prophets – in pictures

Patriotic dwarves, amputated cowboys, and bats at every turn – enter the bizarre, dream-like world of this cult Canadian artist. Jim Carrey, Spike Jonze and Brad Pitt count among his fans, but he’s still best known for a Beck album cover. A new solo show of his drawings and video works opens this week in London

Yinka Shonibare shoots to thrill Yorkshire Sculpture Park,...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:36:02 +0000

Yinka Shonibare shoots to thrill

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, normally a haven of tranquillity, has been invaded by armed foxes and headless gunmen. Be mesmerised by the hilarious world of Yinka Shonibare

Roy Lichtenstein’s retrospective flies into Tate Modern...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:39:55 +0000

Roy Lichtenstein’s retrospective flies into Tate Modern this week.

Tate Britain’s Looking at the View exhibition, which pairs...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:38:41 +0000

Tate Britain’s Looking at the View exhibition, which pairs painting, photography and video works for the first time

Shine on: Light Show at the Hayward Gallery – in...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:34:24 +0000

Shine on: Light Show at the Hayward Gallery – in pictures

Swirling, slicing rays of light, trips to the moon in a single lightbulb, and a reality show inside a box. Here are some highlights of the new Light Show that’s got the Hayward aglow

Photographs: Linda Nylind

Édouard Manet’s Luncheon in the Studio. Click on the image...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:00:51 +0000

Édouard Manet’s Luncheon in the Studio. Click on the image for Adrian Searle’s verdict on the new Manet: Portraying Life show at the Royal Academy in London

Shiny, happy households. Formica, the wipe-clean wonder surface...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:25:11 +0000

Shiny, happy households. Formica, the wipe-clean wonder surface that conquered the world, is 100 years old.

Kate Middleton’s first official portrait unveiled …...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:39:45 +0000

Kate Middleton’s first official portrait unveiled … Click on the image for more.

Seeing double: China’s copycat culture. An alpine town,...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:17:29 +0000

Seeing double: China’s copycat culture.

An alpine town, the Eiffel Tower, the whole Manhattan skyline … China is replicating the world’s architectural gems. But now Zaha Hadid would like it to stop. Click on the link to see the replica of this Zaha Hadid design (which may even be completed before hers rises in Beijing)

Guardian art show of the year

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:05:40 +0000

Our No 1 exhibition of the year 2012 – Lucian Freud Portraits

Artists from Ai Weiwei to David Hockney have created holiday...

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:08:24 +0000

Artists from Ai Weiwei to David Hockney have created holiday screensavers for us. Click on the image to get them on your desktop or phone. Merry Christmas!

A man has been jailed for two years for vandalising this Rothko...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:30:49 +0000

A man has been jailed for two years for vandalising this Rothko painting. Click on the image for more information

Elizabeth Price has won the Turner prize 2012 for her video...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:10:29 +0000

Elizabeth Price has won the Turner prize 2012 for her video works. Here’s a still from The Woolworth’s Choir of 1979. Click on the image for all the latest Turner prize coverage

Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor may have invoked the power of Gangnam...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:10:29 +0000

Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor may have invoked the power of Gangnam Style in their battle against artistic repression – but when it comes to revolution, the French do it best. Click on the link to enlarge this artoon

Doll parts – Cindy Sherman’s Sex Pictures. They may be the...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:16:41 +0000

Doll parts – Cindy Sherman’s Sex Pictures. They may be the least erotic sex art ever, but they do have incredible appeal

David Hockney made a tree stump famous in his painting Winter...

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:36:26 +0000

David Hockney made a tree stump famous in his painting Winter Timber. This month, it has been vandalised. Here is an exclusive new sketch of the damaged stump. Click on the image for Hockney’s thoughts …

Anish Kapoor brings the art world together at his studio to take...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:48:28 +0000

Anish Kapoor brings the art world together at his studio to take on Gangnam Style in support of Ai Weiwei, whose own Gangnam video was banned by Chinese authorities. Click on the image to find out who else turned out for the cause

Ian Dury, Dany Bubbles, 1966. Happy 175th birthday RCA! To...

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:45:05 +0000

Ian Dury, Dany Bubbles, 1966. Happy 175th birthday RCA! To celebrate, they’re doing an exhibition full of their most groundbreaking alumni, from Dury to Hockney, Emin and the Chapmans. Click on the info for more of their works