Art and design
‘Nervous of its own boldness’: the (almost) radical rebirth of King’s Cross
The two-decade transformation of the industrial site north of King’s Cross station in London, once notorious, now a pleasant enclave of offices, homes, shops, bars and boulevards, is essentially complete. It’s a huge success – and yet is there something missing?
Rowan Moore
28, Apr, 2024 @12:00 PM
‘She was trying to find herself’: the untold story of Peggy Guggenheim, Hampshire homemaker
A new exhibition shows another side of Peggy Guggenheim – the five years she spent in Hampshire and Sussex giving the ordinary life her best shot
Joanna Moorhead
28, Apr, 2024 @11:00 AM
Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider review – bringers of joy
Exploding, eventually, into colour, this invigorating show dedicated to the early 20th-century expressionist group gives deserved prominence to its least famous member, Gabriele Münter
Laura Cumming
28, Apr, 2024 @8:00 AM
The big picture: Lydia Goldblatt’s reflection on family and absence
Taken over several years, the British photographer’s latest series shows her world narrowing as loss, and lockdown, strike
Tim Adams
28, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM
‘These people matter’: why Diana Matar photographs the sites where US police have killed civilians
The celebrated US photographer’s new series is a quietly devastating commemoration and a critique of modern American culture
Sean O’Hagan
27, Apr, 2024 @4:00 PM
Uncropped: James Hamilton on the decay of alt-journalism and street photography
In the Wes Anderson-produced documentary Uncropped, the acclaimed culture photographer discusses his career and a changing landscape
Radheyan Simonpillai
26, Apr, 2024 @4:15 PM
Have your photos published in the Guardian’s letters section
We’re highlighting the best reader photography in the Guardian in print and online. Share your images with us below
Guardian community team
26, Apr, 2024 @3:34 PM
Hairy paint, boozy sculpture and Michelangelo’s final years – the week in art
The Renaissance master dazzles, Rasheed Araeen goes for drinks and Peppi Botrop really mixes media – all in your weekly dispatch
Jonathan Jones
26, Apr, 2024 @11:24 AM
‘It should feel like an extension of the living room’: radical study centre is named best building in Europe
A ‘non-hierarchical’ university space that can be continually altered or even moved has won the EU’s biennial prize for contemporary architecture
Oliver Wainwright
25, Apr, 2024 @6:30 PM
Lost New York: remembering the city’s forgotten landmarks
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society looks back on years of radical change in the city for better and worse
Veronica Esposito
25, Apr, 2024 @2:30 PM
Part protest, part rave: the Indigenous artists stunning the Venice Biennale
From Gold Lion winner Archie Moore to Brazilians the Tupinambá collective, First Nations artists are making their voices heard at ‘the Olympics of art’. They talk hammocks, hunting and human connection
Alex Needham
25, Apr, 2024 @10:55 AM
‘Can you steal back something that’s already stolen?’: how radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone
Tired of colonial artefacts being hoarded, Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor use tech to redistribute them from museums in audacious digital heists
Alexander Durie
25, Apr, 2024 @7:00 AM
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