Wolfgang Tillmans

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Wolfgang Tillmans on making the ICA rave: ‘It is underground, progressive and has a really late licence’
London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts has a new director tasked with making the place party until 6am, and an art auction to raise funds organised by Tillmans, the venue’s chair

Alex Needham

11, Oct, 2022 @11:07 AM

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‘The inclusive, pansexual 90s seem a long way away’: Wolfgang Tillmans gets retrospective
Exhibition To Look Without Fear at New York’s Museum of Modern Art displays a staggering 417 pieces from 30 years of artist’s career

Amelia Abraham

12, Sep, 2022 @5:00 AM

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Wolfgang Tillmans on space, Brexit and Covid: ‘Let’s hope we get on a dancefloor soon’
From tiny weeds to distant galaxies, the photographer likes to scrutinise the interconnectedness of everything. He talks about coping with lockdown – and living through his second pandemic

Alex Needham

30, Jun, 2021 @6:00 AM

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'He came out of the womb dancing!' Stars relive their wild times with Michael Clark
Baryshnikov couldn’t keep up, Sam Taylor-Johnson had a panic attack and Sarah Lucas built him the rudest stage set ever … as a new show celebrates the dance legend, stars pin down his punk genius

Interviews by Lyndsey Winship

30, Sep, 2020 @5:00 AM

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Blooms, rainbows and bar-room kisses: artists raise morale and money under Covid-19
From Nan Goldin’s flowers and Damien Hirst’s rainbows to Rashid Johnson’s anxious red splodges, a host of artists are fundraising for coronavirus. Here’s a roundup of what’s out there

Oliver Basciano

27, Apr, 2020 @10:43 AM

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Wolfgang Tillmans enlists artists to help venues threatened by Covid-19
German artist selling £50 posters to boost nightclubs, arts and music venues

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

21, Apr, 2020 @3:06 PM

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The best art of the 21st century
Steve McQueen in bed, Ai Weiwei in trouble, Pussy Riot in church and Ragnar Kjartansson in the bath – they’re all included in our countdown of the best art since 2000

Adrian Searle, Jonathan Jones, Sean O’Hagan and Hettie Judah

17, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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War Requiem review – staging Britten's choral masterpiece brings uncertain rewards
Superb soloists lift this over-busy English National Opera production, securely conducted by Martyn Brabbins and featuring scenery by Wolfgang Tillmans

Erica Jeal

19, Nov, 2018 @10:47 AM

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British artists: Ebacc will damage creativity and self-expression | Letters
Letters: Artists including Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, Wolfgang Tillmans and Sam Taylor-Johnson lament how art continues to be valued less than other subjects in school

Letters

08, May, 2018 @4:24 PM

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Picasso's tumultuous year of love and the Mona Lisa's doing a runner – the week in art
Britain awaits Picasso’s greatest works, Da Vinci’s masterpiece could leave the Louvre and the photographer who shared a joint with Jim Morrison

Jonathan Jones

02, Mar, 2018 @1:24 PM

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Wolfgang Tillmans: my two-year investigation into the post-truth era
Why are people today becoming so immune to facts? To find out, the photographer turned to politicians, activists, extremists – and even MRI scans

Wolfgang Tillmans

28, Feb, 2018 @6:00 AM

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So what's the most expensive shot ever? The best photography shows of 2018
Andreas Gursky finds new power in our post-truth world, hyenas and Brooklyn gangs go on the prowl, and Antoine d’Agata has a close encounter of the narcotic kind

Sean O'Hagan

03, Jan, 2018 @6:00 AM

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