Es Devlin
What’s our message to outer space? We are not so brilliant here on Earth | Rowan Moore
The prize-winning poetry of the Azerbaijani president’s daughter and the Dubai Expo both lack inspiration
Rowan Moore
09, Oct, 2021 @4:00 PM
Plans for 50% funding cut to arts subjects at universities ‘catastrophic’
Artists and musicians speak out against proposal by education secretary and Office for Students
Lanre Bakare and Richard Adams
06, May, 2021 @5:00 AM
Es Devlin and Machiko Weston: I Saw the World End review | Jonathan Jones
Marking 75 years since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, stage designers Devlin and Weston have made a film of immense power – but it won’t be seen as it was meant to
Jonathan Jones
06, Aug, 2020 @4:41 PM
'The nearest to God we get': stars pick the Beethoven work they cherish
Ali Smith does an opus a month, Tony Hall saw Fidelio on Robben Island, and Lady Brenda Hale used to march to his Grosse Fuge. As the Proms celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, stars reveal a favourite work
Compiled by Imogen Tilden
16, Jul, 2020 @5:00 AM
What's the future of theatre? A Scottish seaside town may have all the answers
Transparent wraparound screens, touring deckchair pop-ups, rooftop suction devices … our writer talks to the designers rethinking theatre for the Covid age – and finds Dunoon leading the way
Oliver Wainwright
14, Jul, 2020 @5:00 AM
'When I've tried to write about it, it's sounded meh' – George Ezra and more on coronavirus
In the second part of our series, we ask set designer Es Devlin, director Claire Denis, composer Mark Simpson and others about how the pandemic has changed their work
Interviews by Laura Snapes, Alex Needham, Catherine Shoard , Imogen Tilden, Tim Jonze and Michael Segalov
15, Apr, 2020 @7:41 AM
Designer Es Devlin: all the world’s her stage
From theatre sets to arena shows for Kanye West, the stage designer has waved her magic wand over them all. Now it’s her turn in the spotlight
Tim Lewis
29, Sep, 2019 @7:00 AM
Es Devlin review – a bendy bamboo history of the world from Adele's designer
Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, London
The artist and designer, who has made stunning work for Adele and the Royal Opera House, has created an epic map of history that takes in everything from Buddha to Rosa Parks
The artist and designer, who has made stunning work for Adele and the Royal Opera House, has created an epic map of history that takes in everything from Buddha to Rosa Parks
Jonathan Jones
26, Sep, 2019 @7:26 AM
A rebel sharpens her pencil and Hirst spreads his wings – the week in art
Devlin stages a takeover, Cattelan washes his hands of guilt and Turner lets off some steam – all in your weekly dispatch
Jonathan Jones
20, Sep, 2019 @2:20 PM
The Hunt review – false accusation unleashes small-town savagery
Rupert Goold directs a taut adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s film about an innocent man falling prey to clannish locals
Michael Billington
27, Jun, 2019 @10:10 AM
Royal Ballet: The Unknown Soldier / Infra / Symphony in C review – bittersweet beauty
Alastair Marriott’s evocation of conflict is caught between gracefulness and tragedy while Wayne McGregor and George Balanchine still shine
Lyndsey Winship
21, Nov, 2018 @11:40 AM
Lorde accuses Kanye West and Kid Cudi of 'stealing' stage design
The pop singer tells the rapper duo: ‘Don’t steal – not from women or anyone else – not in 2018 or ever’
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
13, Nov, 2018 @1:04 PM
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