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Rohan Chaurasia on how his childhood in Thailand influences his design practice, exploring mundanity and animism
2020
Fragility, despair and boredom are the pillars to Madeleine Pfull’s paintings of elderly women
2019
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
2012
An interview with the wonderful Panda Bear about art, music, fear and death
2015
The ninth Asian Pacific Triennial’s features an undoubtedly impressive roster
2018
Embroidery artist Nicole Chui is reimagining the possibilities of her medium
2021
Studio Audience – Series Three Episode 19 with Apple and Outsider Art
2013
“Demand the changes we need” – Art to the Polls enlists creatives’ help to get young people voting
2024
Alan Fears’ papier mâché heads are a humorous portrait of ourselves
2016
You know them as VLF but Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux do art too
2013
Iris Van Der Zee reevaluates the artistic sculpture in modern context
2016
Kingston Poplar’s curious paintings are a reflection of modern society
2023
A new Studio Swine exhibition in Brooklyn shines a light on – light
2019
Illustrator Joakim Drescher’s erotic scenes are an ode to his favourite artists (NSFW)
2017
Madrid design studio Naranjo — Etxeberria on the refreshing new issue of Neo2 magazine
2017
The latest series by Israeli art collective Broken Fingaz showcases a contemporary twist on traditional oil painting
2019
Viviane Sassen's new exhibition opens today at London's ICA
2015
Spinning Yarns: how African textiles tell personal and universal tales
2021
What's On: PA/PER VIEW
2011
Akasha Rabut's portraits of modern day cheerleaders and marching bands
2014
Artist Yin Ming uses ping pong as a metaphor for the act of code switching
2023
Ewen Spencer on new commission, Kick over the statues
2016
Film: Documentary charts one couple's 2,500 artwork gift to the nation
2013
Wolfgang Tillmans: 3 Vols.
2012
Photography: Bronia Stewart's series challenges ideas about adult TV (NSFW)
2013
Elusive street artist Faif makes clever digs at the art scene in his sarcastic works
2012
Winners of the 2015 Deutsche Börse Prize announced
2015
Illustration: We catch up with killer illustrator Edward Tuckwell to peruse his new portfolio
2014
Catching up with Charlotte Trounce while on a residency in Japan
2018
Sound and vision: Parquet Courts' A. Savage on life as an artist and musician
2018
Unpacking the art world with Elmgreen & Dragset
2016
Testing the limits of the humble pencil, Danny Ische’s illustrations are a mesmerising mismatch
2023
Modern day scenes traditionally illustrated by Janne Iivonen
2015
The makings of an art world Titan: new London show gives us another side of Giacometti
2015
Our highlights from Frieze London 2015
2015
Artist Anna Valdez brings her eye for detail to digital painting
2016
Wilfrid Wood sheds hilarious light on his latest portrait series
2021
Friday Mixtape: artist Arina Shabanova's R&B favourites to dance around the house to
2018
Art: Outside, Up-close And Personal: Five of the world's best sculpture parks
2015
Interview Project Germany
2011
Illustration: Editorial illustrator Sam Kalda has a whole bunch of strings to his bow
2013
Photographer Nadav Kander joins the lineup for Here 2016
2016
If it's at all possible, Andy Rementer's brand new paintings make us love him even more
2012
Multimedia artist Stine Deja satirises the commodification of mindfulness
2018
Should creatives be more dada? What we can learn from a movement that defied societal structures
2021
Montrel Beverly recreates the biblical and art history with pipe cleaners
2025
Noell Osvald champions the impact of simplicity with her digital paintings
2013
Art: Henrique Oliveira's installation is taking over the Palais de Tokyo
2013
Five up-and-coming photographers we can’t get out of our heads from FF+WE
2015
Saskia Roberts designs a collection inspired by ceramics
2014
William Eggleston at Victoria Miro
2010
The inimitable Ryan McGinley's new works on show at Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2014
Cara Robbins' portraits of a new music scene reminiscent of a bygone era
2014
Alexis Vasilikos takes stunning photographs –check them out
2012
Defying the norm: An interview with Grayson Perry on what it means to be an artist
2021
Nina Chanel's paintings make sense of the mess of modern life
2015
Skarstedt opens new London gallery with Cindy Sherman and David Salle exhibition
2016
Yuanchen Jiang interprets our online lives through a series of understated posters
2016
“Art is a testimony”: Three creatives embody the spirit of Keith Haring and advocate for important causes
2020
Dutch artist Tymen Visser paints life in Tokyo
2016
Why the David Hockney documentary is the best film I’ve seen this year
2014
Robert Longo: Yingxiong
2011
Pablo Tomek leaves the social interpretation of his work up to the viewer
2019
Rachel Levit illustrates contemporary relationships in new book
2016
Ian Patrick captures The Rajasthan Express and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
2016
Andrea Nakhla paints her friends' "existential anxiety"
2017
Racy photography from the new issue of Odiseo
2016
Mumbai-based artist Yashasvi Mathis' unconventional take on the world
2016
“Are we all avatars now?” asks digital painter Zak Keene
2018
Mehdi Ghadyanloo – "a Magritte of our times"
2015
Jean-Michel Basquiat, the artist who brought graffiti to the Guggenheim
2015
Art: Jenn Dierdorf creates abstract compositions from recgnisable shapes
2014
Michael Craig-Martin: a cool, clean and colourful riot of everyday objects
2015
Painter James Bartolacci memorialises LGBTQ parties and their significance in the Trump era
2017
Sex, war and vacuum cleaners: Tate's The World Goes Pop makes pop art exciting again
2015
Brian Roettinger designs the first retrospective of photographer George Rodriguez
2018
Friday Mixtape: Jake Chapman’s band, Funhole
2017
Jeroen van den Bogaert’s tapestries show just how close the classical and contemporary are
2023
“I wanted to be as good as the white old masters”: meet painter Salman Toor
2019
Behind The Scenes: We talk erotica with Folch Studio ahead of the launch of Odiseo Vol 4 this week
2014
Alice Tye's new exhibition presents the everyday details from a trip to Japan
2019
“I remove all the imperfections”: Christopher Hartmann on his artificial and figurative practice
2020
Conceptual Art: ideas, action and words, as presented by Tate Britain
2016
Tracey Emin's neon takes over Times Square every night in February
2013
“AI is definitely the king right now”: meet multimedia artist Eamonn Freel
2019
This week we chat Quentin Blake, Tour de France and the controversial Greenpeace video
2014
Feeling rambunctious? It’s no wonder, the Weekender is here!
2015
“It’s storytelling, really”: Cassi Namoda on her narrative-driven paintings
2020
Art collective Excalibur on using pixel art to blend Japanese myths with reality
2021
Dorairolg plays a puzzle with the viewer in her mind-bogglingly detailed digital artworks
2021
We interview Miriam Elia about new show Pastiche, Parody & Piracy
2014
Parterre de Rois: the Black issue features Anish Kapoor and Nina Chanel Abney
2017
Zhang Liang's cartoons sum up American pop culture
2016
Brandon Celi swaps editorial illustration for sculptural fine art
2016
What's On: Thomas Struth: Photographs 1978 - 2010
2011
Fusing art-history with pop culture; Adobe Stock’s latest identified visual trend is history and memory
2018
Art: Artist Ryan McGinness allows viewers a valuable glimpse into his creative process
2013
The Art in Film blog records artworks featured on the big screen
2014
Publication: Nice new book salutes 100 graphic design stars of today
2013
Painterly forms by artist and illustrator Bénédicte Muller
2015
John Boaz captures the complexity of spirituality today in his project, Our Father
2019
Berke Yazicioglu reinterprets Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring through a series of 11 tapestries
2020
Mad but brilliant scribbled compositions from Devon McFarland
2013
Jamie Hawkesworth's stunning studio visit shots of Ai Weiwei for AnOther are superb
2013
The Vinyl Factory's Sean Bidder on the White Cube on-site vinyl press
2015
Seoul-based artist Dahye Choi gets inspired by “old spaces” and “ordinary things”
2019
Artist Matthew Dettmer reinterprets the everyday through his sparsely-detailed paintings
2017
Mischa Appel's series This is Where You End investigates the "increasing polarisation of society"
2018
Seriously accomplished editorial photography from Einar Aslaksen
2013
Publication: Impressive anonymous arts journal Monika is back
2013
The live art auction PADDLES ON! promotes digital artists and their work
2014
Artist Esther Olsson's tomgirl world
2016
A painting and photography duo poking fun at fine art
2016
Tiago Majuelo’s vibrantly illustrates ancient greek gods with contemporary objects
2017
Nostalgia and modern life go hand in hand in the work of illustrator Janne Iivonen
2015
Opinion: Is street art really relevant anymore?
2012
Check out Laurie Lipton's astonishing pencil illustrations
2014
Elephant magazine’s new issue takes on Post-Internet Art
2015
Jeremy Deller artfully avoids Andy Warhol story in the new Printed Pages
2015
Wonderful and sensitive identity designs for German arts organisation
2016
Photographer Lisa Kereszi's strips away the artifice of enjoyment in her quietly dazzling work
2012
Tim Noble, Gary Card, Campbell Addy and more explore mental health in new exhibition
2017
Introducing…Luke Pelletier's vibrant artwork is right up our street
2013
Casa Rex redesigns the Medieval illuminated Bible for the 21st Century
2014
The Ugliest Thing I Love: Artist Eric Yahnker celebrates the chaotic beauty of American politics
2015
Phones phones phones: Jurell Cayetano’s paintings don’t just reflect the everyday lives of his friends, but all of us
2023
Ones to Watch 2018: visual artist Lucy Hardcastle
2018
Satirical and humorous, Megumi Ono-Chan illustrates a “lustful labourer”
2019
Mateo Broillet likes to reflect elements of type history in his contemporary designs
2019
The problems with digital art and why moving image is so important: a chat with Daata Editions
2016
Mark Alsweiler’s charming wooden figures are created using found materials
2017
Parquet Courts’ Andrew Savage on the interchanging influence of art and music
2016
Selman Hoşgör pairs famous contemporaries like Picasso and Dali in a series of winking collages
2015
What's On: Gilbert & George
2012
What's On: Zarina Bhimji
2012
Brian Alfred's latest exhibition ponders an Earth void of humans
2022
What are those? Oh, just paintings of American presidents with boob faces
2014
Photography: Mike Mellia captures modern artists in the style of old masters
2013
Dave Bell on 10 years of exhibitions at KK Outlet
2018
The Graduates 2012's Jake Evans on Leonardo Da Vinci and replacing "work" with "bacon"
2012
From Teletubbies to Britney Spears, photographer Lewis Vorn takes cues from all corners of pop culture
2023
Frith Kerr discusses her studio's work for the Frieze Art Fairs
2014
Warhol and cookie jars? The Barbican's new show looks at artists' collections
2015
Graphic designer Ira Ivanova treats each project like a game where you set your own rules
2021
On the eve of its opening we profile three more craft stars on show at COLLECT 2013
2013
Sculpture: Rodan Kane Hart creates stunning geometric works of art
2014
Illustration: Michael Kuo illustrates the weird, uncomfortable and awkward
2013
An excerpt from our Olafur Eliasson interview in the new Printed Pages
2014
Artist Jonathan Chapline’s new works blur the boundary between the rendered and painted
2017
Haruna Kawai breaks down the boundaries between illustration and sculpture
2018
Art: A new series of nudes from French painter Etienne Gros
2013
Lynn Hershman Leeson: !Women Art Revolution
2011
Art: Ana Montiel wows us with her explorations of pattern in ongoing series
2013
Art: Shan Hur makes installation work to question the confines of gallery space
2013
Photography: Dan Wilton explores the golden age of porn in his (obviously NSFW) latest shoot
2014
Ori Studio on reinterpreting Soushi Tanaka’s photography through design
2019
Anonymous illustrators Germes Gang “perceive everything related to contemporary life traumatic"
2018
How I Got Here: Wilfrid Wood, sculptor
2016
Evie O’Connor shows the emptiness of affluence in her latest critique of class structures
2021
Shana Sadeghi-Ray makes art about object worship and consumerist devotion
2019
Baloji's latest music video is a dreamscape of electric hues and intriguing characters
2018
New show celebrates the Spanish studio which turned ceramics into jaw-dropping architectural features
2012
Ai Weiwei prints five years worth of tweets in new artwork
2015
Charming, colour-soaked paintings on aluminium from Keer Tanchak
2012
Alex Goddard's latest short shows what really happens when "absence makes the heart grow fonder"
2019
Mushpit explores social media anxiety in new exhibition Interiority Complex
2017
Antwerp-based designer Ward Heirwegh’s experimental portfolio of projects for the arts
2016
Photography: Classical statues + hipster garb = genius from Léo Caillard
2013
Sculpture: Andy Rementer is back and OH MY GOSH his work has gone 3D
2013
Check out the delicate (potentially NSFW) stylings of photographer Adrien Toubiana
2012
Photography: Bobby Scheidemann's new series is a nod to the insta-generation
2013
Berlin’s Contemporary C**t Collective shine a light on Drag Syndrome in the latest issue of King Kong Garçon
2020
Artist Melissa Kitty Jarram is updating Greek myths for 2018
2018
Michael Cox's latest paintings turn the artist's attention to the comfort of suburbia
2019
Saatchi Gallery's new women-only Champagne Life show: less fizz, more fizzle?
2016
Antonio Ladrillo's new show Crash takes him an abstract new direction
2012
Publication: Digital artist Rafaël Rozendaal celebrated in new book
2013
What's On: Picasso & Modern British Art
2012
Ninian Doff: Staring Out The Window
2011
Artiva Design's bold black and white catalogue for contemporary art show
2014
Italian art mag Mousse continues to wow with its 50th issue
2015
Ten contemporary Manga artists reshaping the eminent Japanese comic scene
2017
Andrew Lyons' illustration is shaped by a passion for music
2012
Printed Pages AW18 feat. Sascha Lobe, Alex Prager, Hassan Hajjaj and more is out now
2018
Review of the Year 2016: musician Toro y Moi
2016
Incisive and tactile new work by illustrator Riikka Laakso
2015
How Alice Tye tackled the daunting task of painting a portrait of Gilbert and George
2018
Highlights from London's largest ever photography fair, Photo London
2015
Illustration: Former Student of the Month Katie Scott has some incredible new work on show
2014
Gao Hang gets really close up to video game characters, then paints them
2024
Rob Lowe, better known as Supermundane, talks about his super minimal new show
2012
Balam is a contemporary photography magazine championing Latin American artists
2020
Not seen Wilfrid Wood lately? He's been busy sculpting Tom Daley
2013
A place of refuge, Lydia Goldblatt’s new series is a gentle contemplation on loss and uncertainty
2021
Photography: Fresh faced oddities courtesy of Nicolas Coulomb
2013
Photography: A modern take on an old photography technique by Kasia Wozniak
2014
“A kind of theatre”: Photographer Diego Saldiva on the decline of televised wrestling and the rise of Youtube street duels
2022
Art: Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones' Gates of Hell mural
2013
Art: Zadok Ben David creates carpets of hand-cut aluminium sculptures
2013
“My pictures give you an image of your future memory”: Thomas Demand in conversation with It’s Nice That
2019
Artist Kirsty Harris revisits the CND protests from a personal perspective
2016
Crane.tv give us a great glimpse into paper sculptor Li Hongbo's studio
2013
Superbly intense photographer Diana Kunst is our new ABSOLUT Network profile
2012
Exhibitions: Bondage and Patti Smith in Paris' new Robert Mapplethorpe show
2014
Richard Kovacs’ experimental images of Albania reflect the ambiguity of the country
2019
#currentmood, and the art that reflects our strange social media revelations
2016
Soufiane Ababri's vibrant drawings are driven by political activism
2018
“I've just always liked drawing people”: Haley Tippmann on her observational illustrations
2019
Nuts Dan Deacon video shows what your saucy chairs get up to when you're out...
2015
Eley Kishimoto creates a set of prints inspired by London's unloved Centre Point
2013
Publication: The new Stephen Powers book documents all of his incredible mural paintings so far!
2014
Filip Custic explores the intimate dynamic between tech and our bodies
2023
Illustrator Oliver Macdonald Oulds tells us why he’s currently fixating on wire fences
2019
BAME and female artist programme The Laundry's taboo-conquering new exhibition
2017
Clean lines and surreal breastfeeding with illustrator Lennard Kok
2015
Geometric loveliness from Belgian artist Jelle Martens
2013
“When all the information’s there, it’s not as fun”: artist Jasmine Monsegue on the intriguing effect of airbrush
2022