Meet the Turner prize shortlist, from the musician to the mind-reader

Architecture, opera, fashion, parapsychology … this year’s contenders are taking contemporary art into exciting new territory. We sent our experts to meet the artists on the shortlist

Fashion makes an exhibition of itself to pull in the public

In a disused building in London, the French Louis Vuitton brand is offering a blockbuster experience

Ai Weiwei, Julian Assange and graffiti grannies – the week in art

Ai Weiwei and the Celts conquer London. Plus extraordinary outsider artists, endangered buildings and the real Alice in Wonderland – in your weekly dispatch

Forget fashion shops: how designers embraced art exhibitions

In fashion, it’s all about the blockbuster exhibition, with multiple fashion houses staging their own exhibitions. Is it more than mere vanity?

Metropolitan Museum of Art and Musee d’Orsay named world’s best museum

Top 10 Travelers’ Choice Museums in the World in 2015. New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has beat out nearly 600 cultural institutions from around the globe to be named the world’s favorite museum in TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Museums list. Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account the quantity and quality … Read more

Elton John Music is Love for Lalique

One of the most recognizable names in music is joining forces with one of the world’s best-known manufacturers of crystal. The Elton John AIDS Foundation and famous crystal manufacturer Lalique unveiled seven exceptional crystal sculptures, four of which will be auctioned off through Paddle8 online auction house and sold to raise critical funds to fight … Read more