Salvador Dali’s Mae West Lips sofa may leave UK if buyer can’t be found
Buyer willing to pay almost half a million pounds needed to secure future of furniture described as the most famous object in Surrealism history
Art and design
Brave new art world: the app that brings galleries into your living room
ArtPassport lets you take a virtual tour of an exhibition from the comfort of your sofa – part a mission by two brothers to demystify the art world
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors reignites art’s selfie debate
As the Japanese artist’s Instagram-ready works come to Los Angeles, does the city’s obsession with self-image make it the ideal locale or the nadir?
Louvre Abu Dhabi: Jean Nouvel’s spectacular palace of culture shimmers in the desert
With its cosmic dome and starry latticework, the French architect’s water-lapped Gulf outpost shuns the petrodollar glitz of its neighbours. But there’s no whitewashing the appalling treatment of the labourers who built its light-filled halls
German artist Hito Steyerl tops contemporary art power list
Film-maker and writer is first female artist named by ArtReview Power 100 as most influential person
Fashion’s interwoven relationship with nature to go on display at V&A
From 1780s waistcoat to bioluminescent GM dress, exhibition traces interaction and celebrates sustainable yet desirable fashion