Tag: Art and design
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The most unmissable culture of 2016
Tarantino goes bounty-hunting, Botticelli takes you to hell, Bowie goes dark, and Jericho fills that Downton-shaped hole … in our bumper guide to the best 150 arts events to look forward to this year
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Saatchi Gallery to show its first all-female art exhibition
Champagne Life, which will showcase work of 14 artists, attempts to redress gender disparity in contemporary art
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The best American art shows of 2015
A thrilling show about the alignment between jazz, art and politics rocked Chicago, while the Met staged a groundbreaking show of Kongo civilization and Charles Ray’s sculpture proved too hot for the Whitney to handle• More on the best culture of 2015
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The £30m bookshelf: Pierre Bergé and the greatest stories ever sold
With Impressionists on their walls and priceless books on their shelves, Pierre Bergé and his former partner Yves Saint Laurent were the ultimate collectors. But now the art and YSL have gone, Bergé says it’s time ‘to attend the funeral’ of his library
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Rowan Moore: the best architecture of 2015
From dumb towers to cool interventions, 2015 saw the gap widen between the big and brainless and the small and thoughtful• Observer critics’ reviews of the year in full
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Laura Cumming: the best art of 2015
It was a wonderful year, as Goya’s extraordinary portraits got together, Ai Weiwei broke free and Eric Ravilious took us to the skies• Observer critics’ reviews of the year in full