Frida Kahlo: long may her fashion influence reign
More than 60 years after her death, a new exhibition shows why Frida Kahlo’s distinctive look and exuberant choice of clothes are still so powerful
Art and design
56th Venice Biennale review – more of a glum trudge than an exhilarating adventure
There’s an awful lot of fretting about the state of the world in the Biennale’s 88 national pavilions, but little power, wit or bravado
Venice Biennale: Cate Blanchett and George Brandis open $7.5m Australian pavilion
Black box part-funded by Australia Council houses Fiona Hall’s ‘cabinet of curiosities’ and nods to the arrival of European settlers on Indigenous land
One small step for Louis Vuitton as space age makes leap on to runway
Nicolas Ghesquière’s show taps into futuristic trend as architecture and locations that push boundaries are sought out by luxury brands
Rem Koolhaas crafts a spectacular ‘city of art’ for Prada in Milan
A new Roman Polanski film is being shown, Jeff Koons and Donald Judd artworks are strewn about, and Wes Anderson’s designed the kitsch cafe … in a scruffy industrial corner of Milan, Rem Koolhaas and Miuccia Prada have made a dazzling art space, so vast it’s practically a city. Oliver Wainwright is in awe
Met’s China: Through the Looking Glass show presents a fantasy of the far east
Ahead of its annual gala, the Met’s Costume Institute risks accusations of cultural appropriation to explore how ideas of China have inspired fashion, art and film