Venice Biennale 2019 review – preaching to the converted
There is much to praise from Ghana, India, France, and a stunning international pavilion. Less admirable is a true horror on the Arsenale…
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Is This Tomorrow? review – back to the future as architecture meets art
Whitechapel Gallery, London
The Whitechapel revisits its groundbreaking 1950s exhibition, pairing architects with artists to present changing visions of what’s to come
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams review – style over substance?
V&A, London
A celebration of the Paris fashion house has plenty of gorgeous frocks on display but fails to pin down its founder’s legacy
Secular Retreat review – a simply miraculous piece of architecture
The Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has built ‘a gliding swan’ of a house in Devon that strikes a perfect balance between inside and out, whichever way you look
Macallan distillery review – whisky and spectacle galore
Easter Elchies, Craigellachie, Moray
Macallan’s new £140m distillery and visitor centre, by Richard Rogers and co, is a suitably subtle blend of hi-tech and theatre designed to put the beautiful business of whisky production centre stage
The Marvellous Mechanical Museum review – marvels ex machina
Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Four centuries of automata whir into wondrous life in a show that’s as much performance as it is exhibition