The more time we spend glued to our iPhone cameras, the less we see

Apple’s iPhone 6 campaign is keen to remind us that we can all take beautiful photos. But while we stare into our screens we miss out on the richness of the world around us

‘I prefer art to fast cars’: fund manager helps British Museum buy Picasso works

Hamish Parker, the modest but discerning benefactor, has donated millions to enable the museum to acquire prints by the great Spanish artist

How to change the world: Greenpeace and the power of the mindbomb

The director and key figures in an award-winning documentary talk about the early days of the activist group and how shocking images were used for global impact

Prada and Louis Vuitton are the new patrons of art – shame they’re so boring

Fashion houses are pouring money into shiny new art galleries across Europe. It should be explosive, but sadly they’ve left their imaginations on the runway

Marina Picasso: selling my grandfather’s art is a way of helping me heal

Famous artist’s granddaughter will auction ceramics made by the man who never seemed to care for her in a bid to finally leave behind a miserable childhood

The 10 best shoes

… ahead of a new exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, at the V&A in London