Features

Olafur Eliasson and the power of the sun

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First Olafur Eliasson invented the Little Sun solar-powered lamp for parts of the world without electricity (and Glastonbury). Now the artist has come up with a solar-powered phone charger

Vincent van Bot: the robots turning their hand to art

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Twenty-six robots designed by students across the US will compete in an art contest that offers a glimpse into the creative potentials of artificial intelligence

Tate Modern’s Frances Morris: ‘If it rained I went to the museum. That had a huge impact’

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In her first interview since being appointed director of the world’s most popular contemporary art gallery, Frances Morris talks about its major new expansion, the morality of sponsorship, and her vision for the institution’s future

Brief encounters: Undressed at the V&A

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From Queen Victoria’s mother’s pantaloons to Kim Kardashian’s ‘butt-lifters’ – an exhibition about the history of underwear explores the beautiful and bizarre inventions beneath our clothes

I sniffed the end of the world, and it smells like bile and dread

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Artists Thomson and Craighead have bottled a fragrance based on the Bible’s descriptions of armageddon – including animal horns, flesh burned with fire and a grievous sore