‘I don’t think elegance is relevant’: Vetements’ Demna Gvasalia, the world’s hottest designer

The 36-year-old Georgian, now Balenciaga’s creative director, is bored of fashion as fantasy and has eschewed the tropes of Parisian glamour for flea market catwalks and crumpled styling. Where can he go next?

Picasso’s ‘Annabel’ – the rights and wrongs of renaming paintings

Richard Caring – owner of Annabel’s – has decided to retitle the artist’s Girl with a Red Beret and Pompom after his Mayfair club. It’s an arrogant move, but we shouldn’t be religious about the names we pin on art

From Picasso at his mightiest to gods of American cool: the hottest art shows of 2018

Picasso reveals his most erotic year, Andreas Gursky predicts the post-truth era, O’Keeffe and Hopper hit Oxford – and the only way is Sussex for William Blake in our exhibitions preview

Prehab – the humble warm-up gets a makeover

How do you prepare for your intense workout class? The fitness industry has an answer! Sign up for another, less intense workout class …

How Azzedine Alaïa changed the way we see women’s bodies

The Tunisian designer died in November, but with his first London boutique opening ahead of a major UK exhibition in May, his work has long proved to be far ahead of its time

How to tell if faux fur is actually real

It can be tricky to know if fur is genuinely fake – and several stores with no-fur policies have been found to be selling the animal product. Here’s how to tell the difference