Philharmonie de Paris: Jean Nouvel’s €390m spaceship crash-lands in France

Paris’s gargantuan new concert hall is two years late, cost three times what it should, and its architect even snubbed its opening … Oliver Wainwright tackles a tyrannical new mothership

Gérard Depardieu launches luxury watch in Russia amid economic turmoil

French actor and Russian citizen says luxury depends on ‘spiritual strength’, not rouble, at launch for £10,000 watch called ‘Proud to Be Russian’

Prada brings artistic spirit into Milan’s industrial centre

Former distillery to become city’s newest and largest gallery of contemporary art

One of world’s best private collections gets public airing in Madrid gallery

The Abelló Collection on display at CentroCentro Cibeles includes pieces by Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Miro

Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate climate, scientist warns

Report says logging and burning of Amazon might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one plaguing São Paulo

Fondation Cartier celebrates 30 years with portrait tribute to artists

Celebrated figures in music, film and science included in nod to treasured ‘family’ as Paris museum marks anniversary