Splurging £102.6m on Picasso’s Women of Algiers is simply insane
The record-breaking price paid for a late, ungreat work shows the foolishness of collectors infected by a dumb new buzz around the artist
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Turner prize 2015: an end to the same-old same-old. Bring it on!
The jury of this year’s prize are doing what they should do – giving intriguing new art a platform. They’ve certainly piqued this critic’s curiosity
One small step for Louis Vuitton as space age makes leap on to runway
Nicolas Ghesquière’s show taps into futuristic trend as architecture and locations that push boundaries are sought out by luxury brands
Rem Koolhaas crafts a spectacular ‘city of art’ for Prada in Milan
A new Roman Polanski film is being shown, Jeff Koons and Donald Judd artworks are strewn about, and Wes Anderson’s designed the kitsch cafe … in a scruffy industrial corner of Milan, Rem Koolhaas and Miuccia Prada have made a dazzling art space, so vast it’s practically a city. Oliver Wainwright is in awe
John Galliano at pains to stress his fun side but Paris scandal remains off-limits
Designer’s long-awaited interview at Vogue festival kept a rigid focus on the catwalk, skirting awkwardly around 2011 incident that led to him departing Dior
Fossil fuels are the new tobacco when it comes to health risk
Letters: We call on the Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation to divest from the fossil fuel industry and show the leadership we, as future health professionals, need to bring about a healthier economy