Drawing comfort: the sketchbooks that got Chris Riddell through 2020
For the Observer’s cartoonist, keeping a daily pictorial record of events was the only way to make sense of last year. He tells how a new book was the result
Tag: Art and design
A dance with Rothko plus Gilbert and George explore Covid chaos – the week in art
Mark Rothko’s chapel turns 50, the British Museum examines the male and female lives of the Chevalier d’Éon and Britain’s favourite odd-couple artists capture the new normal – all in your weekly dispatch
The Great British Art Tour: why is Keats at Guy’s hospital?
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights and hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Stuart Williamson’s statue of Keats in London
The Great British Art Tour: giggles and graffiti bring Glasgow childhoods to life
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Joan Eardley’s Two Children, in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Gallery
Damien Hirst: ‘I flirted with the idea of pickling people’
As a survey of his work opens amid the snow of St Moritz, the artist talks about his obsession with blood, his disconnection from the art world, and why he misses banter with his army of assistants
Ruth E Carter: ‘Nothing is set in stone until the camera starts rolling’
The Oscar-winning costume designer of Black Panther talks her illustrious career as well as her future, including what to expect from the Marvel sequel
Tights! Spatulas! Action! The madcap world of chain reaction videos
Need your hair cut? Cake served? No problem! Lockdown has led millions to discover the work of Joseph Herscher and friends, whose absurdly complicated ‘labour-saving’ machines reveal the potential for magic in the everyday
The Great British Art Tour: what Oliver Dowden has on his wall
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today we choose Whitehall’s Le Rodeur: The Pulley by Lubaina Himid
The Great British Art Tour: Witton Park honours its war heroes
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights and hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: County Durham’s The Ball and the Bradford Boy
Bulldoze the high street and build a giant park: is Stockton the future of Britain?
What do you do when M&S, Debenhams and New Look are all gone? Knock down the shopping centre and replace it with a riverside oasis. Could the ‘visionary’ plan of Stockton-on-Tees spark a revolution?