The Japanese ceramicist was awarded the top prize for her ingenious work at a ceremony in New York
Marco Ferreri’s ode to eating may be one of the most disgusting films about food ever made
The Harvard Art Museums shows that the medium is considerably less wishy-washy – and more modern – than it sometimes seems
The British Museum represents a century and more of imperial decline, civil uprisings and the birth of the modern republic in objects
How the Missouri-born dancer became a sensation in Parisian night clubs and a champion of civil rights in the United States
The British-Ghanaian artist’s work tackles histories of travel, migration and displacement
Sotheby’s and Christie’s are both hoping to capitalise on the artist’s luxury status next week
The actor best known for playing the saintly Melanie Hamilton in ‘Gone with the Wind’ was made of much sterner stuff in real life
Plus: the Centre Pompidou in Paris will close for five years, from 2025–2030, and Samuel Fosso wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
For too long, Britain’s lack of regard for the song contest has been rewarded by poor results. It’s time to make more of an effort.
These photographs of domestic scenes and everyday encounters are very familiar and very unsettling
Plus: boycott at Kiasma in Helsinki comes to an end, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Amid all the pomp and the circumstance, the crowning of Charles III has much to tell us about the state of the nation
Guests at the opening of ‘Saint Francis of Assisi’ included two very fetching wolf-dogs. Rakewell regrets not making their acquaintance.
A survey of the self-described 'Science Fiction Expressionist' at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid
Pallant House Gallery in Chichester explores how the artist forged an independent career and style
The Guggenheim explores how the City of Light entranced the 19-year-old artist
The Getty Center looks at what medieval communities did for fun
The current edition of Asia’s oldest biennial is far from perfect, though there’s a lot of very good art here
With all eyes on the coronation, it’s worth remembering that the scene of the ceremony remains a work in progress
A trip through the Condé Nast archives now owned by François Pinault suggests that wit is no longer in vogue
From a special ointment to an Aztec stone, we have gathered together a set of essentials to get the new King through his big day
The sensational appearance of a cockroach at this year’s Met Gala leads Rakewell to reflect on other star turns performed by the creepy-crawly
The joint acquisition of Joshua Reynolds’s ‘Portrait of Mai (Omai)’ by the National Portrait Gallery and the J. Paul Getty Museum has been confirmed
