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Rave culture gets the museum treatment
From the flyer designs to the thumping music, a 1980s rave reconstructed in virtual reality feels almost like the real thing – with one crucial missing element
The best cellars are like museums of fine wine
Underground storage can be dark and sinister, but when it’s used for wine, it can become a place of deep pleasure
France chases the Olympic dream
As the Olympic Games arrive in Paris, two exhibitions shine a light on overlooked aspects of competitive sport
Notre-Dame shows that there is nothing permanent about stained glass
The controversial proposal to put contemporary stained glass into the cathedral is part of a centuries-long debate about a surprisingly mutable material
How Marguerite Duras reinvented cinema
Though she remains best known as a writer, the French avant-gardist was a formidable force behind the camera, as a season at the ICA in London demonstrates
The light relief of Anthony McCall
When viewed in the right environment, the artist’s sculptures in light and experimental films illuminate new ways to think about objects in space
How to paint a revolution in miniature
The British-Iranian artist Laila Tara H’s refined images are thoughtfully framed to express her frustration with a patriarchal society – but never at the expense of playfulness
Turning the page on Pevsner’s architectural guides
The new Staffordshire volume marks the completion of the revised Buildings of England series – and the end of a publishing era
Where are all the women Impressionists?
The work of Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot and their female contemporaries is now in great demand, but very short supply
Let the games begin – Gladiator II is on the way
A three-minute-long trailer for Ridley Scott’s sequel to Gladiator drops tantalising clues about what kind of spectacle to expect in November
Former British Museum director to head new museum in Saudi Arabia
Plus: the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation gets a new president, and a 4,000-year-old temple and theatre complex is unearthed in northern Peru
Olivia Laing’s guide to radical growth
Gardens aren’t just lovesome things. In the writer’s gently rambling book on the subject, they are seedbeds of rebellion too
How Bomberg and Auerbach reached dizzying heights
Before and after the Second World War, David Bomberg explored a vertiginous new style of landscape painting – and his student Frank Auerbach was clearly taking notes
From Bruges to the beach, it’s a big summer for sculpture in Belgium
Between the Bruges and Beaufort Triennials, contemporary art enthusiasts are spoiled for choice – and may see some unexpected sights
The art dealer who scammed his way to the top
A memoir by the friend and business partner of convicted fraudster Inigo Philbrick raises disturbing questions about the art world
Contemporary art casts a spell in a London chapel
The Fitzrovia Chapel is an atmospheric choice of venue for an exhibition with an occult edge
Live the high life at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair
Life’s a beach on Long Island, which this summer hosts a wealth of modern and contemporary work
The Rubik’s Cube throws up a new conundrum
The famous puzzle turns 50 this year, but the exact date of its birthday is a mystery that brings into question the very nature of time itself
The Labour Party has won the UK general election – and Lisa Nandy is the new culture secretary
Plus: Documenta appoints new search committee for an artist director | Jacqueline de Jong (1939–2024)
Acquisitions of the month: June 2024
A tender portrait by Gauguin of his young son and a bronze lion by Rembrandt Bugatti are among the most significant works to have entered a public collection in the last month
The last bohemians living in New York
The ‘Loft Law’ of 1982 protected artists living in industrial zones from rising rents and eviction. Joshua Charow’s photographs record the members of an endangered tribe
Getting down and dirty with Albert Serra
At the Eye Filmmuseum, the latest provocation by the Catalan artist and director features French libertines and turns us all into Peeping Toms
The puckish figures of Franciszka Themerson
The Polish-born artist’s paintings and drawings may have an air of the doodle, but her politically radical work is thrillingly inventive
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It’s time for the government of London to return to its rightful home
Norman Foster’s City Hall has been denied listed status a second time. But the more important question is: when will the capital be run from County Hall again?