Charles Correa ©Charlie Bibby DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE May 17, 2013

Humane development

Why architect Charles Correa subscribes to the view that ‘cities aren’t the problem, they’re the solution’

Culture columns

Curiosity didn’t really kill the cat
A new exhibition at Margate’s Turner Contemporary gallery celebrates the wonder of the wandering mind
Europe casts Hollywood as the bad-guy
Breathless (1959 France) aka À Bout de Souffle Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Shown: Jean-Paul Belmondo (as Michel Poiccard alias Laszlo Kovacs), Jean Seberg (as Patricia Franchini) ©Imperia/Photofest
European film-makers claim that the liberalisation of the industry would lead to the destruction of culture
Subodh Gupta in the process of installing 'What does the vessel contain, that the river does not' at Hauser & Wirth in London ©James Royall VISUAL ARTS May 17, 2013

Material world

Subodh Gupta on how using everyday items can convey universal emotions

Costume for a Fury in 'Hippolyte et Aricie' engraved by René Gaillard (c1710-90) ©Bridgeman Art Library THEATRE & DANCE May 17, 2013

French baroque, back on a roll

Why 18th-century composer Jean-Philippe Rameau is making a belated debut at Glyndebourne this summer

Untitled work (2013) by Lee Bul, at PKM Gallery at Art Basel in Hong Kong COLLECTING 10:13pm

Beyond the samosas

Artists are casting off clichés of national identity – but will galleries cling to the old borders?

'Our English Coasts' ('Strayed Sheep') (1852), by William Holman Hunt VISUAL ARTS May 17, 2013

All change at Tate Britain

Jackie Wullschlager on a new chronological rehang that brings British art to the global stage

Cinema

Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in 'The Great Gatsby' ©Warner Bros

Nigel Andrews on the latest films: The Great Gatsby, Beware of Mr Baker and The Liability

The Art Market

Paul McCarthy's giant 'Balloon Dog' (2013), which sold for $950,000 at Frieze New York

The Art Market: DiCaprio raises the roof for tigers; Newman’s chequered past; SplitArt kaput

Image of Jean Nouvel's design for the mammoth National Art Museum of China DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE May 17, 2013

A stroke of genius

Jean Nouvel has seen off world-class rivals for the job of designing China’s National Museum

'The Man from Bantul (the Final Round)' (2000) COLLECTING 6:50pm

Master of his own mythology

In Indonesia, Nyoman Masriadi’s mixing of Balinese and pop culture has brought him world renown

Yuko Hasegawa ©Hisashi Kumon COLLECTING 6:51pm

East, west and points in between

Super-curator Yuko Hasegawa’s flair for fusing cultures and disciplines is ideally suited to Hong Kong

Steven Page as The Pirate King (centre) in 'The Pirates of Penzance' MUSIC May 17, 2013

The Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

A show designed to appeal to the widest possible constituency

'Red East' (1995) COLLECTING 6:51pm

Ploughing a new furrow

Painter Wang Xingwei has found a fertile way forward for Chinese art

More stories

Collecting

Design & Architecture

Film & Television

Music

Theatre & Dance

Visual Arts

EDITOR’S CHOICE

PODCAST

Peter Aspden Listen to Peter Aspden on the underrated art of time-wasting

VIDEO

London Skyline Edwin Heathcote asks whether glass and steel towers are right for the London skyline

MOST RECENT FROM LIFE & ARTS

TOOLS & SERVICES

Multimedia

Tools

Updates

Quick links

Services