Linder opens first solo show in London for seven years
Flowers and food run rampant at her Ever Standing Apart From Everything exhibition, which features never-before-seen photomontages by the artist
The joys of the corner shop experience
Felt artist Lucy Sparrow makes entire supermarkets full of fluffy ketchup fruit and fuzzy fruit. We speak to her about why the corner shop has become a recurrent theme in her work, and what makes the UK corner shop experience unique
Why creativity is far more precious than we realise
In the process of teaching himself how to code AI, our columnist Perry Nightingale develops a new found appreciation for human artistry. There are some skills we simply cannot transfer to machines, he says
Creating the blockbuster exhibition experience
Bringing a blockbuster show to life for the likes of the Science Museum and V&A promises bigger budgets and more room for experimentation – but inevitably comes with added pressures. We speak to Nissen Richards’ founder Pippa Nissen about what it takes
Inside the Hay Festival Experience
Reading is usually perceived as a solo activity, but the Hay Festival has turned it into a community experience. We talk to founder Peter Florence about why a live event works for literature and how they’ve spread the Hay brand around the world
You are what you see: M&C Saatchi’s Mimi Gray on the impact of our visual culture
As society gets to grips with the impact of social media on our sense of self, M&C Saatchi’s new project Visual Diet questions the value and impact of the images we’re exposed to. Head of Visual Content Mimi Gray explains how it works
How to make great experiential ads
The advertising industry has been enamoured with the marketing potential of immersive events, VR and AR for some time now. But how do you make a really effective experiential ad? We spoke to a number of experts to find out
Marcel Dzama mixes mythology, wit and politics in a new series of paintings
An exhibition of new works at David Zwirner Hong Kong features paintings and sculptures that give a nod to Blake and Duchamp as well as the all-pervading influence of politics in the age of Trump
How We Met: Friends With You
The founders of art collective Friends With You, Arturo Sandoval and Samuel Borkson, explain how they’ve kept a close friendship and creative partnership going for the past 20 years
Artists take over Selfridges in new campaign
Shoppers can embark on a guided art trail or take part in performance art at Selfridges London store, as the brand launches a new campaign to promote the arts
Artist James Stanford reimagines Las Vegas’s iconic neons
The Vegas native is repurposing the city’s neon signs and landmarks by layering original photographs to create striking digital mosaics
My breakthrough moment: Emily Forgot
The graphic artist has worked with Adidas and the BBC, as well as crafting her own surreal ceramics. Here, she discusses the excitement of creating her first window display for Selfridges, and why she tries to recapture that feeling in her work now
