Mariko Mori: ‘There are two kinds of light – one invisible’
9 December 2012 • Mark Westall
The artist Mariko Mori brings together ancient and modern – with a little stardust thrown in
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Russian museum could be prosecuted over Chapman brothers exhibit
9 December 2012 • Mark Westall
St Petersburg prosecutors report 114 complaints that Jake and Dinos Chapman’s End of Fun insults visitors’ religious beliefs
The Jonas Mekas effect and Mariko Mori’s seasonal show – the week in art
7 December 2012 • Mark Westall
Cinema at London’s Serpentine, Jim Shaw’s imagination and Kevin Harman’s subversive portraiture – all in your weekly art dispatch
Kraftwerk to bring Catalogue shows to Tate Modern
6 December 2012 • Mark Westall
London gallery’s director says eight gigs in Turbine Hall in February will be ‘true gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art’
Turner prize winner Elizabeth Price warns against marginalisation of arts
5 December 2012 • Mark Westall
Price criticises introduction of Ebacc and withdrawal of state funding for humanities and arts at universities
Louvre-Lens hopes to bring the glory of art to France’s mining heartland
3 December 2012 • Mark Westall
Nord-Pas de Calais region vilified as uncultured by southerners but locals say interest in museum proves stereotype is wrong
The Turner prize has regained its style and importance
3 December 2012 • Mark Westall
This year’s nominees provide a powerful dose of what the avant garde is up to in 2012. If there’s any justice then Luke Fowler or Elizabeth Price will win
Pull up a chair: inside the V&A’s brilliant new furniture gallery
29 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The V&A’s vast collection of furniture – from Jonathan Swift’s bureau to Ron Arad’s swervy bookcase – has a new home that is breathing new life into old wood
Antony Gormley: a model of hype?
27 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Could it be that now the artist has fallen off the art world’s fashion hitlist, Gormley’s work can be seen as it is – quotidian and overrated
Amy Winehouse painting acquired for National Portrait Gallery
27 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Marlene Dumas painting of singer, Amy Blue, goes on public display at London gallery
Christo plans sculpture of oil drums to tower above sands of Abu Dhabi
25 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The artist who bundled up the Reichstag plans to create the world’s biggest and most expensive sculpture in Abu Dhabi
Print yourself: the rise of the 3D photo booth
24 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Shops in Tokyo and New York are offering you the chance to turn yourself into a miniature plastic action figure
Klein and Moriyama at London’s Tate Modern – reviews roundup
22 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The Observer’s deputy picture editor roundsup reviews of Tate Modern’s retrospectives of photographer and film-maker William Klein and Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama
Salvador Dalí retrospective has Paris art fans reaching for record books
20 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Biggest Dalí show in 30 years expected to be latest in series of blockbuster exhibitions in French capital
A Bigger Splash: Painting after performance – review
18 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Tate Modern, London
Royal College of Art celebrates 175 years of cultivating talent
16 November 2012 • Mark Westall
The Perfect Place to Grow exhibition showcases achievements of students and staff including Moore, Hepworth, Dyson and Emin
From Ai Weiwei to Anish Kapoor: the art world’s love affair with pop
15 November 2012 • Mark Westall
Top British artists are going Gangnam Style in support of Ai Weiwei. Alex Needham on what happens when artists dabble in pop music
Light from the Middle East offers a true reflection of a complex region
14 November 2012 • Mark Westall
A new exhibition at London’s V&A offers insights from within cultures that are more often photographed and reported from the outside
A Bigger Splash: did performance art change painting?
13 November 2012 • Mark Westall
From bullets bursting paint-filled balloons to Jackson Pollock’s spatter technique, a new exhibition at London’s Tate looks at the relationship between painting and performance art – with more misses than hits
A Monet for £27m? The real price of the art boom is its sleaziness
8 November 2012 • Mark Westall
As a Christie’s sale is criticised for not offering enough ‘trophy property’, it’s clear to see what the art world has become
Obama’s art army
6 November 2012 • Mark Westall
From Laurie Anderson to Cindy Sherman to Richard Serra, the giants of US art are backing Obama. But then, writes Jonathan Jones as he takes a cultural tour of Washington DC, America’s artists have always leaned left