‘My time has come!’: feminist artist Judy Chicago on a tidal wave of recognition at 84
The veteran US feminist artist known for The Dinner Party – and for dividing the critics – is about to have her first UK retrospective. She is in celebratory mood…
June 2023
Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – giant cocktail umbrella gives the park a party vibe
French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has unveiled her festive big top. And this symphony of timber is a lovely place to eat and think about food – if you can overlook the clumsy flat-pack feel
March 2023
Artists and footballers warm up for Manchester international festival
Janelle Monáe, work by Yayoi Kusama and Ryuichi Sakamoto and a collaboration between footballer Juan Mata and artist Tino Sehgal kick off at this summer’s event
July 2021
Poet Slash Artist review – if this show is art’s future, it looks good to me
Home, Manchester A show about the relationship between seeing and reading feels like a return to Romanticism – a belief in the passionate expression of the spirit
June 2021
Manchester international festival 2021: the best poetry, from Arcadia to Poet Slash Artist
Douglas Coupland on Generation X at 30: ‘Generational trashing is eternal’
April 2020
Lockdown culture
Make a masterpiece at home – with Yoko Ono and a tin of tuna
Is making a sandwich art? What about stacking furniture? Our writer gets through quarantine by obeying the commands of ‘instructional artists’ from Yoko Ono to her modern-day successors
February 2020
Counterspace architects to be youngest Serpentine pavilion designers
South African firm will celebrate London communities in the Serpentine Galleries’ 50th year
January 2020
Sunday with Hans Ulrich-Obrist: ‘I go to London Zoo – mostly for the architecture’
The curator and artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries, London, on morning jogs, the Snowdon Aviary and meeting older artists
May 2018
On my radar
On my radar: Hans Ulrich Obrist’s cultural highlights
The Serpentine Galleries artistic director on AI in art, the healing powers of Emma Kunz and some visionary jazz
November 2016
Closure of New Art Gallery Walsall would be a devastating blow
Letter: Since it opened in February 2000, the gallery has been proof that the nation is committed to the principle that everyone should have access to the arts wherever they live
August 2016
What inspires Hans Ulrich Obrist and seven other cultural tastemakers
The heads of the Serpentine, Secret Cinema, Glasgow International, the Young Vic and others on how they find fresh talent and new ideas
May 2015
Guardian Live: Gilbert & George in conversation
At a Guardian Live event, Gilbert & George joined Hans Ulrich Obrist, Guardian columnist Charlotte Higgins and Guardian Members to discuss their 50-year career as living art, challenge the Tate and offer some advice for young artists
Hans Ulrich Obrist webchat – as it happened
The sleep-resistant curator and intellectual joined us to answer your questions – and weighed in on the most exciting young artists in Britain, the future of museums, his carbon footprint and more
The best of Manchester International festival – in pictures
Damon Albarn brought Shaolin monks, Kraftwerk stormed the velodrome and Punchdrunk revolutionised Doctor Who – as Manchester International festival returns this summer, we look back at the event’s most spectacular moments
April 2015
The best original photographs from the Observer
Observer Original Photography: March 2015
Author Clive James, Ukip leader Nigel Farage and LA rock stars Warpaint are among those showcased in this month’s review of the best photography commissioned by the Observer in March
March 2015
Hans Ulrich Obrist: ‘Everything I do is somehow connected to velocity’
Gerhard Richter and Arvo Pärt combine for Manchester international festival
March 2014
Hans Ulrich Obrist: the art of curation
Behind every great artist is a great curator. But what do they actually do? Serpentine super-star Hans Ulrich Obrist reveals the delights and dangers of his craft – while Yoko Ono, David Shrigley and more pick their all-time favourite show
May 2013
Do It: The art of command
As a huge new exhibition opens at MIF, Sarah Lucas and Hans-Ulrich Obrist explain the demands of their maverick art movement Do It to Skye Sherwin
