Robert Wilson: ‘We shouldn’t make theatre if we can’t laugh’
As his new version of Alfred Jarry’s scandalous Ubu Roi is staged in Spain, the innovative director considers the collision of the terrifying and the comic
March 2022
Surreal: art’s weirdest worldview bounces back a century after its birth
Literary and artistic movement enjoying another golden age, with international events and exhibitions
September 2021
Flayed and depraved: the Tunisian film that satirises the art world
Yahya Mahayni, the Syrian star of The Man Who Sold His Skin, discusses Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated work, depictions of refugees on screen and working with Monica Bellucci
November 2020
The bigger picture: should British museums sell to stay afloat?
As galleries auction off treasures to retain staff and plug cash gaps left by Covid, the art world is divided on ethics of disposal
December 2016
Spanish civil war art to be shown in London
Exhibition celebrates Spain’s 1937 International Exposition pavilion, which showcased works by Picasso and Miró
September 2016
Portuguese government decides to keep 85 paintings by Joan Miró
Pictures by Spanish artist, estimated to be worth €35m, put up for sale in 2014 but withdrawn again after public outcry
April 2016
Salvador Dalí diary up for sale in auction of surrealist artefacts
Sotheby’s in Paris to sell private collection covering intertwined lives of some of most famous dada and surrealist artists
March 2016
Lee Miller, the mother I never knew
Children's books
Joan Miró: 'I want to see large birds, snakes and creatures of the night' – in pictures
January 2016
Miró’s Studio review – hallucinatory shop window for the surrealist's later works
Recreation of the painter’s Mallorca studio is a tasteful homage, showing Miró moving beyond political dissent to something less cutting-edge – cosy even
November 2015
London gallery to show recreation of Joan Miró's Mallorcan studio
Brothers Eduard and Jordi Mayoral to creae replica of Spanish artist’s purpose-built studio, where Miró was at his most productive
May 2015
Facelift for little-known Paris pagoda that houses 10-metre Miró Buddha
Midcentury masterstroke: the man who gave the world affordable art – in pictures
April 2015
Spitting images: Andy Tuohy's copycat artist portraits – in pictures
Warhol has 15 heads, Barbara Hepworth has a face full of string, and Yayoi Kusama comes over all dotty ... Andy Tuohy’s brilliant graphic portraits show world-famous artists as they’d show themselves
July 2014
Miró spirit flies free again from Mallorca vaults
Yorkshire Sculpture Park: from blot on the landscape to thing of beauty
April 2014
Peter Capaldi: 'A lot of surrealist art is about sex' - video
Peter Capaldi takes us through the history of surrealism, from its origins in the cafes of Paris with André Breton to Dalí's lobster phone and Oppenheim's furry teacup
March 2014
Top 10s in art
The 10 weirdest artworks ever
Jonathan Jones: From sexy heels trussed and presented on a silver platter to Damien Hirst's formaldehyde shark, a tour through some of the strangest, most shocking surrealist art around
February 2014
Portugal auctions Miró works to recoup cash from bank rescue
Government selling 85 works by Spanish artist that became public with nationalisation of Banco Português de Negócios
April 2013
Lee Miller: intimate moments of a 20th-century muse - in pictures
Lee Miller, muse to Man Ray and pal of Picasso, was a celebrated photographer who captured the spirit of 20th-century life. Her full archive will go online at leemiller.co.uk
