Architecture & Design
Illustrator Barbara Nessim: 'I was just steering my own ship'
She dated Marc Bolan, lived with Gloria Steinem - and captured a country in change. Ahead of a major retrospective, Barbara Nessim talks shoes, salsa and suffering In 1956, in a tiny apartment in the Bronx, Barbara Nessim 's parents ceded a corner of th
An electrician on Light Show
Electrician Henderson Williams casts a professional eye over the Hayward Gallery's flashy new exhibition - and wonders how he'd install it at home This wonderful exhibition really made me think about the power of lighting. It's full of works that use
Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things - review
An exhibition of objects amassed by the Design Museum over 24 years shows it has yet to shake off a bad postwar hangover. Perhaps a trip to Milan is in order
The Strand: Nihad Sirees
The Syrian writer Nihad Sirees talks about his new novel The Silence and the Roar
Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind - British Museum
Discover masterpieces from the last Ice Age drawn from across Europe in this groundbreaking show. Created by artists with modern minds like our own, this is a unique opportunity to see the world's oldest known sculptures, drawings and portraits. TheseThe Hayward's new Light Show
This dazzling, frazzling light show takes visitors to the moon - and beyond. It's a bit like being punched in the face, warns Adrian Searle Tall columns of light are pulsing and throbbing, brightening and dimming in accordance with messages dictated duriMartin Rowson v Phill Jupitus
Ahead of a public talk, the artists discuss the enduring appeal of visual satire, how to draw Mickey Mouse - and why George Osborne has a 'comprehensively loathsome face' "I've been a professional cartoonist for 30 years - no one gets that for murder the
Schwitters in Britain, Tate Britain, review
An intriguing Tate Britain show examines Kurt Schwitters's collages of found objects - and poor treatment after arriving here in 1940, says Richard Dorment.