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This year, luxury and value marketing can comfortably coexist.

The photographer moved effortlessly between scenes: No Wave music, performance, queer subcultures, downtown nightlife, the Pictures Generation and mail art.

With a pair of new shows centered on his influential collective, General Idea, the Berlin-based multimedia artist reflects on his pioneering practice.

A tour of the non-profit indie bookstore run by an artist collective

WOLFGANG TILLMANS HAS CREATED an image of contemporary Europe that a lot of people carry around in their heads. Not the Colosseum or the Arc de Triomphe or even the Eiffel Tower, but easyJet, English, Berghain. These keywords are both the technologies and the coordinates of Tillmans’s practice, the atmosphere and infrastructure that support his work, though they are not necessarily visible in his pictures. And yet he has created images—indeed, icons—that are somehow correlates for them, th...

Tackling disintegrating sandwiches, the best new design shop, and a retrospective of a seminal art collective

To mark General Ideas major retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada (until 20 November 2022), we speak to the group’s surviving member, AA Bronson, about their origins, and groundbreaking impact on art and social justice.

The National Gallery of Canada presents a retrospective of legendary queer provocateurs General Idea, showcasing the group’s trailblazing influence.

When the group of queer artists known as General Idea created their most recognizable work in 1987, they wanted to start a conversation about HIV/AIDS, which was already ravaging their community.

Epsom Derby 2022 preview: All you need to know about this year's race, plus our expert's tip - and how do you pick a winner?