Michel Houellebecq sex film to be released despite attempt to stop it
Amsterdam court dismisses French author’s complaint against film that shows him having sex with young women
Stretching his 15 minutes of fame: why Andy Warhol still has the power to inspire
The array of new exhibitions, plays and books shows the maverick artist has struck a chord with the digital generation
The big picture: memories of a rural Russia untouched by time
In revisiting the village where she spent her childhood summers, photographer Nadia Sablin was able to capture the essence of a place untroubled by modernity
Ben Okri on swapping novels for painting: ‘Could these two great rivers of creativity merge?’
The Booker winner has teamed up with Scottish colourist Rosemary Clunie – to follow in the footsteps of word-and-picture masters Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jenny Holzer
‘A truly special spot’: arts insiders’ top tips for free cultural places in Britain
From Russell Tovey to Gemma Cairney, cultural figures pick their favourite hangouts – from Edinburgh to Aberystwyth – with no entry charge
Gauguin’s ‘child-wife’: in search of the muse that inspired a masterpiece
Who is the young girl in Paul Gauguin’s painting Spirit of the Dead Watching? On a trip to Tahiti, the film-maker and novelist Devika Ponnambalam finds out the troubling truth
Dormant volcanoes and working monorails: the grand designs of Ken Adam, master of the Bond-villain lair
A new book celebrates the late production designer whose elaborate concepts for films from Bond to Dr Strangelove influenced the likes of Norman Foster – and it all started with a felt-tip
‘Celebrity is religion’: How Andy Warhol kickstarted our obsession with superstars
Kitschy unboxing videos, sunset selfies, TikTok dances: what would the man in the blonde wig make of the world he created, asks Nicole Flattery
‘In the stillness, my mind was able to wander’: how a museum guard found solace in art
After a tragedy, Patrick Bringley swapped his glitzy magazine job to work at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The experience was so profound, he wrote a book about it
On my radar: The Edge’s cultural highlights
The U2 guitarist on the scientific theory that connects us all, drawing on walls and the resurgence of Irish folk music
Boris Johnson recites Oompa-Loompas song in defence of Roald Dahl’s books
Ex-PM criticises sensitivity edit of author’s works – and also rejects sending Parthenon marbles to Greece
On my radar: Joy Crookes’s cultural highlights
The singer-songwriter on the film that reminds her of her dad, artist Rene Matić’s ability to provoke and a documentary that sums up the life of an Arsenal fan
Alastair Brotchie obituary
Other lives: Author and publisher who brought avant-garde European literature to the UK market in readable translations
On my radar: Gabrielle Zevin’s cultural highlights
The American writer on her film of the moment, a fantastic young novelist and an animated series that’s wonderfully human
‘They save us’: Sally Muir on the art of drawing rescue dogs
Scruffy or sleek, melancholic or mischievous… Sally Muir’s portraits of dogs capture the essence of unconditional love. And her latest collection on rescue dogs reveals much about cruelty – and kindness