Alien spaceship, Hammer horror? The pulsating visions of Harry Clarke
The Irish artist welded Christian, Celtic and pagan imagery with the decadence of Klimt and Beardsley into an exotic futuristic fantasy
Yinka Shonibare’s tribute to UK diversity acquired by Tate
The British Library artwork features thousands of books celebrating cultural icons
Atlantic City: ‘Trump turned this place into a ghost town’
When Trump won the election, photographer Brian Rose made straight for the gambling town – to show the reality behind his billionaire boasts. The broken city he captured speaks volumes about today’s America
On my radar: Paul Simonon’s cultural highlights
The former Clash bassist on the prescience of HG Wells and the joys of Verlaine
25 spring culture highlights
Bridget Riley in Scotland, the return of Killing Eve, the Spice Girls on tour… our critics preview the new season in the arts
How Dickens, Brontë and Eliot influenced Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh spent three years in London and delighted in Britain’s literary heritage, a love that is explored in a new Tate show
Alys Tomlinson’s best photograph: a volunteer on pilgrimage to Lourdes
‘We ended up at a raucous party, drinking with the Order of Malta. That’s where we met Markus, who was caring for an Austrian man in a wheelchair’
John Ingledew’s best photograph: how Gazza’s tears changed football
‘Football was quite unfashionable in the 70s and 80s. You could be on the dole and still go to a game. Then suddenly Gazza cried and everybody was interested’
Okwui Enwezor: the Nigerian who confronted the European art canon
The curator, who has died aged 55, was the only person to curate both the Venice Biennale and Documenta, helped redefine what African art could be and provided a platform for the likes of Steve McQueen
David Bailey: ‘Deneuve said it’s great we’re divorced – now we can be lovers!’
As he powers into his 80s, the photographer recalls shooting everyone from Kate Moss to Andy Warhol, shares his regrets over voting leave – and reveals how Gordon Brown pulled a fast one on him
Nick Brandt’s best photograph: elephants and building workers share a crowded Africa
‘We photographed the animals with motion sensors, then the humans. In the final edit, the exchange of looks between mother elephant and man was a wonderful surprise’
Fire sale Britain: Mike Nelson on why he turned the Tate into a big salvage yard
The artist scoured asset-stripping websites for the things British companies toss out as they close. He relives his six-month journey into a country in decline
Martin Woodcock obituary
Artist admired for the illustrations that grace the pages of the monumental The Birds of Africa, first published in the early 1980s
Robert Crumb: ‘I am no longer a slave to a raging libido’
The controversial artist talks about his latest exhibition, how his feelings on Trump have changed and why he has stopped drawing women
In the Full Light of the Sun by Clare Clark review – art and scandal
Masterpieces one moment, worthless the next – a hoard of ‘Van Goghs’ are at the centre of an irresistible story set in 1920s Berlin