On the road with Ed Ruscha
An interview with Jeremy Frey
How to build a 21st-century museum
France chases the Olympic dream
Plus: Hildegard Bechtler on the art of stage design, very fancy Victorian ice creams, the art market braces for stormy weather, a Madonna pregnant with meaning and a preview of Parcours des Mondes; reviews of Kafka in Oxford, the gardeners of the Bloomsbury Group, and the silversmith who struck gold for Tiffany & Co.
The women who channelled violence into art
While Peter Strickland’s most recent feature sends up sound artists, Georgina Starr’s short makes for a more challenging listen