Kenneth Anger’s crazy, gorgeous, disturbing films almost landed him in jail. The avant-garde pioneer talks Simon Hattenstone through all his demons
The gallery is so tiny I think I’ve walked into somebody’s front room. A 10-minute film plays on a loop. Weirded-out rock stars who look like Mick Jagger, or …

He was the anarchist of 1980s design, but the technical wizardry in his current London show feels over-polished and out of touch
Unless you die young, it’s difficult to be a hero for ever. Heroes are commercialised. They succumb to what Norman Mailer called “exhaustion of the will”. Or they simply …

Antony Gormley is breaking into America with a debut showing of public art in Manhattan

Jenny Holzer’s bold new show draws on US military memos and torture techniques. Adrian Searle is left feeling paranoid
A river of words runs across the floor. “I swim in her,” say the 10 lanes of yellow text, streaming through the semi-dark. “I sing her a song about us.” How lyrical, …

Fifty “women to watch” have been selected for the Cultural Leadership Programme by a panel of judges including choreographer Wayne McGregor, broadcaster Jenni Murray and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah. Good to see such superb names as Kate McGrath, director of theatre producers Fuel, and Emma Stenning, executive director of the Bristol …

A new exhibition celebrates the work of Ronald Searle as he turns 90. Steve Bell on what makes him Britain’s greatest living cartoonist
When I first wrote to Ronald Searle with the idea of an exhibition focusing on his reportage work, he was polite but sceptical, pointing out the difficulty of …

Eight artists shortlisted for UK’s richest visual arts prize
The work of eight artists competing for the UK’s richest visual arts prize went on display in Wales today ‑ and none could be accused of triviality.
There was no sight of a light being turned off and on at the preview opening …

If the party is to reconnect with its soul, it needs to revive the passion for culture that seems to have ended with Michael Foot
Michael Foot was a name I knew long before I was old enough to vote Labour. My dad’s fading paperback copy of the first volume of …

Jane Bown, Tom Hunter and Daniel Lynch will be among the celebrated photographers auctioning their works in London tonight in aid of the 2009 South Pacific disaster

Photographer who specialises in large-scale nude installations is asking for 1,000 volunteers to reinvigorate the spirit of LS Lowry. Cloth caps not needed
Just a week after coaxing 5,200 Australians to pose naked on the steps of Sydney Opera House, photographer Spencer Tunick has announced he will tackle an altogether chillier …