From Rough Magic’s Tonic to Mozart’s Requiem, the festival starts August 6th

A network, The Mothership Project, aims to develop supports for artists with children

Food is central to our lives, so how do artists engage with its symbolism and meaning?

Picture-wielding assailant at Florence retrospective claims he did it for his art

The Syrian-Armenian-American’s minimal music captures childhood memories of Aleppo and seems to come from a another dimension

Explorer and writer Erling Kagge’s latest book was inspired by a solo walk to the South Pole

Research taps into ‘idea of foods that can be repulsive but also quite beneficial’

In Aideen Barry’s work divisions between human, animal, automaton and mechanical devices blur

The designer who has a best-selling range with Dunnes Stores, has furnished her home with carefully chosen things that have a past – a story to tell – and the kitchen, where she cooks and bakes, is her favourite room

A kiss is not just a kiss in this big Imma show about a big emotion

For those who are wary of performance art, Coogan’s approach may sway you

The controversial mosque at the Venice Biennale by Swiss artist Christoph Büchel is the latest work in a long line to test the limits of art

On the surface it was an act of self-harm, but Pyotr Pavlensky, a performance artist of growing renown, presented himself as a metaphor

“In a time when the women of pop are a depressing mess of childish coquettishness and tawdry pornification, Gaga stands alone as an almost sexless carnival of the bizarre.” Jennifer Gannon is definitely buying a ticket for Lady Gaga