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Cultural Olympiad 2012 reaches the critical masses

4640 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Olympics cultural programme is reaching the point of no return, with its brochure being finalised. Organiser Ruth Mackenzie is sure of successBorrowing marathon parlance, Ruth Mackenzie, in charge of the Cultural Olympiad and its showpiece London... more info

Ring the bell! Cultural Olympiad announces festival programme

4769 days ago
Guardian MusicThe London 2012 festival, which will form the grand finale of the Cultural Olympiad, unveils countrywide programme of arts events from a bell-ringing flashmob to Cate Blanchett's return to the stageThe simultaneous ringing of every bell in the countr... more info

New music: Box Codax – Dawning

4791 days ago
Guardian MusicFor their new video, Franz Ferdinand's Nick McCarthy, his wife, and poet Alexander Ragnew turned to artist Martin Creed for inspirationWhat do you get if you combine Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy, his Austrian wife and poet Alexander Ragne... more info

Box Codax and Martin Creed: Dawning - video

4791 days ago
Guardian MusicWatch this exclusive video from Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy and Turner prize-winning artist Martin Creed more info

The sights and sounds of summer

4857 days ago
Guardian MusicWhat's your favourite gallery, painting, building or song? Artists, writers and musicians reveal what cultural highlights they associate with the holiday seasonMUSICOne of the things I missed when I was living in Portland, Oregon was the art scene in... more info

Martin Creed - How I Wrote Thinking/Not Thinking - Video

5047 days ago
Guardian MusicTurner-prize winning artist Martin Creed shares some of his brand of low-fi punk with his single Thinking/Not ThinkingBen KapeAndy GallagherAlex HealeyLindsay Poulton more info

Showing off: Martin Creed

5048 days ago
Guardian MusicPaul Morley: Martin Creed's current exhibition is a vast display of his bright, attractive and subtly disturbing wares entitled Mothers, because, he tells me, he's been thinking a lot about mothers lately Whatever evidence I have this week about the ... more info

Mothers at Hauser & Wirth - review

5054 days ago
Guardian MusicHauser & Wirth, London W1A steel beam sweeps the gallery, just above our heads. Standing under it, the air ruffles your hair as it turns. Its hard not to duck and cringe. If you are over 6ft 8in, Martin Creed's Mothers could kill you. Big hair? It'll... more info

The real Turner prize winner: this one's for you, Glasgow

5100 days ago
Guardian MusicTurner prize star Susan Philipsz comes from a long line of innovative artists and musicians with Glaswegian rootsDouglas Gordon, who in 1996 became the first Glaswegian artist to win the Turner prize, was once asked what he had been taught at Glasgow... more info

A Turner prize for new music?

5182 days ago
Guardian MusicThe £50,000 PRS foundation prize for new music has been awarded to the Organ of Corti, an intriguing project that recycles environmental sound. But does the prize have a future?The winner of the 2010 Performing Right Society foundation prize for new... more info

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