As he puts his films on display, he talks about the way conkers cross cultures, password games in Ukraine, and whether ‘playing out’ is under threat

“I thought it was quite beautiful because a lot of workers on this building had to chip off the concrete by hand to create the texture. I was trying to respond to that. So I thought, ‘Why not start from the basis of labour and produce everything by hand?’”

On the eve of her first major UK show, she talks race, representation and the human spirit that unites us

Blending science and the supernatural, high art and gothic horror, Hamad Butt made work that was literally dangerous. He is one of the stars of Tate Britain’s rehang

By infiltrating Securitas, Disneyland and Deloitte, Pilvi Takala’s art thrives on creating toe-curlingly awkward situations

The artist’s interest in esoteric spirituality used to provoke art-world ridicule. That is changing, along with the mind of a Foreign Office staffer who attended one of her performances