Gymnastics

The humble accordion may not have a reputation as the coolest instrument on the block. But in the hands of Mario Batkovic it takes on another dimension.

Jan Vormann is an inventor, a sculptor and a dreamer. He wants us to bring colour into our lives by repairing our cities with Lego.

Ex-member of the Camorra, Davide Cerullo lives in La Scampia, a notoriously tough suburb of Naples. He fights the local culture of violence with the beauty of photography and poetry.

In 1973 choreographer and dancer Carolyn Carlson brought an breath of American fresh air into the Paris Opera. In true hippy style she brought barefoot dancing, improvisation and a relaxed attitude. Not everyone was ready for change.

A simple hut on the Côte d‘Azur shows all of Le Corbusier’s architectural genius.

In the 60s, influenced by science fiction, strange, curved homes started popping up in France

Ancient Greek statues are white, pure and classical, just like the marble they are carved from. False. These statues were painted in fabulous bright colours. Archaeologists and art academics have known this for centuries so why does the white myth endure?

“All your base are belong to us” was a baffling translation error in an early nineties video game which quickly became a long-running internet meme. But why share a meaningless sentence?

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

With its never-ending corridors, beautiful auditoria and recording studios with arguably the best acoustics in the world, the Berlin Funkhaus was the biggest and most advanced centre for radio broadcasting in the German Democratic Republic. Music publisher Elisabeth Heller, who worked there during its heyday, is our guide.

The influence of the Bauhaus movement can still be felt today, despite its time being cut short by the rise of the Nazis

Walt Disney: cartoonist, visionary... and urban planner?

The stereotypes of the sad clown, depressed comedian, and tortured artist endure.

The Codex Seraphinianus is full of bizarre drawings and an indecipherable language.

Many artists used to think that alcohol liberated the creative spirit. But Could it be more liberating, and more subversive, to not drink at all?

What if we finished with the idea of a muse and viewed female artists in their own right?

It was during the Communist era that Polish fantasy emerged, reflecting a desire to escape to a better world.