art & design
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How I captured my mother’s last daysWhen she knew her mother was dying, Celine Marchbank wanted to capture memories of her. She talks about how the photographs became something they could share -
Why do we get a kick out of looking at animals? We’re asserting our dominion over nature – but also trying to understand and preserve itOur obsession with the natural world isn't about power – it's about love
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Rose Wylie’s Brazil Nut Choc: a rebel watercolour without a causeThe critic-riling octogenarian artist from Kent continues to paint whatever takes her fancy -
Madonna's art collection and more on sale at starry benefitAs well as artworks and intimate photographs, auction items include a week in Leonardo DiCaprio’s Palm Springs villa and a poker game with Edward Norton and Jonah Hill
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John Singer Sargent's watercolours set for rare London exhibitionEighty works from 30 lenders are coming together at Dulwich Picture Gallery next year, showcasing the Edwardian painter’s ‘fluency and sensuality’
in pictures
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An alternative view of Brazil's citiesWhile much of the world has focused on Brazil’s sporting, political and economic news, photographer Tomer Ifrah has spent the past year capturing small events of daily life in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
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talking points
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Readers review the Design MuseumWe asked you to review the museum’s new home and its collection during its opening weekend. Here’s what some of you said
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My next work will be furious. Fascism is on my doorstepPhillipson is an acclaimed poet but the page is not enough – she talks about the anxiety behind her giant feet and exploding dogs
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reviews
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Six sensational decades of workDriven by an insatiable curiosity, Robert Rauschenberg turned the triumphs and wreckage of American life into extraordinary art – and this brilliant show captures his staggering range and innovation
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Monica Bonvicini – a body blow of a showFierce, mordant Monica Bonvicini aims to annoy at every turn in this bracing first UK survey
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Tino Sehgal's mesmerising mind mazeAdrian Searle goes beyond the beaded curtain into a theatrical world of flooded rooms and whispering strangers at the Palais de Tokyo
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Danny Lyon on why he's naming and shaming 'climate criminals'The veteran photographer tackles the effects of climate change in his new book and shares phone numbers of deniers, such as Vice President-elect Mike Pence
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A sleeping man slumped in a chair on a Paris street‘I know it’s ugly and awkward – but I will steal a photograph if I really need to have it’
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I collect for the beauty, not the value. I’m in awe of these thingsAs modernist prints from his collection go on show, the star tells how photography became his second greatest passion
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Patrick Harbron's intimate rock’n’roll photographyThe photographer’s latest exhibit, Rock and Roll Icons, gives fans of Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Queen and Bon Jovi the chance to see their idols up close
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Experiments in sound and visionThe photographer, famous for his huge, detailed panoramas, has joined forces with the techno pioneer for a show that caters to the swiping generation
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On the road with the Dale Farm familiesMary Turner first began photographing the families of Irish Traveller heritage living at Dale Farm in south-east England in 2009
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London's 73-storey Trellis skyscraper gets green light1 Undershaft will be second tallest building in western Europe after the Shard and will include a free public viewing gallery
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Design Museum – temple to design gets the space it deserves at lastThe museum can now show its whole collection – but John Pawson’s blonde wood conversion of an imperial relic could have been so much more exciting
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Hamburg’s dazzling, costly castle in the airDelays, acrimony and an €860m price tag can’t detract from the beauty of Herzog & de Meuron’s new concert hall. But will it win over the citizens who footed the bill?
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Floating homes: a solution to flooding, crowded cities and unaffordable housingArchitects from Amsterdam to Lagos are building on water to try to tackle the twin urban pressures of population density and climate change
the big picture
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Dina Goldstein's satirical pinupsIn her series Modern Girl, artist Dina Goldstein updates 1930s Chinese adverts to lampoon our quest for the perfect lifestyle
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The art 'loser' who ended up winning it allAn extravagant new retrospective of the avant-garde French-Cuban artist highlights often troubling yet always distinctive work
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From a Macclesfield garage to artist of the yearShe’s tipped for the Turner and has just won the first Hepworth sculpture prize. The 31-year-old talks about escaping an essay farm to create a parallel world out of matchsticks, pipes, spoons and threads
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He was just something to be aroundFrom his paint-spattered bed to a stuffed goat, the American artist broke boundaries. On the eve of a major retrospective, his friends recall a generous spirit on his island hideaway
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Albania's artist prime ministerThe infrastructure’s basic, corruption endemic, but the most powerful man in the country still finds time to doodle in his ministerial diary – and has a show at one of the world’s leading galleries
video
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The artist’s hidden tribute to a sold-off LondonThe street artist Stik set out to ask the denizens of Old Shoreditch how his new mural should reflect their gentrified neighbourhood
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On what turns a picture into a masterpieceRembrandt’s perfect drawing, Caravaggio’s invention of Hollywood lighting, Monet capturing a moment in time. David Hockney and critic Martin Gayford discuss the craft behind the greatest art
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Great Fire of London replica blazes on the banks of the ThamesA 120-meter long model of the 17th century London skyline burns to ashes to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London
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