Art and design, photography and architecture
Art & design
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Steven Schapiro’s shot of a protest was taken on a cross-country trip with James Baldwin -
Pressure builds on other institutions to disavow Sackler family over OxyContin, powerful painkiller linked to opioid deaths -
Young women in cities around the UK get dressed up in their best in a pop-up photography project
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The aftermath of Cyclone Idai, the crisis in Venezuela, mourning after the attacks in New Zealand and Holi celebrations in New Delhi – the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists -
This week’s addition to our weekly archive print series is a portrait of Judi Dench, photographed at her home in north London by Frank Martin in 1977 -
The Sacklers own Purdue Pharma, the company behind OxyContin, which is under fire amid the opioid epidemic
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The curator, who has died aged 55, was the only person to curate both the Venice Biennale and Documenta, helped redefine what African art could be and provided a platform for the likes of Steve McQueen -
Van Gogh’s British connection, master of pop decadence Gary Hume and Swiss mystic Emma Kunz – all in our weekly dispatch -
Vibrant youth culture and a flourishing music scene leap out of the west African photographer’s Peuple de la Nuit, featuring the musicians, dancers and lovers who graced his hometown’s hottest venues
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The quirky home features dinosaurs and a sign proclaiming ‘Yabba-dabba-doo’, but neighbors aren’t amused -
Influential architect and leading voice in the promotion of ‘shared space’ on the roads of cities, towns and villages -
From architecture to drug policy, nightlife quietly incubates ideas that then flourish in the mainstream. But, with brands moving in, club-cultural innovation is under threat -
Bridges are often defining urban features – but what if your city had chosen one of these designs instead?
Visual arts
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More than 140 artists will take over the Truman Brewery in London’s East End for the 34th edition of the Other Art Fair this weekend
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Renaissance art exposed, Henry Moore goes rococo and what happens to British art after we leave the EU -
The eminent British art historian died in his Manhattan home, with the fourth volume of his definitive Picasso biography as yet unpublished
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2 out of 5 stars.
The Helmet Heads review Henry Moore should never have gone near a chisel
2 out of 5 stars.This exhibition invites you to compare the British artist’s work to antique armoury and Picasso – both show him up as slow, ponderous and complacent
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The 87-year-old, known for his visionary ideas including an inflatable concert hall, wins architecture’s Nobel prize equivalent -
The winner of Sony’s Outstanding Contribution to Photography award says: ‘My pictures seek to expose the shadow and vulnerability that exists in all of us – and it is this vulnerability that I find so beautiful’ -
A damning new report details an attempted erasure by Azerbaijan of its Armenian cultural heritage, including the destruction of tens of thousands of Unesco-protected ancient stone carvings
Museum of Modern Art New Order at MoMA review: artists chart a world in motion
4 out of 5 stars.