Art and design, photography and architecture
Art & design
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Kara Walker drew inspiration for Turbine Hall installation from Queen Victoria memorial -
Emotionally powerful exhibition of Iraqi Kurdish artists will include paintings peppered by bullets -
In a new project, female and non-binary artists have created murals to enliven construction boards in New York City
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The actor and photographer Jessica Lange revisits US Highway 61 -
New book reveals how the artist was lampooned in a 15th-century ‘comic strip’
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Nick Waplington’s beguiling shot from summer 2018 recalls landscape painting of a different age -
Forest fires in Indonesia, protests in Hong Kong, climate demonstrations and the World Athletic Championships – the past seven days, as captured by the world’s best photojournalists -
His iconic portraits of James Dean in a wintry New York won him fame. But it was his travels in the west coast that brought out his true genius, as he captured the cracks in the 60s counterculture
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It’s 50 years since the New Alchemy Institute created its ‘living machine’ – a research project of organic farming, renewable energy and sustainable architecture. Did these eco pioneers design a blueprint for our future? -
These designers are rethinking how we dress, recycle waste and even dye our hair -
The architecture of zoos has come a long way from its barbaric beginnings. But, says our critic, not even mirrored pods and sci-fi islands can shake the feeling that these are relics from a bygone age -
Plateforme 10 will unite three of the Swiss city’s museums and with free entry and a revamped station on the doorstep is set to be a major European arts hub
Visual arts
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Steve McQueen in bed, Ai Weiwei in trouble, Pussy Riot in church and Ragnar Kjartansson in the bath – they’re all included in our countdown of the best art since 2000 -
Letters: Guardian readers contribute to an ongoing discussion about the role of the smartphone in cultural experiences -
Incorporating camera-less photogram techniques and embroidery as well as Photoshop and video art, these eye-catching highlights from the eighth annual photography fair find artists testing the boundaries of the medium
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A new report finds women’s work still underrepresented in the art world, with only 11% of art purchased by institutions female-made -
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It was meant to put the artist on a par with Picasso. But it was thrown into chaos by the suicide of his lover and muse. As Bacon returns to haunt the French capital, we recall a tragic, game-changing show -
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Kara Walker Turbine Hall review – a shark-infested monument to the victims of British slavery
4 out of 5 stars.The controversial American artist has made a giant fountain and filled it with sharks, tears, slave ships, stricken souls and a noose. It’s monstrous, funny, absurd – and astonishing