art & design
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Broadcaster and cultural critic Jonathan Meades ponders what if social media could inspire great art? And what if they’re the same thing?
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British Museum, London
Ancient Sicily may have been a land of tyrants, but this exhibition shows that from the time of its Norman invasion, its culture was remarkably open-minded
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On the eve of a major Tate show, the Beirut-born installation artist talks about identity, homeland and being a London student in the cheerless 70s
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There’s a right way and a morally dubious way of buying art in Alice Springs. Here’s how to support artists and the art centres that are building communities
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In her first interview since being appointed director of the world’s most popular contemporary art gallery, Frances Morris talks about its major new expansion, the morality of sponsorship, and her vision for the institution’s future
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The Malian photographer Malick Sidibé, who died last week, framed the essence of his country in the decades following independence
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As film gives way to digital, Richard Nicholson gained access to an endangered habitat where most cinema-goers never venture – the projection box – to document the people who make the movies move
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The British Museum explores Sicily’s gorgeous heritage, east London bids farewell to an anarchic venue and the V&A strips to its smalls – all in your weekly art dispatch
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It’s the backstory that matters, says the Deutsche Börse prize nominee, who has transformed his father’s old Fiat 500 and some mundane snapshots into a poignant portrait of a quietly extraordinary life
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reviews
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This celebration of all things concrete will please both its aficionados and those who find it hard to love
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At its best, British conceptualism was a breath of fresh air. Suffocated in vitrine after vitrine, that spirit has been stultified in this nerdy, joyless survey
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If spliced buttocks, breasts and goat legs are symbols of a nation in decline, let’s have more of them – this is modern art at its wicked best
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We have ten signed copies of Luke Harding’s book on the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and we’d like to see your best pictures of Russia
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Laura Moser’s daughter throws a tantrum at the White House
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From rentakit housing estates to industrial wastelands and deserted roads, photographer Polly Tootal goes beyond picture postcards to capture less celebrated corners of Britain. Look closely – there’s not a tourist in sight
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Following wave chasers on the Western Australia’s south west coastline, these photographs examine the relationship between wave, board and rider
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The German photographer has circled the world to document the awesome power and banal detail of human ambition in science and technology
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Stuart Haygarth walked from Kent to Land’s End, picking up the trash he found on beaches – and arranged it into collections that show us how weird the ordinary objects in our lives can be
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If you’re a fan of the raw concrete and exposed brick aesthetic, book into one of these converted factories or offices where the design is bare, bold and beautiful
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Architect whose work was central to the University of York and to Hillingdon Civic Centre in London
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A new production of Brideshead Revisited will signal the relaunch of one of the UK’s oldest theatres, after the discovery of medieval remains forced its closure
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Matrera castle refurbishment, described as ‘lamentable’ by Spanish heritage body, tops popular vote in global Architizer A+ awards
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As film gives way to digital, Richard Nicholson gained access to an endangered habitat where most cinema-goers never venture – the projection box – to document the people who make the movies move
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Panama Papers suggest Joe Lewis bought famous Ganz collection before record-breaking Christie’s sale, netting millions
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From gender transition to asylum seeker applications, how you talk can mask or betray your true self. A new exhibition goes beyond class and geography to examine why the way we speak matters
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He is an artist with a diabolical reputation, a former drug dealer who photographs corpses and once put Jesus in a glass of his own urine. So how did Andres Serrano decide to portray Donald Trump?
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The artist says the situation is a ‘big violation of human rights’
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Palmyra's Arch of Triumph recreated in Trafalgar Square
Jonathan Jones Palmyra must not be fixed. History would never forgive us