art & design
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Top 10 photography exhibitions of 2016
Sean O'HaganFrom Elton John’s ravishing collection to the early days of Diane Arbus and the beautiful worlds of Paul Strand, here are the best photography shows of 2016 -
Retrospective exhibition celebrates work of controversial but largely unknown English impressionist painter
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Ancient Chinese treasures from first emperor’s tomb will be among 120 objects to go on display at Liverpool’s World Museum in 2018
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Michael Gove's anti-Turner prize tweets are childish
Charlotte HigginsThe former education secretary has dubbed the work of Turner prize winner Helen Marten ‘modish crap’ – and championed his own blinkered version of post-Brexit art history -
Martin Creed's bleak anti-carol should be Christmas No 1
Jonathan JonesWith his song It’s You, Turner-winning artist Martin Creed has made the perfect antidote to the commercialised positivity of Christmas -
Polly Braden and David Campany started taking photographs of the Lea Valley in 2004, before London won its Olympic bid and the area began to change dramatically
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In lustrous monochrome images, photographers Kevin Cummins and Ian Dickson captured punk in all its nihilistic glory. Their images of Sid Vicious, Poly Styrene, Vivienne Westwood and the Damned are now on show in Brighton
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With the arts under pressure, the Turner should bring audiences into contact with work that reflects the political realities of our times. Instead, it’s playing it safe
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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 it
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This thrilling retrospective gives us Rauschenberg whole, from his collages to his ballets to his own wild performances
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Fierce, mordant Monica Bonvicini aims to annoy at every turn in this bracing first UK survey
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Adrian 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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When 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
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Photographer and artist who chronicled the changing face of rural Alabama
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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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‘I know it’s ugly and awkward – but I will steal a photograph if I really need to have it’
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As modernist prints from his collection go on show, the star tells how photography became his second greatest passion
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The 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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1 Undershaft will be second tallest building in western Europe after the Shard and will include a free public viewing gallery
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The 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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Delays, 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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Architects from Amsterdam to Lagos are building on water to try to tackle the twin urban pressures of population density and climate change
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In her series Modern Girl, artist Dina Goldstein updates 1930s Chinese adverts to lampoon our quest for the perfect lifestyle
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An extravagant new retrospective of the avant-garde French-Cuban artist highlights often troubling yet always distinctive work
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She’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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From 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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The 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
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The 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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Rembrandt’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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A 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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