art & design
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The explosion in Cairo that killed 25 Coptic Christians shows the hostility to this antique faith. But it might just have helped invent popular culture
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Designer Kelly Angood has an obsession with the stickers peeled off fruit – and has created a calendar to attach your own discoveries each day
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The architect’s niece, also an architect, recalls her aunt’s warm presence, her great drive, and the inspiration of her work
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Lacma’s winter show, Picasso and Rivera: Conversations Across Time, parallels the European modern master with Mexico’s most revered muralist
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After a year of extraordinary success, Marten has vowed to share her winnings and chastised the industry for its privilege
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The artist known for his crystal-filled council flat returns with a show where youth and decay are locked in heartstopping struggle
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in pictures
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For 40 years, photographer Neal Slavin has photographed people in groups, from cemetery workers to snooker players, at work or at play – and the result is an archive full of joy and dignity
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talking points
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When Neapolitan artist Jusepe de Ribera painted local celebrity Magdalena Ventura, he turned her from a freak into an almost supernaturally powerful assertion of individuality
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Campaigners from the Lake District to London are outraged at building plans that could alter cherished landscapes – but their inflexibility to change is elitist
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reviews
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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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Alison Jackson says ‘litigious’ president could have chilling effect on artistic freedom as she publishes book featuring Trump lookalike
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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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A billion-dollar beanpole, a social housing revolution, a powerful memorial in Norway and the Tate’s wondrous watchtower … our critic picks his 2016 architecture highlights
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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?
the big picture
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The Empire State Building is seen in the background as revellers take part in the annual SantaCon event in Manhattan, New York
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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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Saudi Arabian artist Ahmed Mater joins protesters at Standing Rock to celebrate their victory
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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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