Art & design
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Passengers and passersby ‘captivated’ by pink neon artwork in London station
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The German film-maker and photographer explores his passion for travelling, storytelling and recording things as they are
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The Nigerian-born, Belgium-based artist’s first North American exhibition looks at the relationship between Africa and the western world, focusing on the mining of natural resources. To Dig a Hole That Collapses Again draws from a range of media, from photography to illustration to tapestry, to show how raw materials have been turned into consumer objects. The exhibition is at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago from 31 March to 2 September 2018
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A series of intimate black and white portraits chronicling middle-class life in the Midlands by renowned photographer John Myers is published by RRB PhotoBooks this month
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As campaigning on both sides of Ireland’s abortion debate intensifies ahead of the May referendum, artists in Limerick are taking to the streets
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Seydou Keïta’s studio portraits reveal the aspirations of Malian citizens in the 1950s, contrasting expressive traditional African textile designs with sleek western consumer goods
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A new exhibition celebrates black artists who use themes of time travel, technology and heroism to convey a broader image of the African experience
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Letter: Nuffield Southampton Theatres director Samuel Hodges defends the new arts complex and the city council’s track record on cultural investment
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Derelict building where a young Richard Burton watched films may become community hub
Visual arts
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Letters: Leicestershire schools’ purchase of one of John Keane’s works enable him to buy a washing machine; Lionel Burman regrets the decline of art loan schemes; plus letters from Tim Russ and Harland Walshaw
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Michael Rakowitz used 10,000 tin cans to rescue a treasure destroyed by Isis. The Iraqi-American, who once made a work out of Saddam Hussein’s dinner plates, explains why he likes causing trouble
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The pictures, painted by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, are vivid depictions by African American artists and will hang at the Smithsonian
Frozen with fear: a photographic journey into the icy landscape of Frankenstein