art & design
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Adam Hinton has photographed the most dangerous places in the world, none more so than El Salvador, where the notorious MS-13 gang welcomed him gladly into their community and their private prison
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It hit its apex during the late 1960s and became the art movement that reflected the anxieties of the cold war era. Ahead of a major new exhibition, Sarah Wilson looks back at the tensions and traumas of pop art
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‘Aside from the fire engines, it was weirdly quiet: no one yelling, just people in tears, on their phones, covering their mouths’
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German graffiti artist Claudia Walde, aka MadC, is famous for her giant murals. Her new book Mural XXL showcases the best large-scale graffiti around the globe, from a building-high portrait of architect Oscar Niemeyer in São Paulo to a huge upside-down alligator in Atlanta
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Every summer, UK children leave the protective environment of primary school. As the new term begins, photojournalist Rachel Molina has met some taking the exciting but daunting step up to secondary school in south-east London
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What links OJ Simpson, Amy Winehouse, Woody Allen, Courtney Love and Mick Jagger? They’ve all been in the dock. Here, world-renowned court artists capture them giving evidence, high-kicking – and dashing water over lawyers
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including victory parades in China and Nevada’s Burning Man festival
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talking points
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From the D-Day landings and Tiananmen Square to Salvador Dalí’s flying-cat hijinks, contact sheets reveal the hidden secrets of unforgettable images
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The London skyline is dominated by this thuggish comedy villain of a building, which has melted cars and caused winds strong enough to knock people over
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reviews
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Kirill Golovchenko’s stark photographs capture the lives of Ukraine’s roadside stallholders to striking, often surreal, effect
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Bedwyr Williams’s cosmos of bits is lost in space. Thank goodness for Cornelia Parker’s embroidered Magna Carta next door
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Jean-Etienne Liotard’s profoundly observant, quick-fire portraits are irresistible
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Recent research suggested the north of England and remotest Scotland offer a happier life and more affordable homes than southern parts of the UK. From Aviemore to Over Kellet here are some of your experiences of living in the UK’s north
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Following recent research suggesting that living in the UK’s north offers a happier life and more affordable homes than southern parts of the UK, we asked you for your best shots of the north. Here are some of our favourites
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‘This was the last day women were able to walk the streets of Tehran with their heads uncovered’
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In both Israel and the US, the sensual portraiture genre popular with brides is making surprising inroads among women in the Orthodox Jewish community
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20 Fenchurch Street might have won the dreaded Carbuncle Cup – but we’re stuck with it all the same. Its visible failings are minor next to the terrible lessons it teaches us about the capital’s new plutocracy
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The Design Museum’s director, Deyan Sudjic, has selected the designs that define London for a new book. Here are 10 of his choices
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From Bucharest to Birmingham, you shared your pictures and stories of overlooked, abandoned or unloved buildings in cities
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The Design Museum asked New York architecture critic Julie Iovine to sum up the spirit of her city in 50 design icons. Here are 10 of her favourites
the big picture
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In the searing heat of summer in western Egypt, at the hottest time of the day, people with rheumatism, joint pain, infertility or impotence lie buried neck-deep in the sand of Siwa, near Dakrour mountain. A sand bath is said to be a natural therapy for many medical conditions. Patients relax in the shade before treatment, which includes massages before patients are buried up to their neck in the desert. Treatment is followed by tea in a tent. Reuters photographer Asmaa Waguih went to have a look
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I feel for the Taiwanese klutz who slipped and punched a hole in a 17th-century painting. It’s only a matter of time before my own slapstick moment
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Popularity of project has led to roaring trade in resale tickets, fetching up to £600 a pair, and to accusations of hypocrisy
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London gallery opens ‘sensorium’ to explore whether taste, touch, smell and sound change the way people experience art
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He’s known for being in-your-face, but the legendary photographer’s new book shows people warts, wounds, acne and all. His closeups are so unforgiving and intrusive they dehumanise the subjects
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Sci-fi installation by former industrial wrecker and artist Tom Every, AKA Dr Evermor is on show at the Art Park in Wisconsin
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Banksy’s new art show Dismaland opens on Thursday on Weston-super-Mare seafront
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A new exhibition opens this week at the Tate Britain where visitors can use touch, taste and smell to experience the exhibition
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Aylan Kurdi – and six other shots that shook the world
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