art & design
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The 20 photographs of the weekUnrest in Brazil, daily life in Cuba, whales, pelicans and moths – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week -
Where have all the art punks gone?Every generation has defined itself by rebellion. So where are the Generation Y art revolutionaries? Enter a world of corporate hijacks, Instagram breakdowns and fake frat parties
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Smell expert Sissel Tolaas breathes deep then follows her noseThe Norwegian artist once made people feel sick by recreating the smells of the first world war, and has made a cheese from David Beckham’s used football boot. ‘As long as there is a whole planet to smell, I’m very busy’ -
The man who popped YBA art in the postboxMatthew Higgs’ visionary Imprint 93 was snail mail’s artistic swansong and helped to deliver a new generation of artists from Chris Ofili to Martin Creed
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The radical papers of prewar EuropeIn 1920s Europe, graphic designers and photographers created revolutionary new designs for papers that were full of hyperreal juxtapositions and tricks of perception
in pictures
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The Wembley to Soweto photography project in the favelas of RioFollowing the successful project with Arsenal FC in London, the Wembley to Soweto Foundation is now providing photography training to young people from the favelas of Rio de Janiero, documenting the Street Child Games
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talking points
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A case of accidental genius?The Frankenstein-like new face of Matrera fortress has upset heritage watchdogs, but restores its original clout. Might detractors learn to love it with time?
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BP to end Tate sponsorship after 26 yearsOil firm blames ‘challenging business environment’ and says decision was not influenced by climate activists’ protests
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reviews
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The Age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky – 'intense, tortured and troubled'Enjoyed War and Peace? Then visit this showcase of Russian portraits whose artists share the sensitivity and searching unease of the writers they portray
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Hunting for sex and deathThe late photographer’s images, which burn with desire yet remain ice-cold, reveal rough gay sex as both aesthetically conservative and politically radical
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Defiant, forgotten face of Renaissance artGiorgione’s reputation was eclipsed by Titian, but this early avant garde icon revolutionised the Renaissance with his raw portrayals of human weakness
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As it happenedThe quintessential photographer of everyday Britain answered your questions – catch up on his views about a Brexit, which Soviet space dog is his favourite, what he thinks of people who call him ‘cruel’ and more
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Hazel Elam mops her father’s brow at the Festival of Britain, 1951Our father was in charge of us for the day, which was quite unusual
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Zalmaï's best photograph: an Iraqi refugee boy reunited with his uncle‘Ali left his home, school and friends behind in Iraq, crossing border after border. That’s his uncle’s hand wiping away his tears’
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Syria's got mail: Grayson Perry and Ken Loach's postcards for refugees – in picturesThe artist and film director join refugees, schoolchildren and Syrian artists marking five years of the Syrian humanitarian crisis with a British Red Cross postcard auction
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Tiny dancers: Adriatic holiday-makers from above – in picturesOlivo Barbieri hopped in a helicopter to take his shots of people frolicking on Balkan beaches, resulting in ultra-bright tableaux of tiny sun-worshippers
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The roar, the glow and the view below: Canberra Balloon Spectacular – photo essayAustralia’s capital city is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its stunning hot air balloon festival. Each morning at the brink of dawn, more than 40 flights take off and coast over the picturesque scenery. Our photographer Jonny Weeks hopped in for a ride
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Grand designs: readers share their photographs of striking architectureFor our latest readers’ assignment we asked you for photographs of your architecture around the world. Here are some of our favourites
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The best new architects in BritainAs a survey of the finest young practices comes out, here is some of the work by the architects who are showing a rare degree of craft and innovation
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Pop-up village in south-east London to house homeless familiesPlace/Ladywell temporary homes project is Lewisham council’s solution to housing people in B&Bs
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The view from Dudley’s delightful big wheelLetters: A few things can be seen from the Eye other than ‘derelict offices and factories’
the big picture
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How Britain is really viewed by the rest of the worldTatty washing lines on backstreet terraces, natty Oxford students on bikes, and a man blowing bubbles for the joy of it – foreign photographers best capture British idiosyncrasies on the evidence of a new exhibition curated by Martin Parr
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Waking up from Elastica to art in AmericaHer band were one of the leading lights of Britpop – but when it all fell apart Frischmann regrouped in a quieter corner of the US and is now a visual artist
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I just hated growing up in that tower blockThe photographer was a pioneer of ‘squalid realism’ with his images of his parents’ dreary existence in the Black Country. Now he’s turning their life into a feature film
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Meet Edward Johnston, the font of all tube styleThe creator of the hugely influential London Underground typeface – which celebrates its centenary this year – was a modest typographic purist
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Saving America's most architecturally stunning homesCreated by the masters of modernism, the mid-century homes of California are too small for today’s super-rich – hence a conference about how to preserve them
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Ai Weiwei visits migrants at Greek border campThe artist says the situation is a ‘big violation of human rights’
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He loved to get a jolt out of peopleWatch the trailer for a new documentary about the photographer whose black and white pictures of gay erotica shocked Americans
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Meet the artist who designed the symbol that went viralThree months after the terrorist attacks in the French capital, Jean Jullien designs a new image of hope out of the tears of the past
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