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Aaron Kasmin’s art is a homage to the cool, sophisticated suaveness of post-prohibition designAaron Kasmin’s art is a homage to the cool, sophisticated suaveness of post-prohibition design
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For last week’s photography assignment in the Observer New Review we asked you to share your photos on the theme of dark via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favouritesFor last week’s photography assignment in the Observer New Review we asked you to share your photos on the theme of dark via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favourites
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William Klein used double exposures and painting with light to create this witty, striking and influential 1962 Vogue photoshoot
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Jason Shulman photographs entire movies with ultra-long exposures, creating impressionist photo masterpieces in the process
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From boxing gyms to bedrooms, photographer Mahtab Hussain asserts the humanity of British Muslims in an age when they are often demonised
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Marvin E Newman’s theatrical images have been published in a new book, City of Lights, by Taschen, focusing primarily on his home town of New York City
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With troubling, dreamlike compositions, French photographer Mehdi Bahmed conveys the awkwardness of being caught between western and Arab identity
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She has made films about a gay club in LA that became a phenomenon and rewritten history as sapphic martial arts. Enter the dazzling world of trans artist Wu Tsang
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The award spotlights the most exciting new illustrators. Judge and bestselling illustrator of The Gruffalo Axel Scheffler introduces the shortlist
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Iceland’s artist at the prestigious show has handed over his pavilion to two bad-tempered fictional companions
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The artist talks about the Harmony Art Collective and its series of murals celebrating cultural diversity
Sir Peter Blake All a country has is its culture; the rest is infrastructure
Sir Peter Blake All a country has is its culture; the rest is infrastructure