Art and design, photography and architecture
Art & design
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Painting of suffragist working at her desk was misidentified as Royal Holloway ex-principal -
As Japan considers lifting state-of-emergency conditions in many regions this week and the country inches towards a gradual return of economic activity, photographer Dai Kurokawa looks at life in the capital -
A new campaign aims to celebrate immigrant workers providing essential services throughout the ongoing pandemic
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Dundee’s McManus gallery sets today’s quiz, which enables you to explore the art collections of museums closed due to coronavirus – while answering some tricky questions along the way -
The American fashion photographer, who died last month aged 90, was known for his stylised black-and white-portraits of celebrities. Here are some of his most striking shots
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The latest of a Guardian Print Shop series featuring classic sports images. Today’s picture is of the moment England won the 1966 World Cup final, beating West Germany 4-2 at Wembley -
Justine Kurland’s iconic five-year journey across the US captured young girls roaming fearless and free -
A film noir about a cluttered flat, an animated canine, Yesterday whistled in a corridor … artists in coronavirus lockdown are making the leap to digital. Can they stop people switching over to Netflix?
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Campaigners ‘overjoyed’ at landmark ruling but say review of planning laws still needed -
Test your arts knowledge with these questions from the Observer’s critics -
Our critic takes a virtual tour of the world’s best new architecture – from a rural Vietnamese preschool to a synagogue in Paraguay -
Sneaked out under cover of Covid-19 and couched in empty jargon, plans for a £260m waterfront complex are a grim symptom of private-sector power
Visual arts
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Patricia Highsmith’s manipulative murderer, Michel Houellebecq’s bitter irony and Orhan Pamuk’s mysterious miniaturists feature in our roundup of the best art novels -
Covid-19 is the subject of topical, colourful and attention-grabbing street art, whether it is for artistic, educational or political ends -
She pops up in galleries, denouncing prestigious works of art as ‘pre-Raphaelite wet T-shirt competitions’. Now ArtActivistBarbie is taking her feminist message to social media
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