Art and design, photography and architecture
Art & design
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Roy Mehta’s black and white photographs of communities in west London 20 years ago emphasise communal interaction and togetherness – some things don’t change -
One of Britain’s greatest designers, she has dressed everyone from Princess Diana to Diana Ross. She discusses punk, pink hair and staying creative after serious illness
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Amid debates about abolishing the holiday, Australia Day honours and whether protests should go ahead at all, people have rallied in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra to mark the day -
Subtle and sometimes unsettling textile artist who oversaw a globally respected degree course at Goldsmiths -
Far-right Vox party leads efforts to erase 60-metre artwork it claims contains ‘political message’
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Beautiful botanical art made from garden leaves -
The inauguration of President Joe Biden, the Ephiphany, Alexei Navalny’s return to Russia and the enduring impact of Covid-19: the most striking images from around the world this week -
The groundbreaking work of the acclaimed photographer is being celebrated at a new two-part exhibition showcasing black American life
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The pandemic has underlined how broken the UK’s model for urban development is. It’s time to build something new, says author Owen Hatherley -
29 January 1971 Many Kentish villages have spawned an offshoot of ‘executive-type’ properties for townsmen, while farmworkers live down the road in the council houses -
Weird and wonderful buildings are springing up in China and elsewhere, driven by cities’ desire to make a mark in a world full of eye-popping imagery -
Italy’s Superstudio collective warned against rampant development by imagining one continuous structure stretching around Earth. But did their warning actually inspire new Saudi plans for a 100-mile linear city?
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Whether you think graffiti is a subversive, democratic art form or a public nuisance, it harks back to our cave-painting days -
The Spanish artist’s macabre images appear at a perfect time in the US, while Sarah Lucas creates a hurricane and Richard Hamilton gets a well-deserved survey -
A looming Virgin Mary takes centre stage and Tracey Emin distills the Madonna’s raw emotion – all in your weekly dispatch
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