Art & design
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Brussels exhibition was closed by bailiffs after a dispute over ownership of the street art -
The desire to share on Instagram is inspiring exciting new buildings around the world, but are these spectacular selfie sets what cities really need?
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The late photographer and designer Henry Wilson’s house – a riot of vivid colour and India-inspired decor – is up for sale -
The symbolic display of power is captured in this well-preserved carving, circa 865BC -
Born in Austria, she escaped the Nazis and became part of Magnum’s community of photographers – relishing the way her camera could admit her into worlds then closed to women
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‘They told me they were shopping for their mum. The little girl is carrying a box of Omo washing powder, the boy a bottle of wine’ -
Jane Bown (1925-2014) joined the Observer in 1949 and over the next six decades created a remarkably singular body of work that straddled all areas of photojournalism. Own a limited edition print -
Benita Suchodrev spent two days in the Lancashire seaside resort, pointing her camera at its tourists and townsfolk, at the tattoo parlours, amusement arcades and the iconic Tower
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It is half a degree straighter after restorative work and its stability is better than feared -
The City Observatory on Calton Hill was a decrepit ruin until arts group Collective decided to make it their spectacular new gallery, giving new life to a monument to the Scottish Enlightenment -
This year’s Royal Institute of British Architects prize goes to the timber and mud-brick Children Village, which doesn’t need air-con even in 45 degree heat -
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Visual arts
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For a world in shock, WW1 prompted a unique outpouring of creative expression. Our panel of experts pick their favourites -
The Assyrian empire in all its glory, human psychology from Lorenzo Lotto and Patrick Heron by the seaside -
For a New York duo, carving pumpkins is their business – but at Halloween they make something extra special
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