Still life by long-forgotten painter Clara Peeters could fetch £700,000 | Art
A lustrous painting of a basket of flowers by an early 17th-century female artist who was written out of art history for centuries is to...
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‘All of us want to respond’: Australian artists auction works for Israel-Hamas war victims – in pictures | Art and design
Ben Quilty, Hoda Afshar, Tom Polo, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Jasper Knight and Jude Rae are among more than 60 artists who have donated works to the...
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From Spanish mission extravaganzas to art deco curves: other people’s homes – in pictures | Art and design
Sandy Weir’s delightful Instagram account, full of architectural treasures combined with cheeky captions, has been turned into a new book. With styles ranging across mid-century,...
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Blown, battered and bottled: the artists who catch the wind | Art
Trying to catch the wind may seem a futile task, but inside the Bora museum in the Italian city of Trieste there is proof that...
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West Africa’s style icons … and the tiny studio that shot them – in pictures | Art and design
La Timidité, 1978 (The Shyness) Sanlé Sory opened his photographic studio in 1960, the year that Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, gained independence from France....
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One kissa is all it takes: Tokyo’s finest jazz haunts – in pictures | Art and design
Coltrane Coltrane, Tosu Catchpole: ‘Japanese jazz joints are so full of love: love of music, audio systems, record collecting, alcohol, social gathering, shared interests and...
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Fay Godwin’s land of hope: Britain’s scenic beauty – in pictures | Art and design
Haven Hill, Bradbourne, Peak District, 1984 Paul Hill: ‘Haven Hill had become a part of Fay’s photographic life because of the many visits she made...
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‘I want to unleash rage’: Iranian exile Shirin Neshat on her film about veils, prison and rape | Art and design
‘Every Iranian woman is a threat,” says Shirin Neshat, “just by being a woman.” The artist is wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words...
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Lens flair: the 2023 Bowness photography prize – in pictures | Art and design
Anne Zahalka has won the 2023 William and Winifred Bowness photography prize for her work Kunstkammer, which references the trompe l’oeil (trick of the eye)...
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Our night in an igloo bed: Naomi Harris’s best photograph | Art and design
In the summer of 2011, thanks to a grant from Canada Council for the Arts, I spent four months driving from British Columbia to Newfoundland...