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From Pompeii to Évora: Invisible solar panels for heritage sites
Unsightly for some, solar panels are now being disguised and designed as ancient Roman tiles to blend into historic city skylines.…
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Iranian artist Parastoo Ahmadi reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without hijab
Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi has been reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without hijab. For Iranian artists, the ruli…
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Exclusive: an unknown archive of treasures from Van Gogh’s doctor, Paul Gachet
Documents, photographs, drawings, paintings—and even a sketch of the artist on his deathbed
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Obama Presidential Centre opens with star-studded ceremony and veiled jabs at Trump
On stage, Barack Obama voiced his support for character, honesty, integrity, kindness, compassion and sense of duty, praising both…
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Joe Lovano: Paramount Quartet review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
(ECM) Lovano and his spirited quartet make his instrument glow in all its pliable eloquence, with rattling originals amid the Char…
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A cosmic tribute: Asteroid named after beloved singer Elliott Smith
More than two decades after his death, Elliott Smith has been immortalized with an asteroid named after him. The celestial honour …
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You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
From Disclosure Day to Backrooms, a new wave of films promote stories of paranoia, alienation and mistrust. What are they trying t…
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Obama Presidential Center opens, offering an art-filled, hopeful view of US history
The sprawling new campus on Chicago's south side includes a rousing museum and commissions by Mark Bradford, Maya Lin, Richard Hun…
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Battle of the branding: Who is competing for inaugural European CMO of the Year at Cannes Lions
From L'Oréal and Ferrari, to LEGO and Gymshark, 29 senior marketing leaders are competing for the inaugural European Chief Marketi…
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'Regret is part of the story, but so is discovery': Valeria Rodnianski tells us what she collects and why
Born in Kyiv, the Germany-based collector's works are grounded in German and Eastern European art
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In Pictures: Basel Social Club
This year the city's upstart fair is capitalising on its location, a former office complex, as it turns the world of work on its h…
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Art Basel Diary: Kanye's Greek goddess, a wheelie good read and the ultimate plunge pool
Plus The Art Newspaper dives with the ducklings and art critics just got fluffier
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The changing face of Mongolia as, beneath the grass, permafrost thaws
The warming caused by climate breakdown in the landlocked east Asian country is transforming its fragile ecosystem As the climate …
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Artists forge new paths at Basel Social Club
The platform's fifth edition takes place in a former UBS training centre
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Artist, DJ and musician to hold rave at Art Basel
Event includes recording of Eleanor Roosevelt reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Big names pay off for Basel Exclusive
Early sales under the new initiative included artists such as Picasso and Guston
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Traitors star says he lost life savings to a scam
The former contestant of BBC show The Traitors is speaking out about falling victim to the scam.
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Tragedy meets 'social realism' in Welsh-language film hailed a 'sensation'
Effi o Blaenau follows a young woman grappling with unemployment in a north Wales town.
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Grammy-nominated music producer Tay Keith, who worked with Drake and Travis Scott, dies aged 29
Hip-hop producer behind Travis Scott’s Sicko Mode and Drake’s Nonstop has been found dead at home during a police welfare check Th…
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Toe-to-toe boxers, a moving maze and comedy flamenco: Edinburgh festival 2026’s hottest dance and circus
This year brings world-renowned choreographers, ballet cabaret and fluffy clowns for toddlers This was San Francisco Ballet’s big …
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‘I’d listen to my body before it screamed for help’: Keith Richards on life as an 82-year-old great-grandad – and jousting with Mick Jagger
He did every substance imaginable – and got punched by Chuck Berry – but Keef’s still going strong. As the Stones knock out anothe…
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Sugar review – Colin Farrell’s detective show is a luxurious labyrinth of noir
Each episode of this PI drama’s second season is a half-hour haze suffused with melancholy and distressed urban beauty. It’s the k…
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Tay Keith, producer who worked with Travis Scott and Drake, found dead
The Grammy-nominated Memphis rap producer was behind hits by Eminem, Beyoncé, Drake and Cardi B.
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BBC pulls new Ashley Cain series after sexist language accusations
The BBC said it has "no future projects" with Cain planned as it pulls his BBC Three documentary series Into the Danger Zone