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UK rapper thanks Linkin Park for 'changing my life' with freestyle shoutout
Mike Shinoda from the band says he spotted Megan Da Savage's rap on an independent music platform.
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London Museum Smithfield site to open in November
The building will become a new home for Banksy's piranhas and the UK's oldest hand-written document.
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Redesign of Dutch Van Abbemuseum aims to make museum-going more accessible
The contemporary art museum in Eindhoven introduces stim tools such as fidget toys and a sensory map to invite deeper audience int…
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Uffizi places Botticelli's most famous paintings—'Primavera' and 'The Birth of Venus'—opposite each other in broader museum overhaul
The newly refurbished Botticelli Rooms were unveiled this week at the Florentine museum
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‘It’s where the poetry is written in cinema language’: the female editors behind cinema’s masterpieces
In an industry dominated by men, many women dedicate themselves to the craft of editing – as well as managing directors’ egos – to…
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‘A sacred kind of sound’: inside a solar-powered journey to preserve the music of church organs
Musician Michael Cloud Duguay’s new album was born from a mission to capture the sound of the majestic yet increasingly rare instr…
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Lil Nas X says he's 'feeling better' after rehab and bipolar diagnosis
The Old Town Road star was arrested last year for attacking police officers and later entered rehab.
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In Pictures: selections from Liste art fair 2026
The Basel stalwart takes pride in bringing the new to the Swiss city
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Art Basel Diary: The universe’s first interdimensional artist, Hockney homages and natty gnashers
Plus princess throws some fade and airport show takes off
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Paula Cooper Gallery wins first Art Basel Gallery Legacy Award
The prizewinner nominated Chapter NY to receive funding towards participation at next year's fair
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Art Basel veteran Galerie Nordenhake celebrates 50th birthday
Claes Nordenhake has been taking his dealership to Art Basel since 1978
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UBS gives away Art Basel fair tickets for under-30s
Free artist-designed notebooks and tote bags are also up for grabs
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Across Art Basel, the art world celebrates David Hockney
Multiple galleries at the fair have brought works by the late British artist whose market was “booming when we lost him”
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Bongeziwe Mabandla faced addiction, illness and ‘backstabbers’. How has the South African singer stayed so upbeat?
An indie star in his homeland, Mabandla’s fame is growing abroad – and his uplifting new album is full of existential insight afte…
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Art Basel Qatar to move to Herzog & de Meuron-designed venue
The emir's Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani revealed details of the purpose-built location, on which constructio…
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‘You learn how to be idiotic artists’: Gilbert & George on fame, rebellion and their mystery new collaborator
The Britart mavericks have now teamed up with an unlikely artist. Is their odd throuple an elaborate prank – or are the duo passin…
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As Spielberg confirms whether ET was ‘slimy or dry’, we enter a new age of the celebrity interview
Veteran interviewees are forever trotting out the same anecdotes in response to unoriginal questions – until one fearless disrupto…
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Fotofestiwal: the international festival of photography in Łódź – in pictures
Now in it’s 25th year, the Polish city’s Fotofestiwal opens on 18 June with a series of exhibitions reflecting on the concept of a…
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A Little Bit Bad by Cassandra Neyenesch review – a sparkling, subversive debut
With its echoes of Miranda July’s All Fours, this tragicomic tale of an American woman’s illicit romance is also a gripping murder…
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Hidden figures: Stephan Gladieu on photographing the people of North Korea
Ahead of his exhibition at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, French photographer Stephan Gladieu talked to European Lens about hi…
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Cry/Laugh review – did you hear the one about the town crier and the jester?
Òran Mór, Glasgow Nay Dhanak’s clownish tale follows an odd couple struggling to live up to their roles passing news from royal po…
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‘The masturbation scene wasn’t a big deal’: Théodore Pellerin on tackling his new film Nino’s challenges
Locked out of his apartment, a cancer-stricken Parisian is caught in a race against time to freeze his sperm. The rising star who …
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Glengarry Glen Ross review – Mamet’s gender-swapped motormouths fail to close the deal
Old Vic theatre, London Patrick Marber’s perplexing revival of the salesmen classic amps up the comedy and the performance of masc…
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The Ring and Lilo & Stitch actress Daveigh Chase dies aged 35
Chase died from sepsis following a bout with meningitis in a Los Angeles hospital, her longtime manager told the BBC.