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Artist Scott Burton honoured in new sculpture at New York’s Aids memorial
Oscar Tuazon’s new commission for the New York City Aids Memorial revisits Burton’s final public work
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‘I think about him every time I go swimming’: David Hockney remembered by Rachel Whiteread, Jeremy Deller and more
Artists and cultural figures celebrate the great Yorkshire painter who could ‘make teabags and toothpaste glamorous’ – with a poem…
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‘We can’t give up on Afghans’: Lyse Doucet on the remarkable ‘people’s history’ that won her the Women’s prize
The BBC’s chief international correspondent was awarded the prestigious nonfiction prize for The Finest Hotel in Kabul – which she…
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Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review – who’s she singing about? Who cares when the songs are this good
(Geffen) Gossips have rushed to the lyrics for details about her personal life, but the rest of us can just get on with luxuriatin…
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‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing
With more than 177,000 people forcibly disappeared since 2011, short doc Maybe Tomorrow captures ‘the violence of waiting’ experie…
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Obsessed with Obsession: how a low-budget horror changed the game in Hollywood
The $750,000 relationship horror about a cursed wish is set to outgross a new Star Wars movie, energizing Gen Z audiences and crea…
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British artist David Hockney's life in pictures
The Bradford-born artist, who has died at 88, was one of the most influential artists of the modern era.
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‘Anger burns off every bit of it’: the furious guerrilla-art response to the Epstein files
This collection of ‘art meets theatre meets activism’ by more than 80 writers can feel overwhelming, writes our critic, but it dev…
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So Are We: León and Lightfoot review – mesmerising moments in a Royal Ballet homecoming
Royal Opera House, London Prodigal son Paul Lightfoot returns with Sol León for their first performance by a British dance company…
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Masters of the Universe is a box office flop. Can they really be serious about a sequel?
WARNING: Minor spoiler ahead! By the power of Grayskull, Amazon MGM has the power to revive a franchise that hasn’t been big since…
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Edvard Munch’s chocolate factory series shines a light on the public artist he wanted to be
An exhibition in Oslo shows how the Norwegian artist hoped to build on the Freia chocolate factory frieze with even more ambitious…
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Books Q&A live: we answer your questions about our 100 top novels lists
Were our readers right to put Lord of the Rings above Middlemarch? What was missing from our list? Has anyone read the whole 100 ……
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Pan-Africanism in London, the health benefits of art, Barbara Hepworth—podcast
In this week's episode, Ben Luke learns about Pan-Africanism through a travelling exhibition now open at the Barbican in London, a…
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Bollywood's Nora Fatehi hopes her FIFA World Cup song brings 'unity'
The Canadian-born artist will be performing her official Fifa song at the Toronto opening ceremony.
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“Do not ever use my music”: Ariana Grande slams the White House over ICE video
The White House has repeatedly faced criticism for using popular music in social media posts without the approval of the artists i…
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What World Cup? It’s the ultimate summer TV guide
Don’t want to spend months watching corporate greed besmirch football? Fear not. From the spectacular return of Larry David to Wil…
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‘Windrush is a love story too’: Renell Shaw on paying homage to Black British life in his new jazz trilogy
The Ivor Novello-winning musician has written works inspired by his family history. He talks about building music from testimony –…
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Fan favourite Tosh to leave Shetland TV show after 13 years
Alison O'Donnell, one of the original cast, says she wanted to explore other acting opportunities.
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Drawings by Willem de Kooning, the ‘last Old Master’, take centre stage in Chicago show
Exhibition traces how the artist’s draughtsmanship was integral to his work
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Working in the fourth dimension: William Kentridge’s latest opera arrives at Glynbourne
This summer the artist directs Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo at the Glyndebourne Festival in East Sussex
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Van Gogh’s wheatfields ‘under turbulent skies’
Did these panoramic landscapes foreshadow the artist’s untimely death?
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Taylor Swift makes tearful 21-minute speech as she joins Songwriters Hall of Fame
The singer thanks her family as she becomes the youngest woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
Not With a Bang by Temi Oh; Tillinghast by Clare Cavenagh; Atomic Coffin by Benedict Anning; The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arde…
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Art world pays tribute to 'endlessly inventive and unique' David Hockney
Tate Britain's director says the "loss to the art world is immense" following Hockney's death aged 88.