It’s time to appreciate the gracefulness of power stations before more of them disappear
The presence of the Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc has raised the cultural profile of the small town in Brittany
The legendary photographer talks about his images of war abroad and poverty at home – and what now draws him to landscapes
With the new £20 note in circulation, there are now two billion more copies of the much-reproduced painting in existence
The auction house is hosting an exhibition and online auction for a charity that trains prisoners in craft work
Joshua Chuang remembers working with Santu Mofokeng on a series of books presenting the South African photographer’s life’s work
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With ‘controlled blasting’ underway in a national monument area in Arizona, cultural sites and their attendant artefacts may be lost forever
An 18th-century observatory in Delhi has inspired many architects in the post-Independence era
The emergency money issued by many German towns during the First World War featured a range of designs – including witches, devils and donkeys
A new biography reasserts the significance of the self-described ‘artist plantsman’ among his modern British peers
A round-up of museums and archives that have released high resolution images into the public domain
The artist’s feminist photomontages fill the galleries, while the house is now punctuated with her interventions – and the scent of potpourri
Vivian Suter’s paintings, on show at Camden Arts Centre, are marked by the elements of the rainforest where she works – as well as by her dogs’ paws
Vivid illuminated manuscripts show how important the cult of the Virgin Mary was to the emperor Zar’a Ya‘eqob
Long out of print, the cards have been reissued by Taschen. But what of the artistic merits of their designs?
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