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A ground-breaking house that exists in the realms of fantasy

In this special programme from London, we look back at Queen Elizabeth II's life as a cultural icon. During her 70-year reign, the late monarch was the subject of countless portraits, photographs and artworks around the world. Artist Nicky Philipps painted the queen's official portrait three times. She speaks to…

Artist and activist tells event in London he is not clear in own mind about whether struggles for freedom were ‘worth it’

One of Britain’s earliest artworks goes on show in Newcastle while the Design Museum is looking to the future and there are surreal sculptures in London

Inking of ‘respectful’ image took six hours, woman says

LOS ANGELES — As a woman adorned in golden coins and glimmering jewelry shrieks from the middle of a lake, knights collapse and turn against each other — all except Jibaro, who, as a deaf person, is unaffected by the destructive cries. The woman slips in and out of the…

"It's not necessarily that I'm a fan of the royals, but it's the Queen"

A moody, brooding and floating installation by Malagasy artist Joel Andrianomearisoa is transforming the towering atrium of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art in Cape Town

How the visionary impresario’s revolutionary ballet company took the Paris of Pablo Picasso and Coco Chanel by storm

The name is homage to a previous life in the public service

Museums in New York that exhibit artworks looted by Nazis during the Holocaust are now required to let the public know about that dark history through signs or placards put on display with the stolen objects