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Locals made T-shirts for ‘Manhole Michelangelo’ and started a petition to drop the charges

The Last Ronin is no more

One of Igor Mitoraj's most spectacular works, the monumental sculpture "Tindaro", went under the hammer this week at the Polswiss Art Auction House in Warsaw and fetched a record-breaking €1.6 million. This historic return has sparked a renewed interest in the artist and his reflective works.

Looking at pretty pictures may perhaps be the oldest human pastime – we’ve been doing it since prehistory! Ever since primitive humans stepped out of their caves and sighed at the beauty of the natural world, they attempted to replicate it on cave walls, preserving their fire-discovering, wheel-inventing stories for…

Is the "secret" that the second movie is better than the first?

There’s a reason these works have influenced great contemporary artists such as Jenny Saville. It just took me a while to truly see it, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Someone is actually cooking here – it’s not just for tourists

I don't think I'm graduating anytime soon.

Stars shine brightly and beautifully from afar. But once you get closer..