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The week in wildlife – in pictures

Post Views: 10 The week in wildlife The week in wildlife – in pictures  A snow leopard in the Mount Qomolangma reserve area in south-west China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including a crab spider, a glass frog and a curious snow leopard …

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RHS Chelsea flower show 2023 and its visitors – in pictures

Post Views: 9 RHS Chelsea flower show 2023 and its visitors – in pictures  Some of the visitors to Chelsea brought their own flowers – and were keen to show them off. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian Photographer Sarah Lee captured the gardens and the crowds as she visited the horticultural event …

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Design news: how to live on water, Issey Miyake and the best of the biennales

Post Views: 8 Pleats Please clothes by Issey Miyake. Photograph: Issey Miyake Design news: how to live on water, Issey Miyake and the best of the biennales Learn about Tropical Modernism, invest in designer Freya Simonne’s upcycled linens and look forward to the London Design Biennale Discover the highlights of …

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Rolf Harris obituary

Post Views: 9 Rolf Harris arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, in November 2017. Photograph: Tom Nicholson/Rex/Shutterstock Rolf Harris obituary Television entertainer whose long and versatile career was followed by imprisonment for indecent assault For more than half a century until being jailed as a paedophile in 2014, Rolf Harris, …

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Photie Man: 50 Years of Tom Wood review – a joyous journey to the heart of Liverpool

Post Views: 9 Back-seat drivers … an early photo by Tom Wood. Photograph: Tom Wood Archive/National Museums Liverpool Photie Man: 50 Years of Tom Wood review – a joyous journey to the heart of Liverpool Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool From bargain hunters to lipsticked revellers to a kid on a cow, …

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Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV review – engaging film about the video art pioneer

Post Views: 19 Small screen, big ideas… Nam June Paik in Moon Is the Oldest TV. Sundance Institute Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV review – engaging film about the video art pioneer Amanda Kim’s documentary encapsulates the disruptive work of the Korean American artist, who was years …

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China’s Hidden Century review – a revelation from first to last

Post Views: 11 ‘Running like a great ocean across eight inky blue scrolls’: the All Under Heaven Complete Map of the Everlasting Unified Qing Empire, c1800. The British Library China’s Hidden Century review – a revelation from first to last British Museum, London From a colossal painted scroll to a …

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Artist Hurvin Anderson: ‘I’m always nervous about the word identity. I try not to use it’

Post Views: 8 ‘I wonder, if I was coming through now – would I have taken that leap?’ Hurvin Anderson in his home studio near Cambridge. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer Artist Hurvin Anderson: ‘I’m always nervous about the word identity. I try not to use it’ Last week, the British …

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The water’s lovely: art that celebrates bathing – in pictures

Post Views: 13 The water’s lovely: art that celebrates bathing – in pictures  A detail from The Swimming Lesson, 1965, by David Hockney. Photograph: All images courtesy of Saatchi Yates gallery Inspired by “a very long, cold and wet winter”, the Saatchi Yates gallery has curated an exhibition celebrating the joy of …

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The big picture: Bud Lee captures the 1967 Newark riots

Post Views: 11 Newark, 1967 by Bud Lee. The big picture: Bud Lee captures the 1967 Newark riots The American photographer’s stark images of the clashes in New Jersey and their aftermath kicked off a nationwide debate about police violence The civil unrest that erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over …

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