The volcano on the Canary island of La Palma, protests in the occupied West Bank, the Omicron variant in South Africa and fires in North Carolina: the most striking images from around the world this week Continue reading…
Black Ivy: A Style Revolution – in pictures
Black Ivy looks back at a period in American history when Black men across the country adopted clothing seen by many as the preserve of a privileged elite and made it subversive, edgy and cool. From Miles Davis to Sidney Poitier, it was an era when a g…
‘It was terminal’: the decay and demolition of a Leeds landmark – in pictures
Quarry Hill flats were a dazzling white monument to the future – then the concrete turned grubby. Photographer Peter Mitchell captured their demise Continue reading…
Artworks to highlight air pollution’s role in death of London girl
Breathe: 2022 by Dryden Goodwin will pay tribute to Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah of LewishamPublic artwork that pays homage to Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, whose exposure to air pollution contributed to her death at the age of nine, will go on display close to he…
Dresses, deities and devil-chasing: religious pilgrimages – in pictures
From Bulgaria to Haiti, photographer Mathieu Richer Mamousse has joined the congregation to capture prayers, bell-ringing and Vodou Continue reading…
Magritte: A Life by Alex Danchev review – a man of mystery
This insightful biography of the surrealist painter contends that to his peers he was a hero and outsider who resisted symbolic readings of his artUnlike his surrealist contemporaries, René Magritte tended to keep Freud at a distance from his work – th…
Priceless Roman mosaic spent 50 years as a coffee table in New York apartment
Long-lost mosaic commissioned by Emperor Caligula disappeared from Italian museum during second world warA priceless Roman mosaic that once decorated a ship used by the emperor Caligula was used for almost 50 years as a coffee table in an apartment in …
Mick Rock obituary
Personal photographer to David Bowie who was also known as the Man Who Shot the 70sFew rock’n’roll stars have understood the symbiotic relationship between music and image better than David Bowie and, in the photographer Mick Rock, Bowie found the perf…
Frida Kahlo self-portrait sold for record $34.9m at auction
Diego y yo (1949) becomes most expensive Kahlo and Latin American work to go under the hammerIt is one of Frida Kahlo’s last self-portraits and represents the artist’s vulnerability and emotional turmoil over her husband Diego Rivera’s adultery.Seven d…
From The Card Counter to Diana Ross: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Whether it is Vegas gamblers, Peruvian art treasures or one-off jazz collaborations you’re after, our critics have your plans for the week coveredThe Card CounterOut nowOscar Isaac (pictured, above) burns up the screen in the role of a former Guantánam…