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Ernie Barnes: the overlooked legacy of the athlete turned celebrity artist
The work of the football player who became a painter is finally being celebrated, from his Olympics artwork to his Marvin Gaye album cover
Read more » | Desktop version »Luke Goss of Bros in the bath – Neil MacKenzie Matthews' best photograph
‘He had no problem getting completely naked. The makeup artist had to strategically apply the bubbles’
Read more » | Desktop version »Paul McCartney on Linda’s best photos: ‘Seeing the joy between me and John really helped me’
Linda Eastman was the award-winning photographer who captured a generation of rock stars before marrying a Beatle. He discusses how her work changed his life
Read more » | Desktop version »'Just the tip of the iceberg': revealing Life's early female photographers
In a new exhibition, six women who shot impactful imagery for Life magazine are finally getting the credit they deserve
Read more » | Desktop version »Birubi Art fined $2.3m for selling fake Aboriginal art made in Indonesia
Art seller is unlikely to ever have to pay the fine because the company is in liquidation
Read more » | Desktop version »Cindy Sherman review – pain-laced portraits of a shapeshifting enigma
This retrospective shows us the inscrutable artist plunging into film noir, skewering the selfie era – and even trying her hand at Instagram
Read more » | Desktop version »‘Blasphemy’, rebellion and dissent: the artists bringing modern Indonesia to Australia
Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia reveals the tensions and fraught history of the world’s third-largest democracy
Read more » | Desktop version »'We're afraid': the queer Brazilian sex artists targeted by Bolsonaro
After the far-right president tweeted a video of their transgressive street performance, the two queer artists fled São Paulo – but now they’re pushing back
Read more » | Desktop version »Yorkshire Sculpture International review – Ghostbusters and stone-age con men
Trawl through all the self-conscious noodling in this high-pedigree collab spanning four galleries and two cities and you’ll glimpse of authentic, balletic brilliance – but is it worth it?
Read more » | Desktop version »Take me to the Boom Boom Room! Inside the risqué hotel for 24-hour party people
America’s raciest hotel chain has turned a boring British office block into an Austin Powers-style crash pad complete with retro reception, leftie library – and rooftop baths. Groovy baby!
Read more » | Desktop version »Yorkshire sculpture festival hopes to be a force for change
Event arguably makes Leeds and Wakefield area best place in Europe to see sculpture
Read more » | Desktop version »Baroque feminist, pope’s lover … the woman behind a lost Velázquez
Donna Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphilj rose to the heights in the Vatican. Now a work by Velázquez, unseen since 1724, is set to fetch millions at Sotheby’s
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