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Framed in mystery: painting tells story of doomed Norfolk family
Years of research uncover lost 17th-century treasures and the song of a pale little girl
Read more » | Desktop version »Hidden portraits: rare photos of African American life get a spotlight
At a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, studio portraits of anonymous black Americans give a rarely seen view of life at a time of change
Read more » | Desktop version »Corita Kent’s That They May Have Life: banal slogans turned into spiritual silkscreen
The Catholic sister and art teacher was influenced by Warhol but flourished with her own spiritual and political screenprints
Read more » | Desktop version »Smartphone use blamed as water feature is bricked up
The Rill near London Bridge falls victim to health and safety for people on phones
Read more » | Desktop version »Michael Jackson's personal photographer: 'He didn't identify as one gender'
Harrison Funk spent three rollercoaster decades capturing the pop legend’s extraordinary life. He reveals the stories behind his favourites shots, from hugs with Mandela to wielding a powder puff backstage
Read more » | Desktop version »We should be aping our cousins in death | Brief letters
Brief letters: Naked Adam and Eve | Puan the orangutan | Morris Travellers | Footballers
Read more » | Desktop version »Manifesta 12 review – plant sex, puppets and a dial-a-spy booth
The migratory European art biennale takes over churches, palazzos and gardens with some of its most provocative political statements yet
Read more » | Desktop version »Dorothea Lange/Vanessa Winship review – unmissable images of the dispossessed
One woman painstakingly chronicled injustices in the US during the Great Depression. The other is finally being acknowledged in Britain for her contemporary documentary photography
Read more » | Desktop version »The Monarch of the Glen to go on display at National Gallery
Painting of stag will be shown alongside Peter Blake version owned by Paul McCartney
Read more » | Desktop version »Sou Fujimoto: the architect revolutionising libraries ... and loos
From a washing-up scourer to a pile of crisps, the Japanese architect draws on the most unlikely everyday objects – while testing the idea of privacy with a glass-walled public toilet
Read more » | Desktop version »Country diary: seaweed and rusty rails slow progress on the slippery surface
Breakwater, Plymouth: A boat trip three miles out into the sound to visit this 19th-century engineering feat designed to provide safe anchorage for the Channel fleet
Read more » | Desktop version »Treasures belonging to Wallace Collection's founder go on display
A new gallery exposes gaping holes in what was known about Sir Richard Wallace
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