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A new gallery looks back at some of the strike action covered by the late Observer photographer Jane Bown over the last 60 years ...

Photographer Tony Doekal spent six years speaking to those on society's margins. She heard tales of robbery, rejection and survival ...

Our critics' highlights include magnificently rough portraits by the late Frank Auerbach, Caravaggio's final painting and a 1930s silo reborn as a museum of modern art ...

Great-nephew of Alfred Flechtheim, who was forced to flee the Nazis, is frustrated at slow progress in returning works by Picasso and Klee ...

Rare stone chest linked to comic-book hero joins church above supermarket under Historic England's protection ...

Butt emerged as one of the subtlest of the famous Goldsmiths generation, but he died too soon for his sly, oblique work to fully develop ...

The annual exhibition, held in a working-class area of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, is organised by photographer Aïda Muluneh, who is determined to tap into the continent's creative potential ...

Marvel at Dutch photographer's suggestive Champagne explosions and naked cyclists! But Olaf's work could also be intensely personal ...

Getting out and about to see more plays, shows and galleries may be a good new year resolution ...

Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial 'dividend'