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The Colombian artist, who died this year aged 93, lived through years of conflict and corruption, making biting, macabre and endlessly forceful work from postcards, cheap furniture and press cuttings ...

Underestimated for too long, Wylie is now wanted by galleries worldwide and her giant, wild, witty paintings - of Hollywood stars, soccer greats, black swans and flying bombs - fetch huge sums. We visit her relaxed studio in Kent ...

The film-maker's passionate and richly textured new short Papillon (Butterfly) tells the heartbreaking story of French-Jewish swimmer Alfred Nakache, who was stripped of his citizenship in Vichy France ...

US photographer Jeff Mermelstein has been likened to the winged insect due to his passion for flitting from one attractive subject to the next, as shown in his new book of work ...

The World Nature Photography awards have announced the winners for 2026 and Australian Jono Allen has taken out the top prize ...

From the frontline to underground shelters to children's funerals, Kochetova has captured the war in Ukraine with power and humanity for the Guardian. 'I have the same scars as the people I photograph,' she says ahead of a major show ...

Soon to go on display at the National Gallery of Art in DC, it took a female artist to portray the biblical figure not as shamed and repentant but in the throes of ecstatic rapture ...

One week I spent three miserable hours trying to paint a satin ribbon, and went home in a filthy mood ...

New Art UK chair Ben Terrett appointed as charity marks 10 years of building online database ...

Highlights from behind the scenes at the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall on London's Southbank ...