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Other lives: Architect and author who loved opera and served as a juror for the Olivier awards ...

As another piece of art falls victim to social media, Florence's Uffizi gallery is placing restrictions on visitors' behaviour. Is this a sensible safeguard - or simple snobbery?

In 1985, a groundbreaking show curated by Lubaina Himid tore down barriers - and appalled critics. As a new exhibition revisits that pivotal moment, the artists remember the prejudice they faced - and what they have achieved since ...

Norman Foster's cast glass design to honour Queen Elizabeth II will see a perfectly decent bridge destroyed and vast sums squandered at great ecological cost. And how will it stay sparkly?

Can you imagine Liverpool without its Welsh Streets or London without Battersea Power Station? For 50 years, one small band of activists have been finding creative alternative uses for great buildings their owners couldn't see ...

The Dutch artist looks like a prophet of the Holocaust when viewed through the 80-year-old German painter's dark lens in this startling show, which makes you see how Van Gogh might have painted modern horrors ...

Residencies in storied venues from a panopticon prison to an ancient amphitheatre gave an appropriate backdrop to the Australian band's existential new record ...

Norman Foster wins contest to transform St James's Park in tribute to late queen's 'unifying force'

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is considering imposing restrictions on visitor behaviour after the incident, which follows a similar mishap earlier this month ...

A new tower brings apartments, office space and tens of thousands of plants to the heart of Utrecht ...