Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for $54.7m to set new auction record for a female artist | Frida Kahlo
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m (£41.8m, A$84.7m) at a New…
Elegance, grandeur and charm: winners of the 2025 New Zealand architecture awards – in pictures – The Guardian
Elegance, grandeur and charm: winners of the 2025 New Zealand architecture awards – in pictures The GuardianWinning home a…
The Frida Kahlo scandal: Fridamania could reach new heights today – but where are her ‘missing’ masterpieces? | Frida Kahlo
This may well be Frida Kahlo’s biggest year yet. There’s the recent opening of a museum in Mexico…
Estúdio Rossi Arquitetos designs Brazilian glulam beach house
Local practice Estúdio Rossi Arquitetos has completed a house with a glued-laminated timber structure on the coast of São…
Glastonbury mural gives 94-year-old woman ‘dream garden’
A 94-year-old woman says a huge mural painted on the side of her house gives her a “dream…
Bridget Riley: Learning to See review – optical mastery leaves you gasping for air | Bridget Riley
Sometimes a smaller exhibition is more effective than a full-blown survey. Bridget Riley: Learning to See at Margate’s…
Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas: Ooo La La review – from the sublime to the ridiculous | Art and design
Thirty-five years ago the Young British Artists crashed into Britain’s senescent art world and dumped two fried eggs…
Simon Laveuve’s Scaled-Down Tableaux Reveal Post-Apocalyptic Lifestyles — Colossal
There is always something a bit uncanny about Simon Laveuve’s playful miniatures. Whether a ramshackle residence is built…
Courtyard acts as “emotional nucleus” of The Sanctum house by Renesa
Sweeping concrete and brick walls wrap a circular, water-filled courtyard at the heart of The Sanctum, a low-slung…
Telford sculptor made wooden bear for girl, 9, after cancer all-clear
“I was hoping that Dulcie would ask for a really nice birdhouse, a bath, a really nice bench,”…
Stirling Prize finalist chosen for major Bank of England overhaul
The heritage specialist made the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist this year for its restoration of Westminster’s Elizabeth Tower.…
AL_A and UNStudio design Central Yards groundscraper for Hong Kong
Plans for a 400-metre-long glass building in Hong Kong‘s Central district have been unveiled by a consortium of…