Beauty, filth, violence and death: why still life art is more subversive than you think
The eyes have it: LensCulture portrait awards 2024 – in pictures
Photographers talk us through the images – from confused parents to topless lovers – that wowed the judges for this year’s prize
Sons, when did you last hold your father’s hand? Valery Poshtarov’s best photograph
‘I have photographed fathers and sons holding hands from Bulgaria to Armenia and beyond. I approached these two as a stranger – and had just seconds before it got too awkward’
Frank Auerbach painting seized from money launderer to be sold by NCA
First class posts: David Hurn’s Instagram highlights – in pictures
Delacroix’s Liberty shows her true colours after Louvre restoration
‘We handed out raw fish to clubbers’: the mind-bending acid house tour of London
Off the wall: a miraculous Magnum print sale – in pictures
Australia’s best photos of the month – April 2024
Women’s wrestling in Ballarat, Olympic breakdancers, sunflowers and a viral lawnmower man: here is Guardian Australia’s selection of some of the month’s best images
Police busts, porn cinemas and glory holes: the wild art of sexual outlaw Dean Sameshima
Busted for cruising in an LA toilet, he proudly turned his police documents into art. Now the Californian is bringing Being Alone – his elegant hymn to anonymous hookups – to Venice and London
Artistic unicorns, protest ceramics and queer art from Morocco – the week in art
Death-defying darkness, thought-provoking pop art and unrepentant nudes – the week in art
Caravaggio proves haunting, Yinka Shonibare brings colonial figures down to size and Monica Sjöö photographs the goddess feminism – all in your weekly dispatch
Let’s tell the story of art without men
Letters: Dr Suzy Tutchell champions the work of past and present female artists, while Caroline Higgitt takesFrancesco Vezzoli’s challenge
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