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Capitalising on its acquisition, Art Gallery of Ontario unfurls a Diane Arbus retrospective
Exhibition is the first that Canada has devoted to the photographer in almost three decades
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What Kanye West got wrong so far in his Nebuchadnezzar opera
The image used in Ye's tweet is actually thought to depict Darius the Great. But why celebrate Nebuchadnezzar anyway?
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Ai Weiwei show brings out tensions between Canada and China
Survey at Gardiner Museum ranges from artist’s broken Han Dynasty urn to zodiac signs
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A love letter to a grittier, punk-accented New York
Chris Stein, Blondie co-founder, presents a book of photographs from the 1970s and 80s
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Shirin Aliabadi, known for depicting rebellious Iranian women, has died
Artist photographed women breaking free of state-imposed rules
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In a troubled Iranian era, art defied darkness
A show at Toronto's Aga Khan Museum zeroes in on creativity in the Qajar Dynasty
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Abbas, Magnum photographer who focussed on political conflict and religion, dies aged 74
His documentation of the Iranian Revolution in his home country sparked a career-long fascination with the world’s major faiths