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1. Leading Chinese artist Ai Weiwei claims police attacked him
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2. Salvador Dalí's home town to be recreated in China
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3. Moscow's architectural heritage is crumbling under capitalism
Justin McGuirk: The city's avant-garde masterpieces are falling into ruin. It seems only the oligarchs' wives can save them -
4. What jet fighters and medieval decoration have in common
Jonathan Jones: It was an honour to be menaced by the Red Arrows. Formation flying is a skill and an art -
5. Gossip, love and tragedy: what every artist's catalogue needs
Jonathan Jones: Official records of exhibitions and achievements whitewash the real details of artists' lives – the blood and tears that bring their work to life -
6. The Canning Stock Route exhibition | Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer: A flashy new exhibition tells the story of western Australia's Canning Stock Route, but it's a quieter artwork that speaks most loudly -
7. Photography: self-portraits as an art form
Since the beginnings of photography, artists have used the self-portrait to push the technical and artistic boundaries of the medium, writes Sean O'Hagan
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8. Slideshow: The month in photography
Our guide to the month's best photo exhibitions and books – including works by Robert Capa, Sally Mann and Nadav Kander
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9. The deadly lure of cave paintings | Jonathan Jones
Jonathan Jones: The search for rock art keeps tempting me into dangerous underground explorations -
10. Win a brand new Nikon D5000 camera worth over £400
Each month, Camera club gives a Guardian photographer – and you – a monthly assignment to complete. We want you to pick your favourite image from your assignment shoot and email it to us. The best of the bunch will win a Nikon D5000 DSLR
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1. Slideshow: The month in photography
Our guide to the month's best photo exhibitions and books – including works by Robert Capa, Sally Mann and Nadav Kander
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2. Writing and photography – is a picture really worth a thousand words? | Sean O'Hagan
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3. Picasso's largest work descends for Ballets Russes exhibition
Measuring 10.4 metres by 11.7 metres, front cloth for 1924 show goes up ahead of V&A exhibition on Diaghilev's dance company
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4. Leading Chinese artist Ai Weiwei claims police attacked him
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5. How the Chapman Brothers became the brothers grim
Famous for their twisted sculptures and visions of hell, the Chapmans are now creating art for children. Stuart Jeffries visits their studio to talk innocence, Freud and fairytales
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6. In praise of the British art staycation | Jonathan Jones
Jonathan Jones: You don't have to go abroad to find beautiful art and architecture. Much of what you see in Italy and France is mirrored right here in Britain -
7. Salvador Dalí's home town to be recreated in China
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8. National Portrait Gallery shines light on forgotten artist Thomas Lawrence
Exhibition to restore credit to one of greatest painters of last 250 years ruined by love scandals and nervous breakdown
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9. Video: My Best Shot: Harold Chapman
The photographer Harold Chapman recalls his time at the Beat Hotel in Paris, and a classic shot of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, a couple in whom he recognised the 'perfect combination, a pessimist and an optimist, for a permanent relationship'
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10. The boy who paints like an old master
Patrick Barkham meets the gifted artist Kieron Williamson, aged seven