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1. Leading Chinese artist Ai Weiwei claims police attacked him
Creator of Beijing's Bird Nest stadium says he was attacked while trying to report a previous assault by security forces
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2. Salvador Dalí's home town to be recreated in China
Developer to build imitation version of Cadaqués in Xiamen Bay, to the astonishment of residents of the Costa Brava port
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3. Moscow's architectural heritage is crumbling under capitalism
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4. What jet fighters and medieval decoration have in common
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5. Gossip, love and tragedy: what every artist's catalogue needs
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6. The Canning Stock Route exhibition | Germaine Greer
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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
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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
Last 7 days
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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
Creator of Beijing's Bird Nest stadium says he was attacked while trying to report a previous assault by security forces
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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
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7. Salvador Dalí's home town to be recreated in China
Developer to build imitation version of Cadaqués in Xiamen Bay, to the astonishment of residents of the Costa Brava port
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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