art & design
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Liotard painting returns to Netherlands after centuries in EnglandBritish government grants export licence for work by Jean-Étienne Liotard, bought by Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum for £4.4m
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London church to be reunited with stolen 16th-century carvingSt Katharine Cree church delighted at return of decades-lost work, part of a monument to a famous Elizabethan -
The deep forest life of Mari peopleIkuru Kuwajima photographed the Mari El republic in Russia over the course of the year, speaking to locals about witchcraft and paranormal activity
in pictures
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Patty Carroll's anonymous womenIn her long-running series Anonymous Women, photographer Patty Carroll covers women up with soft furnishings, fashion accesories and crockery in a comment on the repression of domestic life
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talking points
reviews
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Phyllis Posnick's styling for VogueUS Vogue’s top fashion editor works with photographers to inject style with sci-fi and fantasy.
the big picture
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New York, USThe Empire State Building is seen in the background as revellers take part in the annual SantaCon event in Manhattan, New York
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