Culture | The Guardian US2d ago
‘Anger, curiosity and hope’: a planet of protest – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/20/matthew-connors-the-axe-will-survive-the-master-in-pictures #Photography #ArtAndDesign #ArtAndDesignBooks #Books #Culture #Protest
‘Anger, curiosity and hope’: a planet of protest – in pictures

From Hong Kong to Cairo, New York to Kyiv, the world is caught up in confrontations with authoritarian power. Matthew Connors’ new photo book tells the story

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 30
In plane sight: how the gilded elite live – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/30/in-plane-sight-how-the-gilded-elite-live-in-pictures #Photography #ArtAndDesign #ArtAndDesignBooks #Books #Culture #WorldNews
In plane sight: how the gilded elite live – in pictures

From golf tournaments to shooting parties, these images of photographer Will Vogt’s social circle offer us an intimate glimpse of a world that feels out of reach

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 16
Artists, clowns, runaways: a stay at the Chelsea Hotel – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/16/stay-at-the-chelsea-hotel-in-pictures-patti-smith-albert-scopin #Photography #Culture #ArtAndDesign #ArtAndDesignBooks #Books #PattiSmith #RobertMapplethorpe #AndyWarhol
Artists, clowns, runaways: a stay at the Chelsea Hotel – in pictures

Patti Smith lived there in ‘creative chaos’, while others paid their bills with paintings. Fellow guest Albert Scopin unpacked his camera to capture the iconic New York hotel and its clientele

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Culture | The Guardian USApr 15
‘One simple gesture says it all’: the world in black and white – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/15/marina-sersale-black-and-white-in-pictures #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #ArtAndDesignBooks #Books
‘One simple gesture says it all’: the world in black and white – in pictures

From sunbathers holding hands to rain-soaked metro stations, Marina Sersale’s magical monochrome images take us across Italy, Japan and beyond

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Environment | The Guardian USApr 14
‘These flowers have witnessed horrific things’: Steve McQueen’s bountiful Grenada – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2026/apr/14/steve-mcqueen-bountiful-grenada-in-pictures-photobook #SteveMcqueen #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #ArtAndDesignBooks #Books #WildFlowers #Environment #Grenada #Caribbean
‘These flowers have witnessed horrific things’: Steve McQueen’s bountiful Grenada – in pictures

The artist and film-maker spent a summer on the island making poetic images of the local flora – and exploring their connections to Grenada’s historical trauma

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Science | The GuardianApr 9
Space: the ultimate wardrobe challenge – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2026/apr/09/space-artemis-astronauts-moon-ultimate-wardrobe-challenge-in-pictures #Books #Space #Photography #ScienceAndNatureBooks #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Nasa #Science #ArtAndDesignBooks
Space: the ultimate wardrobe challenge – in pictures

As the Artemis II astronauts return from the moon, we celebrate the science, suits and spirit of endeavour that took them there, all brought together in a colourful new book called Space Journal

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 11
He shoots, he scores! Basketball as you’ve never seen it before – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/mar/11/he-shoots-he-scores-basketball-in-pictures-austin-bell-shooting-hoops #Photography #Basketball #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Sport #ArtAndDesignBooks #Books #Art #HongKong #GoogleMaps
He shoots, he scores! Basketball as you’ve never seen it before – in pictures

In 2019, Austin Bell embarked on a wild quest to photograph all 2,549 of Hong Kong’s outdoor basketball courts using drone cameras and Google Maps. The results offer a fresh perspective on the city

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 9
‘We all want to know what he was doing in the bedroom’: Kerouac’s unseen archive goes on show in New York https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/09/jack-kerouac-archive-photos-sexuality-grolier-club-exhibition-new-york-beat-generation #JackKerouac #Books #Photography #Art #ArtAndDesignBooks #ArtAndDesign #Culture #AllenGinsberg #WilliamBurroughs #FyodorDostoevsky #ColumbiaUniversity
‘We all want to know what he was doing in the bedroom’: Kerouac’s unseen archive goes on show in New York

As the original On the Road scroll heads to auction, a new exhibition uncovers the private life of the Beat legend

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Culture | The Guardian USFeb 24
‘Beauty in the everyday’: A butterfly’s-eye view of the world – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/feb/24/jeff-mermelstein-butterfly-photography-book-in-pictures #Photography #Art #ArtAndDesignBooks #ArtAndDesign #Culture
‘Beauty in the everyday’: A butterfly’s-eye view of the world – in pictures

US photographer Jeff Mermelstein has been likened to the winged insect due to his passion for flitting from one attractive subject to the next, as shown in his new book of work

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Culture | The Guardian USFeb 12
‘A country pulled in opposite directions’: destruction and hope in Ukraine – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/feb/12/destruction-and-hope-in-ukraine-in-pictures-robin-hinsch-lonely-are-all-the-bridges #Photography #ArtAndDesign #ArtAndDesignBooks #Culture #Books #Ukraine #Europe #WorldNews
‘A country pulled in opposite directions’: destruction and hope in Ukraine – in pictures

Photographer Robin Hinsch insists that Lonely Are All the Bridges is not a war book – it’s a portrait of a society being torn apart and the human threads trying to hold it together

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