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V&A faces calls to become living wage employer on eve of Stratford opening https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/17/v-and-a-victoria-albert-museums-living-wage-employer-stratford-opening #Va #Culture #Museums #ArtAndDesign #London #England #UkNews

V&A faces calls to become living wage employer on eve of Stratford opening

Campaigners organise open letter to director demanding ‘fair day’s wage’ for all workers at V&A museums

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Like a concrete aircraft carrier: was LA’s giant new $724m gallery really worth all the carbon emissions? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/16/lacma-david-geffen-galleries-peter-zumthor-eiffel-concrete-aircraft-carrier #Architecture #ArtAndDesign #Culture #LosAngeles #UsNews

Like a concrete aircraft carrier: was LA’s giant new $724m gallery really worth all the carbon emissions?

Built on tar swamps and two tortuous decades in the making, LACMA’s latest addition used twice as much metal as the Eiffel Tower. How did America supersize revered architect Peter Zumthor?

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Pooh in pencil: sketches for original Winnie-the-Pooh book shared for first time https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/16/winnie-the-pooh-book-preliminary-sketches-e-h-shepard #Drawing #ChildrenAndTeenagers #Books #Illustration #Culture #UkNews #AaMilne #Exhibitions #ArtAndDesign #Art

Pooh in pencil: sketches for original Winnie-the-Pooh book shared for first time

E H Shepard drawings go on display for book’s centenary, showing how he brought AA Milne’s character to life

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Environment | The Guardian US 1d ago

Puerto Rico’s rainforest center reborn: in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/apr/16/puerto-rico-el-yunque-rainforest-in-pictures #PuertoRico #Environment #Architecture #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #UsNews #Caribbean #Americas #WorldNews

Puerto Rico’s rainforest center reborn: in pictures

After two devastating hurricanes, El Yunque national forest has built a new visitors center that hosts a vibrant arts festival

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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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Environment | The Guardian US 1d ago

Week in wildlife: Puffin rescue and a gosling’s first gander https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/apr/16/week-in-wildlife-puffin-rescue-and-a-goslings-first-gander #Wildlife #Animals #Zoology #WorldNews #Environment #Photography #ArtAndDesign

Week in wildlife: a puffin bromance, blushing terrapins and goslings galore

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

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‘Designed to disorient’: LA art museum unveils enormous concrete gallery, 20 years in the making https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/los-angeles-art-david-geffen-galleries #LosAngeles #Museums #ArtAndDesign #Culture #California #WestCoast #UsNews

‘Designed to disorient’: LA art museum unveils enormous concrete gallery, 20 years in the making

Stretched across a boulevard and shaped like an ‘amoeba’, the divisive Geffen Galleries open next week

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‘I wanted my work to be shameless’: 93-year-old artist Joan Semmel on her trailblazing nudes https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/15/joan-semmel-nudes-interview-continuities #Painting #Art #NewYork #Museums #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Feminism

‘I wanted my work to be shameless’: 93-year-old artist Joan Semmel on her trailblazing nudes

In the 1970s, the painter shocked the art world with paintings modeled on her own nude body. Now in her 10th decade, she’s celebrated as a feminist pioneer

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‘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