Ghosts, nudes and lesbian pageant queens: highlights from NYC’s Photography Show – in pictures
Portraits of South African activists and the enigmatic silhouettes of Bill Brandt join a selection from more than 70 galleries at Aipad: The Photography Show at the Park Avenue Armory in New York from 22-26 April
Picasso’s Guernica is the ultimate emblem of the horrors of war. It has no place in Spain’s partisan squabbles
Forty years after the 1937 masterpiece returned to Madrid from its Franco-era exile in New York, it is again embroiled in politics, says Spanish journalist María Ramírez
LensCulture portrait awards 2026 – in pictures
Winning and shortlisted works move seamlessly between documentary and invention
V&A East Storehouse and Norwich Castle among finalists for museum of the year
National Gallery, the Box in Plymouth and the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge also shortlisted for £120,000 Art Fund prize
Museums have a duty to inspire the creatives of the future. At V&A East, I’ve made that my mission
It breaks my heart to see young people disengaged when so much inspiration is within reach. I want our new museum to bridge that gap, says Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East
Story of Black British music writ large in first exhibition at V&A East
Museum says The Music is Black is part of a push to reposition scene as central to UK’s cultural history
The week around the world in 20 pictures
Crisis in the Middle East, Russian strikes in Kyiv, Orthodox Easter and Karol G at Coachella – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
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
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?
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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