THIS PORTRAIT BEGAN LIFE as a pile of old magazines: pages full of colour, text and typography just waiting to be reimagined. I’ve always loved how collage can transform the ordinary into something co

Colour co-ordinated Buccellati has spoiled us with two ...

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Your walls are the greatest canvas with which to express the personality of your home, so don’t let them be dull

From rustic barns to Riviera villas, Pablo Picasso’s studios were engines of invention. Picasso: From the Studio at the National Gallery of Ireland, in partnership with Musée national Picasso-Paris, t

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