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NTU Singapore
‘Like entering a forest’: Inside Asia’s largest timber building
American actor Paul Newman and wife actress Joanne Woodward. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Rolex watches, race suits and a quirky tin pig bench. Paul Newman’s items go on sale
Freddie Mercury of Queen, 1982 Tour at the Various Locations in Oakland, California (Photo by Steve Jennings/WireImage)
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‘Mongolian Rhapsody’? Handwritten lyrics suggest Freddie Mercury considered alternative title
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Bright and Barbiecore: Dua Lipa’s new Versace collection
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From J. Cameron Smith
J. Smith Cameron makes the case for party pajamas
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See how they turned Margot Robbie into a Barbie doll
Congolese artist Junior Mungongu posing in his lid costume in Selembao district, Kinshasa,. He condemns the obvious political inaction in a city of 13 million inhabitants where single-use plastic is king. He tries to educate his audience by asking kids to screw their plastic bottles on his lid costume.
Colin Delfosse
Trash fashion shines a light on Kinshasa’s pollution problem

Arts

Eric Ade Tanauh
Afrofuturist artist creates photos of mysterious ‘Humaliens’
Hong Kong’s famous rubber duck returns — and now there are two
Vienna finds off-kilter solution to controversy over statue of antisemitic mayor
Domenico Stinellis/AP
Trove of 750 looted artifacts returned to Italy from disgraced British dealer
China’s military has become an untouchable nationalist symbol. Artists and comedians are finding out the hard way
Thousands of stolen artifacts recovered by Italian police
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Vandals sprayed white paint on a sculpture of a Black woman. Hundreds of people showed up to clean it
Sword of Indian ruler slain by British sells for more than $17 million at auction
Cannes 2023 is a showcase for African cinema

Fashion

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Cannes red carpet looks 2023: All the fashion from the 76th film festival
Victor Boyko/Variety/Getty Images
Look of the Week: Cate Blanchett certifies it’s a barefoot summer
Harry Langdon/Archive Photos/Getty Images
In photos: Tina Turner’s iconic style
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images
Back in the spotlight, Fan Bingbing celebrates Asian designers at Cannes
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Ukrainian influencer protests the war with fake blood at Cannes Film Festival
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‘Bama Rush’ takes us into the world of Southern sorority fashion and hierarchies
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
Irina Shayk, the sweatpant-loving supermodel on breaking red carpet rules
Macall Polay/HBO/Warner Bros. Discovery
The mourning dress codes of ‘Succession’

Architecture

Iwan Baan
American Museum of Natural History’s soaring, $465M new science center opens
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Racism, activism and climate crisis are on the agenda at the Venice Architecture Biennale
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Modi inaugurates controversial new parliament building in India
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How much would you pay for this piece of ’70s nostalgia?
Douglas Friedman
RuPaul opens the doors to his maximalist Beverly Hills mansion
JT+Partners and IACAD
World’s first 3D-printed mosque to be built in Dubai
Heritage Foundation of Pakistan
Yasmeen Lari, ‘starchitect’ turned social engineer, wins one of architecture’s most coveted prizes

Design

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‘Barbie’ movie’s pink paint splurge led to global shortage, production designer says
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Craft, salvage and sustainability take center stage at Milan Design Week
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
King Charles’ coronation cross will contain relic believed to be from Christ’s crucifixion
Avesh Gaur
Could these air purification towers tackle India’s pollution problem?
Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
British fashion designer Mary Quant dies age 93
Stephen Morton/AP
Al Jaffee, record-breaking Mad Magazine cartoonist, dies age 102

Beauty

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Summer is back, and so is this nostalgic beauty staple
L'Oréal
From diversity to accessibility, can technology change the way we think about beauty for the better?