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Why New York’s Metropolitan museum is leader of the free world of art
The Met, all set to rebuild its modern wing, mixes Rembrandts with Pollocks to create an unrivalled cocktail of past and present. Why can’t British art museums be as open-minded?
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Piscine Molitor: renaissance of a Parisian art-deco masterpiece
From birthplace of the bikini to graffiti temple, this newly renovated swimming pool has a unique place in the city’s history
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Return of the European bison
Europe’s largest beast is to roam the forests of Romania after 200 years. Adam Vaughan witnesses the buzz as a herd of 17 is released in the Carpathian mountains
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Michael Schmidt wins Prix Pictet for sprawling global food series
German-born photographer beat Adam Bartos and other big names for an epic look inside factory farms, slaughterhouses and supermarkets• Farm to table: Michael Schmidt exposes the reality of what we eat – in pictures• Why our guilt about consumption is all-consuming – Slavoj Žižek on the theme of this year’s Prix Pictet
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Michael Kors and the £300 It bag
The luxury market has pushed prices ever higher – but few women can afford £1,000 handbags. How did one designer bring things back within reach?• Gallery of 15 statement handbags for under £150
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Faking a fortune: why Damien Hirst’s paintings are poor imitations of art
A Florida pastor has been jailed for trying to sell fake paintings by the British artist. But why does the art world give Hirst’s talentless artworks any financial value at all?