Caroline Davies

Jean-Michel Basquiat breaks US art record with £85m sale

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Painting by Basquiat, who died aged 27, is most expensive at auction of any US artist, also breaking record for a black artist

The best of the Chelsea flower show

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This year’s gold and silver medallists at Chelsea, from the best in show Telegraph garden’s bronze fins to a garden for car enthusiasts

Hong Kong opens £193m luxury Buddhist monastery to public

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Brainchild of Li Ka-shing, Asia’s richest person, Tsz Shan complex features several grand halls, gardens and 250ft statue of goddess Guan Yin

British Library to unveil £33m newspaper reading room

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State-of-the-art facility will store more than three centuries of newspapers and magazines dating back to the English civil war

Queen’s old toys among items to go on display in exhibition of royal childhood

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Buckingham Palace exhibition will offer small glimpse into toy boxes and wardrobes of generations of young royals