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Laura Cumming: best art of 2016

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Portraits woke up, the tiny Goldfinch flew in, the Switch House switched on, and junk art triumphed

• Observer critics’ reviews of the year in full

John Hardy debuts first U.S. Experiential Retail Boutique

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Luxury jewelry brand John Hardy debuts its first U.S. flagship, situated in New York’s Soho neighborhood. The flagship, opened November 25, offers a highly differentiated and authentic shopping experience designed to engage all five senses with the myth and magic of Balinese artisanship. The highlight of the flagship is an experiential concept space on the … Read more

Le Meurice Prize for contemporary art 2016-2017

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Artistic creation has always been, since 1835, essential to the art of living at Le Meurice, the 5-star hotelin the 1st arrondissement of Paris opposite the Tuileries Garden, between Place de la Concorde and the Musée duLouvre on the Rue de Rivoli. The winner of the 9th edition of the Meurice Prize for contemporary art … Read more

Mark Wallinger at the Freud Museum review – mirror mirror on the ceiling

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Freud Museum, London
The British artist transforms Sigmund Freud’s study into a Dalí-inspired hall of mirrors for a meta-surrealist look at art, psychoanalysis and self-obsession

Edinburgh art festival 2016 review – where Lothian meets utopian

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Christian Boltanski, Damián Ortega and Alice Neel impress in this year’s strongly international show, while Inverleith House celebrates in style