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A grand Georgian townhouse — The Spectator’s former offices — is a riot of bold-patterned wallpaper that calls to mind Arts and Crafts, the Bloomsbury Group and Wiener Werkstätte

Using old, abandoned objects to mourn the plight of his native Syria, Kourbaj creates works that speak with particular power to exiled author Hisham Matar

The designer spruces up with pine garlands, charades and 1920s showtunes

Her striking narratives mix African mythologies, the natural world and science fiction

He has explored the place of African-American people in art for decades, including in a portrait just donated to Cambridge university

The first female president of the Royal Academy has to balance work with painting while redefining the institution’s future

An early work involved giving pad thai to gallery-goers, a spirit of generosity that persists in a French retrospective

The LA-based painter assembles neglected parts of the city’s landscape into his photorealist works

Future programming in jeopardy as sector faces ‘most difficult financial environment’ in memory, says organiser

Collectors increasingly cite financial value as their main motivation for buying pieces