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Under the skin: Ellen Gallagher - in pictures

Pop culture, 50s ads and vintage sci-fi have all shaped the work of Ellen Gallagher, one of America's most revered contemporary painters

The Contents of a House - review

Step through the door of Brighton's Preston Manor and you step into a lost world.

Ms Mr - Secondhand Rapture: Exclusive album stream

"We're internet kids and we're of this generation!" declared duo Ms Mr (aka Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow) at one point during their Observer profile last Sunday.

Art's king of pop reigns on at the Gagosian

Good riddance to Damien Hirst; Larry Gagosian has held on to his real treasure with a typically provocative Koons show opening at the dealer's Manhattan space on 9 May The art dealer Larry Gagosian has recently been shedding famous names, losing Damien

Humanitarian intent: Urgent Architecture from ecohomes to shelters - in pictures

Conflict, natural disasters, climate change, population growth, urbanisation and poverty all demand that people think differently about housing and shelter John Vidal

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt - review

This entertaining book about what makes people vote the way they do might just help Labour win As you are reading this newspaper and not another, there is a good chance you may have wondered why some people you know, whose moral compasses seem otherwise

David Bowie by Brian Duffy - in pictures

Duffy Archive presents David Bowie at the White Cloth Gallery, Leeds, featuring previously unseen images of the Lodger and Aladdin Sane cover shoots

David Bowie exhibition opens at Leeds' White Cloth Gallery

Truth be told, outside friends and family, David Bowie has been the most important person in my life. I'd put forward a case for him being one of the most important artists of the 20th century but then I'm a Bowie freak, so I would.

Don Carlo - review

Just as there is no definitive version of Verdi's largest opera, so a flawless performance of this vast piece could only exist in the imagination.

Strictly Bipolar by Darian Leader - review

It may seem perverse to express nostalgia for a category of mental illness, but many sufferers, as well as some psychiatrists, regret the passing of "manic depression".