A magazine editor and a reclusive photographer cross paths in this stylish film by Lisa Cholodenko.
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Francis Bacon depicts his lover lingering on the edge of death in this stark triptych of paintings.
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A group of Californian yuppies walk the treadmill of life in this virtuosic novel in verse by Vikram Seth.
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A clandestine affair, a revenge tale, and the truth about Santa Claus feature in this trio of festive films.
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Tyres turn on sandy highways and jazz inflections abound in this road trip album by Joni Mitchell.
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Richard Serra's curved steel sculpture towered over New York commuters in the eighties, provoking awe and ire.
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A Victorian media sensation convicted of murder tells her story in this historical novel by Margaret Atwood.
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Scrap hawkers and giant steel statues feature in this trio of artworks related to the word 'Junkyard'.
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A dysfunctional family relocates to the craggy expanse of a Canadian island in this novel by Annie Proulx.
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Cindy Sherman sits, slumped against hand, clutching a bathrobe to her body in this frank photograph.
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Swaddled sons, village customs, and civil protest feature in this selection of four Nigerian artworks.
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Antony Gormley's arresting, celestial sculpture towers over the A1, carrying the mythology of its homeland.
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The horrors of the Holocaust become a cat-and-mouse metaphor in this graphic novel by Art Spiegelman.
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A Sudanese woman adjusts to life in Aberdeen in this touching novel about exile and friendship by Leila Aboulela.
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