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I thought I might never be able to say it’s been a great year for women artists, so forgive me for focusing solely on them.

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A conductor who can now add "Gár" to his less flattering sobriquets may not have appeared as advertised at this year's Proms, but surely Chris Christodoulou can find a photo of him punching the air among his 43 years' worth of conductor portraits from "the biggest music festival in the world". We'll do without this time.

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Flying manes and flashing eyes are part of the inspirational package. We may laugh at some of these dramatic images, but it's usually a sign of the…
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They must have been especially overjoyed to be back in front of (or with back to the greater part of) a live audience. But inspiring musicians is…
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As two weeks of livestreamed Proms begin tonight, we just want to be there in the Royal Albert Hall. The exuberance of our lead picture tells one…

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Chris Christodoulou's gallery capturing the heat of the moment last year
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Candid images of retired ballet legend on stage
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Chris Christodoulou snaps mostly men at work, but the women are coming
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Leonardo's disputed Salvator Mundi has just topped the list. Who else is on it?
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Feast on our annual treat: BBC photographer Chris Christodoulou's action shots
Florence Hallett
The final years of Japan's greatest artist
Bill Knight
Our resident photographer rummages through a mixed bag
Grayson Perry
Celebrating Trafalgar Square's infamous empty plinth, and its role in changing attitudes to contemporary art
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'T2 Trainspotting' isn't the only sequel that took a while to turn up. We list many more
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These elegiac images of outstanding natural beauty have since been trumped
Alison Cole
Heading to Regent's Park this weekend? Here's our pick of this year's must-sees
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Feast on our annual parade of bulging eyeballs and windmill arms at the Royal Albert Hall
Helen Wallace
The power of quiet in two middle-European masterpieces
Marianka Swain
Canny brand synergy encourages fans to keep Promming
Bill Knight
Our man in France guides us through the highlights of the world-famous photo festival
Eric Richmond
The OAE doesn't just sound unique. It looks it too. To mark the orchestra's 30th anniversary, photographer Eric Richmond introduces his portraits
Hugh Pearman
Reality bites: icon buildings abandoned for mass migration and a global housing crisis
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Forgotten for over 1,000 years, eerily evocative treasures take centre stage at the British Museum
Bill Knight
Our very own lensman gives the verdict on the UK's biggest photography fair
Marina Vaizey
Two American greats tackle power and celebrity in parallel portrait of an age
David Nice
Transformed in a festival of light: memorable images of the capital from the past four days
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Our pick of images from the Danish artist's new book
David Nice
Remembering an old-style master conductor in words and pictures
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Where fantasy and illusion collide: our pick of the graphic artist's strange creations

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