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Yayoi Kusama, dead at 97: the artist the market loved more than the critics did

The Guardian's obituary coverage of the polka-dot superstar reopens an old argument about whether spectacle and substance were ever the same thing in her work.

28 August

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The arena ticket levy has made its first payment, and £500,000 does not go very far

17 August

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Hayden Panettiere, 36: the child star who made a network rewrite the plot

18 August

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The Diplomat is now an awards machine, and Keri Russell still has not won

17 August

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Stones, Shrapnel and Larkspur: What Charlotte Higgins's New Book Asks of Wartime Culture

18 August

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Pole dance goes fringe: from strip clubs to serious theatre, at serious risk to pay

18 August

Stage

The Old Vic has revived a 1969 farce, and the reason is written into the set

17 August

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S4C has appointed two new board members, and neither of them comes from television

15 August

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The culture department is putting £400m into a theme park, and the money is not coming from the culture budget

15 August

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