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• Ghosts in the camera – in pictures

  02-01-2016 18:00
  
  When she was younger, Angela Deane became obsessed with family photo albums, an obsession that increased after her father died and her brother left for university. “I would pore over the albums, to drink up all the memories from when everyone was there,” she says. “I’ve always leaned towards nostalgia.” Years later, the Florida-based artist was looking at some photographs of strangers she had intended to discard, and suddenly decided to start painting ghosts over th
  
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• Pictures that accidentally look like Renaissance paintings

  02-01-2016 14:46
  
  The Fibonacci spiral used by Renassaince artists is placed on top of a New Year's Eve scene in Manchester
  
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• Have I got nudes for you: Emer O'Toole on the art of being naked

  02-01-2016 11:00
  
  After her underarm hair caused a stir on national TV, the writer was asked to pose for a nude painting. The experience led her to wonder why we’re still so shy about the naked human form
  Towards the end of a bizarre period of my life when I was famous for having hairy armpits, the artist Camilla Cannon got in touch to ask if I would sit for a nude oil painting. Camilla, who runs her own art school, was then in the final year of her degree at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London. She
  
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• How to draw… with charcoal

  02-01-2016 10:00
  
  From smudging techniques to dramatic use of white chalk, Irish illustrator PJ Lynch has some useful tips on how to make great drawings using charcoalYou can see more of PJ Lynch’s beautiful illustrations in Eoin Colfer’s Once Upon a Place storytelling project book Continue reading...
  
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• Exhibitions: the biggest shows of 2016

  02-01-2016 10:00
  
  This year will feature Belgian maestros, subversive shallows and a load of rhubarb. Oliver Basciano and Robert Clark survey the sceneTake out your unsullied diaries and ensure your pencil is sharpened, because there is a lot to take in exhibition-wise over the coming year. John Akomfrah has been an artist respected in academic circles since co-founding the Black Audio Film Collective in 1982. He’s now set for even greater attention with two solo shows opening within a week of each other (A
  
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• 360-degree dressing: how men's fashion has gone back to front

  02-01-2016 08:03
  
  Menwear designed to be viewed from all angles is now a thing – with a nod to the 3D sculptural art of Alexander Calder. And sometimes even the back of the garment is the main eventTate Modern’s Alexander Calder retrospective is compulsory viewing for any man thinking about what to wear in 2016. Clothes designed to be viewed from all angles are increasingly popular, bringing the 360 degree principle of the sculptor’s work out of the gallery and into men’s wardrobes. There
  
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