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• ‘Everything beautiful has been destroyed’: Palestinians mourn a city in tatters

  04-02-2024 07:00
  
  More than 200 buildings of cultural and historical significance have been reduced to rubble in Gaza, including mosques, cemeteries and museumsIts walls collapsed and its minaret cut short, Gaza’s Omari mosque remains standing but vastly diminished. Around it, the historic old city is also in tatters. The 7th-century mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Gaza, was Gaza’s most famous and its surroundings a focal point of the Palestinian enclave’s history and culture, but the
  
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• ‘Time caught up with his visions’: Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s New Zealand legacy

  04-02-2024 00:00
  
  A series of unfortunate events led to muted coverage of the architect’s eye-opening gallery in regional New Zealand. But 24 years after his death, Hundertwasser’s work is more prescient than everFrom a distance, the building looks like a toddler’s birthday cake: bright, clashing colours crowned by a golden cupola that sparkles in the sun. Up close, its curvaceous form, detailed tile work and joyful colour choices are instantly recognisable as the work of the late Friedensreich
  
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